Below are articles that I wrote for dallasnews.com, the online publication platform for the Dallas Morning News, which gets 9 million unique monthly visitors. Also included are articles I wrote for guidelive.com, the Dallas Morning News’ entertainment news website.
Carjacker tells Midlothian driver he’s ‘going to heaven,’ so he grabs his own gun and says ‘Let’s go!’
29 November 2018- Midlothian police say a man who opted to wait in his car Saturday while his wife shopped for groceries was ambushed by carjackers — but quickly turned the tables on them.
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Seasoned D.C. journalist to join WFAA, replacing retiring anchor John McCaa
20 November 2018- A longtime journalist from Washington, D.C., is set to take over for retiring WFAA-TV (Channel 8) anchor John McCaa next year.
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BB-gun-toting teens shoot up Grapevine neighborhood with pistols that looked real, police say
8 November 2018- When a Grapevine police officer stopped a car full of armed teens last week, he couldn’t tell immediately whether their weapons were BB guns or the real deal.
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10 veterans who served country in life and science in death are laid to rest in Dallas
12 October 2018- Ten veterans who donated their bodies to science through UT Southwestern’s Willed Body Program were laid to rest in a funeral ceremony attended by friends, family and members of the Dallas community.
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Oncor customers targeted by impostors using robocalls to fish for credit card numbers
2 October 2018- Oncor Electric Delivery warned customers in the Dallas area about a scam using robocalls to fish for credit card numbers and threaten to cut off electricity service.
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Potentially toxic lead content in Boy Scouts uniform accessory triggers recall
27 September 2018- A recall was issued for Boy Scout uniform neckerchief slides because of health concerns over their lead content, according to a recall report.
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A junior Big Tex upstages the real thing as giant cowboy goes up a week before State Fair opens (Guidelive)
21 September 2018- With the fair opening Sept. 28, crew members were hard at work Friday morning setting up Big Tex, who each year towers above fair-goers enjoying the annual celebration of all things Texan.
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Herd of cattle joins rush-hour traffic in Southlake after escaping corral
18 September 2018- A herd of cows got loose and wound up strolling down South Kimball Avenue in Southlake.
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North Texas sisters bilked $90,000 from elderly man they met at casino, police say
11 September 2018- Two sisters are accused of bilking more than $90,000 from an elderly Wichita Falls man with a “diminished mental capacity,” police said.
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