Several South Dallas residents expressed dismay during a Dallas City Council meeting on Wednesday that signs bearing the namesake of late civic leader Dr. S.M. Wright have been removed from State Highway 310. “I am here on behalf of the People’s Missionary Baptist Church… to express our profound disappointment and confusion about the removal of […]

Layoffs at Dallas’ White Rock Medical Center have prompted the hospital to stop accepting patients transported by ambulance. Last week, almost 160 staff were let go at the facility. The layoffs were prompted by ongoing litigation with the hospital’s former owner. The cuts represented over one-third of the facility’s 460-member staff, according to The Dallas […]

Dallas Area Rapid Transit began testing its new trains for its Silver Line project on Sunday. The testing will commence each Sunday for several weeks on portions of the Trinity Railway Express path. Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is partnering with Trinity Metro to train operators and the systems of its vehicles, per KERA. The […]

Dallas residents are being requested to complete a multi-part survey to give their opinions on the qualifications, characteristics, and opportunities for their next city manager. “Residents are invited to take part in two ways: (1) a survey with statistical validity through ETC Institute and (2) a general questionnaire through Zencity,” as stated in a news release. “The ETC Institute […]

Days after a federal liaison told Dallas officials that their efforts to reduce homelessness were making a difference, a debate about the accuracy of that assessment spilled into another committee meeting. “What we’re looking at is addressing … individuals that are on the street, under our bridges, in our creeks, and who are on our […]

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson oversaw the opening of a new Tanzanian American Chamber of Commerce in the International District in North Dallas on Monday. The event at the Prism Center was attended by local civic leaders and aimed to promote U.S.-Tanzanian trade and tourism, as well as enhance the city’s foreign relations.