• Ash Grove Cement will slash emissions in Midlothian close two old kilns and build a new one under U.S. settlement

  Jim Schermbeck, director of the North Texas clean-air group Downwinders at Risk, said he’s glad to see the EPA enforcing the law, but added that the agency should have ordered a test of the strictest emissions control, called selective catalytic reduction, on Ash Grove’s new Midlothian kiln. ';Because DFW hasn’t been able to comply with the Clean Air Act in two decades, ...

• NCTCOG to re-open waiting list for safe room rebate program

  After excessive demand shut it down earlier this month, the North Central Texas Council of Governments is reopening registration for its program to help residents install a tornado safe room in their homes. Registration for the program, which reimburses residents for up to half of the cost of a safe room, started at 1:15 a.m. on June 5, but was forced to close within hours. By 5:30 a.m. that ...

• Keller church severs ties with Boy Scouts over new gay member policy

  No one is predicting the demise of the Boy Scouts of America because it laid out the welcome mat to openly gay youth last month. But there’s no denying that churches and faith-based organizations are filled with angst about the BSA’s new membership policy. The latest incident erupted this week at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Keller, a growing suburban community next to ...

• Major prostitution ring in Dallas Plano and Hurst dismantled

  Local, state and federal authorities have busted up a major prostitution ring operating in Plano, Dallas and Hurst that has national and international ties as part of a two-year investigation dubbed Operation Flaming Dragon. On Monday, 240 law enforcement agents executed 14 state and federal warrants in North Texas that resulted in 20 arrests. In addition, they shut down nine store fronts ...

• Glen Becks news network buys famed Studios of Las Colinas

  , Glenn Beck’s news, opinion and entertainment network, announced today that it has purchased the The Studios at Las Colinas building. It will host the network's flagship television and radio facility. The studio has served as the home to TheBlaze and other network shows like Glenn Beck on a rental basis since 2012. The 72,000 square foot facility, which will now be known ...

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