Police officers tasked with enforcing city ordinances should not be cast as villains for carrying out that responsibility.

Under an overpass near where Interstate 30 and Central Expressway knit into a gray ceiling, Julie Hand had carved out what felt like a home. Until last month’s icy weather, the former caregiver and ...

A fatal shooting on Wednesday afternoon at a North Dallas homeless encampment is the second homicide in three months, according to police records. The Dallas Police Department (DPD) released new ...

Dallas has enforced a ban on camping in public spaces — i.e., sleeping outside while homeless — since the ‘90s, doling out tickets to those who likely have no cash to pay them.  But in recent years, ...

Dallas officials are investigating the use of zip ties to restrain homeless residents during a January 22 encampment clearing ...

Dallas Fire-Rescue is investigating a camper fire that killed at least eight dogs at a homeless encampment in Dallas’ Rylie ...

Eight dogs died on Thursday when they were trapped in a camper fire, Dallas-Fire Rescue said.

A man was stabbed in an attack outside of a homeless shelter in Dallas. Former Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Kevin ...

North Texas city leaders are reviewing the use of zip ties during a January homeless encampment clearing in Dallas, questioning how the action was planned and communicated. A Dallas City Council ...

An homeless Dallas man says he was stabbed in the throat by a stranger. Nearly a week later, police say the suspect remains unknown and still at large.

Homelessness is a horrible issue—painful, endlessly complex, almost impossible to contain in any useful summary way. The worst of it is that all of the passionate voices arrayed on each side of the ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire delivered the State of the City Address Thursday afternoon. In praising his and the city's ...