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6:42 pm
Thu May 17, 2012

Suspicious Powder Letters At Two Dallas Locations

Dallas Fire Rescue Haz Mat crew wraps up call about suspicious white powder at the Crowley Courts building.
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Two suspicious envelopes found within minutes of each other this morning kept Dallas and Plano Haz Mat crews busy. The incidents came a day after a large reward was offered in a four-year-old case of white-powder-letters mailed from North Texas.

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Texas News
6:53 pm
Mon May 14, 2012

Katy Trail Robberies Prompt Extra Police Presence

Runners on Katy Trail
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Dallas Police are stepping up patrols on the Katy Trail after three people were robbed at gunpoint in a 7-hour span over the weekend.

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Texas News
3:50 pm
Mon May 7, 2012

Trinity Toll Road Public Hearing Set Tuesday

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The North Texas Tollway Authority and TxDOT hold a hearing on the proposed Dallas “Trinity Parkway” Tuesday evening.

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Texas News
6:56 pm
Fri May 4, 2012

Legal Battle Looms Over White Rock Parking

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Debbie Broscious watched as demonstrators in a Winfrey Point field combed through native grasses for eggs.
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City Council member Sheffie Kadane showed up unexpectedly at Winfrey Point Friday announcing the grasses wouldn't be mowed. A statement from the City of Dallas came later in the afternoon.
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Katherine Morgan and her daughter Ada, 3, feed the geese at Winfrey Point Friday morning. Morgan said she was unaware of the ongoing fight between the city and the concerned residents..

The City of Dallas says it has no plans to mow grassy fields at White Rock Lake Park this weekend though a legal agreement struck today would allow that. The Winfrey Point area is the subject of a battle between the Arboretum and the city, which want to use it for parking, and citizens who say that could ruin native prairie.

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Texas News
11:46 am
Fri May 4, 2012

Agreement Temporarily Allows Parking On White Rock Fields

White Rock became the first public park in the state to receive a Texas Land Stewardship designation.
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A court-approved agreement between the city of Dallas, the Dallas Arboretum and citizens opposed to new parking at White Rock lake will allow the Arboretum to temporarily park cars on fields with native grasses.

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Texas News
4:57 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

Dallas' Interim Fire Chief Gets Permanent Post

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Dallas has named Interim Fire Chief Louie Bright to the department’s top job.

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