Dallas

The Dallas City Council voted Wednesday to repeal a portion of a 1988 ordinance that provided the language used by a group in a police-centered charter amendment that Dallas voters narrowly approved last week.

The owner of the exotic animal says she’s not only fighting the allegations against her but is desperately trying to get her beloved monkey back.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Kim Noltemy Young Musician Program’ was created to give students in southern Dallas access to music education. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker reports the music program is celebrating a milestone this year.

We visit Eiseman Jewels in Northpark Center to view their dazzling collection of trendy and timeless jewelry.

What started with a car crash in Northwest Dallas ended with a DWI arrest and a spider monkey being confiscated by police. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero spoke to the owner of the exotic animal as she fights the charge and tries to get her pet back.

Dallas voters said yes to pot, more police and the ability to sue the city if it doesn’t follow its own charter. NBC 5’s David Goins reports city leaders are trying to figure out how to implement all three amendments, even as they conflict with one another.

The program started in 2019 in response to a lack of funding for music and arts programs in Southern Dallas schools.

The City of Dallas’ effort to ban short-term rentals has returned to court. A panel of judges listened to arguments from both city attorneys and operators of short-term rentals in a legal dispute over property rights and the maintenance of peaceful neighborhoods. NBC 5’s Alicia Barrera has the latest.

On Wednesday, an appellate hearing in front of a three-judge panel took place, with both sides presenting their arguments.

The fight over short term rentals in Dallas continued in court on Wednesday. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.

The short-term rental fight began in June 2023 when the Dallas City Council passed a ban on short-term rentals in single-family neighborhoods, potentially putting more than 90% of all Dallas short-term rentals out of business.

The fight over short term rentals in Dallas will continue in court on Wednesday. NBC 5’s Evan Anderson has the details.

Councilmembers Gay Donnell Willis and Adam Bazaldua talked economic development and high-speed rail potential aboard a Japanese bullet train

A delegation of Dallas city leaders returned from a week-long, taxpayer-financed trip to Japan. NBC 5’s David Goins reports the goal was to see high-speed rail up-close and its potential to not only remake the area around the new convention center but strengthen the Texas economy with a bullet train to Houston.

The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center has kicked off its annual ‘Holiday of Hope’ toy drive in North Texas.

The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center is trying to make the holidays brighter for 1,600 children who are victims or witnesses of child abuse or violent crime.

Dallas and Tarrant counties rank in the top 5 in the state for domestic violence homicides, according to a recent report.

All four Texas-based U.S. Attorneys will gather in Dallas to give a justice briefing on the domestic violence crisis happening in the state. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.

An abandoned cemetery is getting new life, and the deceased are getting recognition. More than a dozen veterans are buried in Oak Cliff’s Western Heights Cemetery and on this Veterans Day, they were honored by a small group of volunteers. Alicia Barrera has the story.

Pianist Christopher Goodpasture is making his return to the Dallas Chamber Symphony in November.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he’s suing a second North Texas doctor for illegally providing ‘gender transition’ drugs to more than a dozen minors.