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Heated Race For Dallas Commissioner District 4
DALLAS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – One of the most closely watched races in Dallas County, for next week’s election, is for Commissioner District 4. Republican incumbent Kenneth Mayfield faces a strong...
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Dallas County Commissioner’s Court Swings To Democrats
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Elba Garcia defeated longtime Dallas County Commissioner Ken Mayfield in Tuesday’s election. Mayfield’s seat was pivotal to establish Republican control over the Commissioner’s...
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Hunt County Officials Question Sheriff’s Use Of Deputies During Storm
GREENVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) – Two Hunt County officials continue to raise concerns that Sheriff Randy Meeks inappropriately dispatched his deputies to help save furniture in his home from rising flood...
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Dallas County Commissioner’s Court Accepts Elections Admin’s Resignation
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The Dallas County Elections Commission met for the first time since the late 1980s Friday to decide the fate of the man who has presided over elections in the county for nearly a...
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Judge Proposes Conduct Policy For Dallas County Commissioners
DALLAS (KRLD/CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas County Commissioners may soon set some new rules for themselves. A judge wants the conduct policy updated to include limits on what commissioners can say during...
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New Decorum Rules At Dallas Co. Commissioners Instilled Without Incident
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – New rules were unveiled at the Dallas County Commissioners Court meeting Tuesday, prompted by county judge Clay Jenkins’ attempts to avoid a repeat of last week’s shouting match...
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Dallas County Commissioners Court Investigate Motive Behind Towing
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas County Commissioners assigned a special prosecutor Tuesday to investigate whether a wrecking service illegally towed more than 5,000 vehicles based on racial profiling....
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Dallas County Commissioners Continue To Debate Budget Deficit
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas County Commissioners continued Tuesday to try and find a way to cut a projected $33 million out of next year’s budget to cover a deficit. At Tuesday’s budget meeting, they...
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City Council Candidate Kicked Out Of County Commissioners Court
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – There were more fireworks at the Dallas County Commissioners Court Tuesday when a public speaker addressing the court was forcibly removed because he went beyond his three-minute...
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Commissioners Upset About Lack Of Suspensions Following Investigation
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – At a county meeting Tuesday, Commissioners John Wiley Price and Clay Jenkins said they’re upset that some of the deputy constables accused in a fraud investigation last week were...
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More Fireworks At Dallas Commissioners Court
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Once again, more outbursts and name calling have peppered the Dallas County Commissioners Court. This time an outgoing commissioner took exception with a new redistricting plan....
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Constable: Accusations Against Deputies ‘Inconclusive’
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Bucking a trend among other Dallas County Constables, Precinct Five’s Beth Villarreal says accusations against two unnamed deputies are “inconclusive.” And there’s already...
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FBI Continues Search In JWP Case
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – CBS 11 has learned the FBI visited Tootsie’s Braiding Gallery this week. It’s where Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price gets his braids done. Other than confirming it,...
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Dallas County Budget Draft Includes No Property Tax Increase
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – After months of scrutinizing the budget for the next fiscal year, Dallas County leaders presented a draft Tuesday that included no new property tax increases. “No gimmicks, no...
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No Criminal Complaints In Latest Price Flap
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – There will be no criminal complaints brought in the altercation Wednesday between Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and local reporters. The District Attorney’s Office...
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Judge Blocks Dallas County’s Attempt To Lay Off Deputy Constables
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A federal judge has blocked Dallas County’s plan to save money by laying off a number of deputy constables. The constables contend the real reason for the layoffs is retaliation...
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Anderson Out As CEO Of Parkland Hospital
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – After 30 years, Dr. Ron Anderson is out as chief executive officer at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital. The hospital board made the decision Tuesday night. Dr. Anderson knew he had...
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DA’s Use Of Confiscated Vehicle Spurs Discussion During Commissioners Court
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – An often-overlooked item on the Dallas County Commissioners Court agenda caused a flap at Tuesday’s meeting. Under a “miscellaneous” item, the District Attorney’s office notified...
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Dallas County Redistricting Plan Approved By Commissioner’s Court
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The U.S. Supreme Court may have put state redistricting plans on hold, but Dallas County residents are a big step closer to being able to vote in a primary election in 2012, at...
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Dallas County Commissioner Moves To Dissolve Committee To Find New Director...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The controversial appointment of a founder of the New Black Panthers to a committee meant to find a replacement for the county’s director of homeland security has been put on...
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Dallas Judge Won’t Perform Marriages Until Gays Can Wed
DALLAS (KRLD) – Dallas County Judge Tonya Parker says she won’t perform marriage ceremonies until homosexuals can marry. Even though she will not perform the ceremonies, Parker told the Dallas Voice...
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Dallas County Judge Felt ‘Completely Helpless’ During Tornado Threat
Frank Crowley Courthouse (Credit: CBSDFW.com) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – While most of North Texas escaped serious injuries in Tuesday’s tornado outbreak, some Dallas County district judges housed in the...
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Dallas County Says Ankle Monitors Are Economic, Effective
LANCASTER (CBSDFW.COM) – Maria Escamilla says she was brutally beaten, stabbed and sexually assaulted more than year ago by her ex-boyfriend. Jose Arreola was arrested for the attack and is now...
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Ropes Block John Wiley Price From Public After Meeting
Ropes blocked off reporters from speaking to John Wiley Price after the Dallas County Commissioners Court meeting on June 5, 2012. (credit: CBSDFW.COM) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – For the first time in...
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Political Clout Turns Into Parking Perks For Two Tarrant County Officials
FORT WORTH – If you drive, you’ve gone down this path… That slow crawl through busy downtown streets, looking for an empty parking space that’s reasonably close to where you need to go. And hoping you...
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Dallas County DA’s Office Creating Animal Abuse Unit
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The abused animal situation in Dallas County is acute enough that commissioners are thinking about creating a special unit within the District Attorney’s office specifically to...
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John Wiley Price Suggests Race A Factor In Dallas Ebola Case
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price was blunt. He said Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital originally sent Thomas Duncan home three...
View ArticleProperty Tax Refund Available For Tarrant County Residents Who Prepaid
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/KRLD-AM) – Property owners in Tarrant County who unnecessarily prepaid their 2018 property taxes can get that money refunded. The IRS ruled only property taxes that have already...
View ArticleDallas County Judge Clay Jenkins Asks Commissioner’s Court To Require Masks...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins is asking the Commissioner’s Court to consider an order requiring masks at businesses in Dallas County. He announced it in a release sent out...
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Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley Defends Mask Mandates: ‘This Is A Small...
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – After finishing a meeting with Tarrant County Commissioners Tuesday, County Judge Glen Whitley made an admission. “Nobody hates wearing the mask any more than I do,” he said,...
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