BEA-based data and a Houston Chronicle analysis show Austin residents had about $9,000 more purchasing power than Houston residents in 2024, driven by higher average incomes. Housing still costs more in Austin, but paychecks there stretch farther overall.

Organizers tracking deportation flights say protests at Love Field pushed ICE‑chartered operations out of Atlantic Aviation's hangar. Activists call the shift proof their campaign works.

Duro Hospitality’s Scilla will open July 17 at 8111 Douglas in Preston Center, serving Calabrian seafood, house pastas and wood‑grilled plates with valet service.

Hayco Realty has filed to annex 111.4 acres at FM 1187 and Chisholm Trail Parkway for a mixed‑use center that could include major retail and a hospital near Tarleton's Fort Worth campus. The plan will go through city review and public hearings.

Records say Texas AG Ken Paxton voted in six elections while registered at a Collin County address he may no longer live at, prompting legal and political questions.

State and regional planners are asking North Texans to weigh in as TxDOT and NCTCOG draft 10‑year plans that could steer billions to highways, bridges and transit. Meetings and comment windows are open this month.

A man was killed after being pinned between two cars on northbound US‑75 at Forest Lane in Dallas. Police say the crash is under investigation.

Suspects tied up a Fort Worth hotel worker and removed a safe early Wednesday; the employee was unhurt and detectives are investigating.

A multi-vehicle crash on northbound North Central Expressway near Royal Lane left one person dead and several others hospitalized as police investigate.

Showers and thunderstorms are likely across Dallas today with localized flash flooding possible. Expect slow commutes and pockets of standing water.

A 15-year-old girl was shot at a Little Elm home early Sunday and taken to Plano Presbyterian Hospital. Police say the 16-year-old who discharged the firearm did so unintentionally as detectives investigate.

A 19-year-old, Lacorian Darfour, was shot on Bruton Road on July 10 and later died. Dallas police are asking witnesses to come forward.

A 50-year-old man has died after an early-July altercation on Harry Hines Boulevard; a suspect arrested at the scene now faces murder charges.