Flu Fears Sweep The Region
H1N1 shot (credit: Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images) NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Flu cases are on the rise in North Texas. Eight people have died from the H1N1 strain of the flu in Dallas County thus...
View ArticleNew Ordinance Would Ban Guns At Public Meetings
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) - City council plans to vote on a new ordinance that would ban guns at public meetings. If the vote is unanimous, the motion would pass and the ordinance could be put in effect...
View ArticleBrazen Thief Steals Credit Cards Off Desk Of DPD Detective
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A man stole cash and a credit card out of a police officers wallet from his desk inside DPD headquarters at 1400 S. Lamar St. It happened in January and police still haven’t...
View ArticleStudy Links California Drought To Global Warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — While researchers have sometimes connected weather extremes to man-made global warming, usually it’s not done in real time. Now a study is asserting a link between climate change and...
View ArticleNorth Texas Couple Adopts Embryo, Has Baby
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Dallas couple welcomed a baby girl into their family 18 months ago. But the miracle isn’t the child’s birth, but how the pregnancy happened. The Johnson’s adopted an embryo and...
View ArticleFree Mobile App Offers Self-Guided Tours Of City
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – History buffs may now learn more about Dallas by using a free app launched by Preservation Dallas and The Urban Armadillos organization. The Pegasus Urban Trails mobile app...
View ArticleWorld’s Top Urban Leaders Converge On Dallas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - It’s a big week for city of Dallas officials who hosted hundreds of cultural and municipal leaders from around the world at the New Cities Summit on Tuesday. Later in the week,...
View ArticleLake Levels Still Low Despite Heavy Rain
LAKE LAVON (CBSDFW.COM) - The impact of the rain on area lakes varied tremendously over the weekend. Lake Granbury rose five feet from Saturday to Sunday, which is a significant number but the Army...
View ArticleDallas Fire Rescue Receives Pet Oxygen Masks
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Dallas Fire-Rescue stations are now equipped with oxygen masks for pets they may come across while on duty. The department received 114 pet oxygen kits recently — a donation made...
View ArticleVoters To Determine Fate Of Fracking Ban
DENTON (CBSDFW.COM) - The Denton City Council has decided voter will determine the fate of a controversial ban on hydraulic fracturing in the city. Anti-fracking forces said they assumed all along an...
View ArticleFAA Tells US Airlines Not To Fly To Tel Aviv
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is telling U.S. airlines they are prohibited from flying to the Tel Aviv airport in Israel after a Hamas rocket exploded nearby. The FAA said in a...
View ArticleWife Of Fort Worth Doctor With Ebola Thanks Supporters
ABILENE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The wife of a Fort Worth doctor sick with the Ebola virus in Liberia has thanked supporters and asked for continued prayers and privacy. Amber Brantly says in a statement...
View Article‘Spiritual Healer’ Arrested For Sexual Assault
HALTOM CITY (CBSDFW.COM) - A migraine sufferer who was referred to a spiritual healer, also known as a “Curandero” in the Latino community told police he sexually assaulted her. She also told police...
View ArticleAirport Noise Pollution Ruins Couple’s Quality Of Life
MCKINNEY (CBSDFW.COM) - Far from how one McKinney couple wanted to spend their golden years, the Powells are at their wits end from listening to planes fly overhead from nearby McKinney Airport. The...
View ArticleTeen Defies Odds; Lives Well Past Doctor’s Prognosis
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) - The joy of the birth of Susan Torres’ son Daniel was overshadowed by news from doctors that he was born with only a brain stem and a small fraction of his brain. As a baby, his...
View ArticleLawyer Of Fallen Firefighter’s Family Calls Arson Claim “A Ruse”
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - The family of fallen firefighter Stan Wilson is challenging the city of Dallas’ claim that it is keeping an investigation under wraps because of an ongoing arson investigation....
View ArticleDallas’ Madison High Stripped Of 2 State Basketball Titles
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The University Interscholastic League will strip Dallas’ Madison High School of two state basketball titles for using players who don’t live in the district. The Dallas...
View ArticleGarland ISD Asks Voters To Approve $448 Million Bond Package
GARLAND (CBSDFW.COM) - The Garland school board asked voters to approve its largest bond package ever Monday night. The board approved putting the issue on the November ballot. They are asking for a...
View ArticleBuffalo Wild Wings Invests In Rusty Taco
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Buffalo Wild Wings has made a majority investment in Rusty Taco, seeking to help the chain grow throughout the country. Dallas-based Rusty Taco Inc. specializes in freshly made...
View ArticleTeachers Fill Classrooms By ‘Crowdfunding’
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Some public school teachers have resorted to an unconventional method of gaining funds to stock their classrooms with supplies. From Dallas to Fort Worth schools, teachers at...
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