East Dallas

KERA's Recovering the Stories video series chronicles historic communities of color across Dallas, taking a closer look at how subjects like police brutality and gentrification have disproportionately affected these neighborhoods.

Anthony Paz Torres pleaded guilty to five federal hate crimes for killing one person and attempting to kill four others at a tire shop on Buckner Boulevard in 2015, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday.

Police chief Eddie Garcia said officers were responding to an armed encounter call at the time of the shooting.

The southeast community of Joppa, one of the original freedmen’s towns of Dallas, is holding a community cleanup of what will be their first multipurpose center.

Update: Fans of Lakewood Theater descended on a dumpster outside the iconic movie house Thursday to rescue antique seats, trashed to give crews more room…

Several Dallas police officers and SWAT members were involved in an hours-long standoff this morning in East Dallas with a man who shot a woman and then…

A group of parents who live around White Rock Lake in East Dallas wants to split from the Dallas Independent School District. That’s right, the group…

Summertime, fresh air, blue skies can bring to mind healthy fresh produce, though you don’t expect it to happen near downtown Dallas! Commentator Joan…