(From WFAA-TV); DALLAS — University of Texas President Jay Hartzell will become SMU’s next president. SMU’s Board of Trustees approved Hartzell’s hire Tuesday and he will become SMU’s next president effective June 1, 2025. His last day at UT will be May 31. The announcement comes after SMU President R. Gerald Turner announced plans this fall to…… MORE
Biden champions the action as win for climate change, while Trump’s team says it could keep energy costs high (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) President Biden announced an 11th-hour executive action on Monday that bans new drilling and further oil and natural gas development on more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal and offshore waters. Biden, whose…… MORE
Officers responded to a fatal shooting around 11:45 a.m. Jan 5, Dallas police said. Credit WFFA DALLAS — One person died after a shooting in southern Dallas on Sunday night, police said. Officers responded to a shooting call around 11:45 p.m. Jan. 5 in the 5300 block of Botham Jean Blvd, Dallas police said in…… MORE
DALLAS — As the final whistle blew on the final game of a disappointing season, focus turned to the Cowboys’ head coach Mike McCarthy, whose contract is set to expire Jan 14. The high-stakes deadline was set after last year’s home playoff failure against the Packers, after which Jones decided not to extend McCarthy’s contract,…… MORE
MCALLEN, Texas — The mayor of McAllen, Texas says if things stay the way they are, his city will do just fine in 2025. But Javier Villalobos also admits they’re not 100% sure what will happen under a second Trump Administration, beginning with the President-elect’s promise of mass deportations. If that plan becomes a reality,…… MORE