The Latest Breaking News from Dallas County

DALLAS -- Mark Halstead remembers the last time he was outside.

After weeks of extreme heat, health officials have reported numerous deaths, while emergency departments across the state are seeing record numbers of people seeking treatment for heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Kameron Swaab had o be treated by a plastic surgeon and celebrated his third birthday in hospital after suffering a brutal dog attack in Woodward, Dallas County, Iowa

DALLAS — It took a Dallas County jury less than an hour to return a guilty verdict for the Irving mother who confessed to killing her two young daughters.

DALLAS — Dallas County prosecutors allowed homicide cases to go to trial in recent weeks even after learning that evidence related to the crimes was permanently deleted, according to records obtained by The Dallas Morning News.

DALLAS — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “fireside chat” at Saturday’s Dallas County Republican Party’s Reagan Day Dinner will occur behind closed doors.

DALLAS — A Dallas County jury found Richard Acosta Jr. guilty of capital murder Friday after he drove his son to and from a Garland convenience store where police say the 14-year-old shot four teenagers, killing three of them.

DALLAS — The Dallas County Republican Party says its top legislative priority this session is lobbying for the return of the paper ballot.

Texas Republicans, thwarted by top prosecutors who say they won’t prosecute certain crimes, are pushing back on what they call “rogue” district attorneys.

As a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes across parts of the U.S. South, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly

At least six people were killed on Thursday when a tornado and powerful storms ravaged the southern US state of Alabama, rescue officials confirmed. The storms continued east to rake the neighboring state of Georgia, where the National Weather Service maintained tornado warnings in the early evening. Alabama Governor Kay…