Dallas began the fiscal year with 3,410 sworn officers—590 below the City Charter minimum.

Aqua RichJo / October 5,2026 Seven years. That's how much time has passed since former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was convicted of murdering Botham Jean. Now, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has decided she's eligible to come home. On October 1, the board approved Guyger for parole after previously denying her first application in 2024. And Botham Jean's family? THEY STRONGLY OPPOSED IT. Through civil-rights attorney Lee Merritt, the family said an already-limi

Aqua RichJo | September 29, 2026 The downtown Neiman Marcus flagship will permanently close Wednesday, September 30, ending more than a century at Main and Ervay streets. Dallas officials and business leaders previously pushed to preserve the location, but Saks Global confirmed the closing would proceed. For Dallas, the goodbye reaches beyond shopping bags. It includes the people who built careers there, the artists who turned windows into destinations and the families who ma

Aqua RichJo | September 29, 2026 Morgan Stanley has chosen Dallas for a new U.S. operations hub, promising a $684 million investment and more than 3,800 jobs. Texas has offered the company a $43,849,500 Texas Enterprise Fund grant and a $40,000 veteran-job bonus. Dallas previously authorized up to $18.5 million in grants, plus tax abatements. Together, the state awards and maximum city grants total $62,389,500—before the value of the abatements. These are incentive commitment

Aqua RichJo | September 29, 2026 Two Atmos Energy contract workers were hospitalized after a pipe ruptured during an air-pressure test near the Alexan Riveredge Apartments early Monday. Dallas Fire-Rescue said the incident happened shortly before 4 a.m. near the 1200 block of Turtle Creek Boulevard in Dallas’ Design District. The complex had already been evacuated earlier this month because of a separate natural-gas leak. Dallas Fire-Rescue initially described both workers’ i

Aqua RichJo | September 28, 2026 Dallas voters may get to decide whether their city government can leave City Hall. The Save Dallas City Hall Coalition plans to file petition paperwork on Friday, October 2, seeking a charter amendment for the May 2027 ballot. Its proposal would keep Dallas government in the I.M. Pei-designed building unless voters approve a move. That vote is far from guaranteed. The coalition must first collect 20,000 signatures in person from registered Dal

Aqua RichJo | September 27, 2026 The Dallas Cowboys face the Baltimore Ravens today in the NFL’s first regular-season game in Rio de Janeiro. Kickoff at Maracanã Stadium is scheduled for 3:25 p.m. Central—5:25 p.m. in Rio. CBS will carry the game nationally. For Dallas, this is more than an away game. The Cowboys enter at 1–1, and Dak Prescott will meet Lamar Jackson in a matchup between two of the league’s most visible Black quarterbacks. They have faced each other once befo

Aqua RichJo| September 27, 2026 Need to visit a Dallas library, recreation center or City Hall on Monday? Change those plans. Dallas will hold its third mandatory employee furlough day on September 28, closing many public facilities as the city responds to a financial shortfall. Essential services will continue, but residents and workers will feel the disruption. City Hall, every public-library branch, recreation centers, aquatic facilities, golf courses, Fair Park and Code C

Aqua RichJo | September 26, 2026 You take the picture. You wait for it to develop. Then you hold the result in your hand. This weekend, PolaCon is giving North Texas photographers a place to share that experience—and learn what else instant film can do. The Instant Film Society’s convention runs through Sunday, September 27, with events in Dallas and Denton. It opened Friday with a photo walk at the State Fair of Texas. Workshops, demonstrations, a swap meet and time to conne

Aqua RichJo | September 26, 2026 A camera on a Dallas sanitation truck captured a license plate its system was supposed to blur. The city caught the mistake and manually covered the plate before releasing the image in response to a public-records request. Dallas Code Compliance says it has since strengthened its privacy procedures and asked contractor City Detect to run stored images through its blurring system again. www.nbcdfw.com That plate was not released unredacted in t