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Dock Local expands with its 4th DFW location at the Dallas Farmers Market, serving scratch-made coastal seafood, a raw bar, and signature cocktails.

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Dallas Mavericks Jennifer Ridgeway, Chief Impact Officer The Dallas Mavericks have named Jennifer Ridgeway as its new chief impact officer. Ridgeway joins from the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx, where she held executive roles and built relationships with nonprofits, local government, and civic leaders. In her new role, Ridgeway will continue to lead philanthropic initiatives and the … Continued The post Dallas Mavericks Tap Former Minnesota T-Wolves, Lynx Exec As Chief Impact Officer appeared first on D Magazine.

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A woman who was allegedly shooting a gun into trees in a south Fort Worth neighborhood was arrested on Wednesday after a chase led to an officer shooting his weapon in her direction.Fort Worth PD officer-involved shootingOn July 15 at around 8:45 p.m., Fort Worth Police responded to a shots-fired call in the 1700 block of Belshire Court.The initial call stated a black female, later identified as 32-year-old Leandra Johnson, was shooting a gun into nearby trees. Johnson reportedly lives in the area where the incident occurred.When officers arrived at the scene, Johnson fled and ignored commands from police.Police say she reached inside a purse she was holding and, fearing she had a weapon, an officer fired his weapon towards Johnson.Johnson was not hit by the officer's gun and was uninjured. She then complied with officers and was arrested.Officers did not find a gun in Johnson's purse, but found ammunition matching shell casings found at the scene at Johnson's residence.Johnson has bee

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A search of the dental office where a child died this past April revealed an office that didn't follow mandatory safety practices.Detectives who searched Cuddle Kids Dental Care in Fort Worth found syringes with varying levels of leftover medication located in a box in the office.48-year-old Chrishelle Hemphill, who was arrested this week after 4-year-old Aithana Arriaga died at the office in April, told investigators the office would reuse medication from a previous dose if the entire medication wasn't used.Hemphill's dental license was temporarily suspended on July 15, the day of her arrest, by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.The suspension order states chloral hydrate, a discontinued sedative that has no specific reversal agent, was administered to Arriaga.Child death at dentist's officeInvestigators determined Hemphill was responsible for the April death of 4-year-old Aithana Arriaga at Cuddle Kids Dental in Fort Worth.An arrest affidavit states Arriaga did not wake up fo

Unsafe medication practices found at Fort Worth dental office where child died — FOX 4 Dallas
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It’s not often a new album makes me tear up a little, but by the time I got to “So Far from Alone,” the penultimate track of Tipps & Obermiller’s Little Kid Heart, I found myself deep enough in my feelings to blur my vision a little. I was driving, listening to the LP on […] The post ‘Little Kid Heart’ appeared first on Fort Worth Weekly.

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Dock Local expands with its 4th DFW location at the Dallas Farmers Market, serving scratch-made coastal seafood, a raw bar, and signature cocktails.

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The floodwaters are gone, and what remains are piles of debris.It will be another long cleanup process for people here in Kerrville, but they don't have to do it alone as hundreds of hands are back to help this community recover once more.Weeks after it was unveiled, the memorial to honor lives lost last year now bears the scars of this year's tragedy... Several days of heavy rain led to dangerous flash flooding in Texas Hill Country, resulting in two deaths.65-year-old John Steward was in his Kerrville home when it was swept away. A 74-year-old man in Uvalde County died after his vehicle was overcome by the raging water.Community steps up with relief for KerrvilleDavid Henry and Ashlie Bates, with Hands of Hope, came to Kerr County last year to help when historic floodwaters killed more than 100 people."It’s pretty horrific. And there’s still visible damage from last year," said Henry.They answered the call again to give out free breakfast and lunch to those impacted. "It makes me fee

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Dallas Mavericks Jennifer Ridgeway, Chief Impact Officer The Dallas Mavericks have named Jennifer Ridgeway as its new chief impact officer. Ridgeway joins from the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx, where she held executive roles and built relationships with nonprofits, local government, and civic leaders. In her new role, Ridgeway will continue to lead philanthropic initiatives and the … Continued The post Dallas Mavericks Tap Former Minnesota T-Wolves, Lynx Exec As Chief Impact Officer appeared first on D Magazine.

Dallas Mavericks Tap Former Minnesota T-Wolves, Lynx Exec As Chief Impact Officer — D Magazine
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The Dallas Mavericks just acquired former No. 1 overall draft pick Zaccharie Risacher and a top 55 protected 2027 second-round pick from the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday.The transaction was a part of a three-team trade that also included the Oklahoma City Thunder.Dallas sent guard Ryan Nembhard to Atlanta and a 2027 second-round pick, originally acquired from the Chicago Bulls to Oklahoma City in the deal to acquire 21-year-old Risacher was selected first overall in the 2024 NBA Draft by the Hawks. Risacher also has international experience with France, helping the senior national team during the 2025 EuroBasket tournament after previously winning a silver medal at the 2023 FIBA Under-19 World Cup and a bronze medal at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 World Cup. Risacher is a 6-foot-9 forward averaging 11.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 142 career games with Atlanta, including 119 starts. He earned NBA All-Rookie First Team honors in the 2024-25 season after averaging 12.6 points and 3.6 re

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A man in McKinney was arrested after authorities said he fired a shotgun toward a McKinney police officer responding to reports of gunfire at an apartment complex late Friday night.According to a press release from the department, McKinney officers were called to the Gray Branch Apartments in the 1700 block of North Ridge Road at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday after receiving multiple 911 dispatch calls reporting shots fired.25-year-old Alexis Calderon fired a shotgun in the direction of a responding officer before retreating into an apartment. Officers established a perimeter and communicated with Calderon, who surrendered a short time later without further incident.According to police, the detectives later executed a search warrant at the apartment and recovered multiple firearms, ammunition and spent shell casing.Calderon was booked into the Collin County Detention Facility on a charge of aggravated assault against a public servant, a first-degree felony. No officers or members of the pu

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The Dallas Mavericks just acquired former No. 1 overall draft pick Zaccharie Risacher and a top 55 protected 2027 second-round pick from the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday.The transaction was a part of a three-team trade that also included the Oklahoma City Thunder.Dallas sent guard Ryan Nembhard to Atlanta and a 2027 second-round pick, originally acquired from the Chicago Bulls to Oklahoma City in the deal to acquire 21-year-old Risacher was selected first overall in the 2024 NBA Draft by the Hawks. Risacher also has international experience with France, helping the senior national team during the 2025 EuroBasket tournament after previously winning a silver medal at the 2023 FIBA Under-19 World Cup and a bronze medal at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 World Cup. Risacher is a 6-foot-9 forward averaging 11.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 142 career games with Atlanta, including 119 starts. He earned NBA All-Rookie First Team honors in the 2024-25 season after averaging 12.6 points and 3.6 re

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