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Lancaster · community
What residents are talking about in Lancaster public meetings, ranked by community engagement.
Recent coverage of Lancaster from local and regional media.
Water stopped flowing down an East Dallas street after a city-maintained water line leaked for 40 days, but neighbors are questioning why it took so long to repair it. Dallas Water Utilities crews worked Wednesday to stop the leak on San Fernando ...
Sep 11, 2026Texas is taking a leading role in testing electric air taxis, launching a three-year pilot program to explore the ways highly automated aircraft could eventually carry cargo and passengers. National and local leaders launched Project Nexus on Thur...
Sep 10, 2026Neighbors in a Van Zandt county community say their faucets are running brown and have been for weeks. The city of Edgewood maintains its water is safe but multiple residents told NBC 5 they’re still afraid to drink it or to even use it to clean ...
Sep 9, 2026Hood County Commissioners were scheduled to discuss and potentially take action on Tuesday on multiple proposed data center projects that have generated months of debate among residents, developers and local officials. The Hood County Commissioner...
Sep 8, 2026The Dallas FBI Field Office shared insight into the reported decline in violent crime both in the U.S. and in the North Texas region. According to the agency’s 2025 Crime in the Nation Report, there were 1.1 million violent crimes reported nationa...
Sep 8, 2026Four teens have been detained after an alleged road-rage shooting and pursuit in Fort Worth on Sunday afternoon. Fort Worth Police said the incident began as road rage and escalated when one driver followed the other toward their house. Police sai...
Sep 7, 2026A man armed with a machete was shot and killed by Garland police officers early Monday morning, after authorities say he ignored commands to drop the weapon, resisted less-lethal efforts and charged toward officers. The shooting happened near the ...
Sep 7, 2026Dawn Vogel, a Republican county supervisor in rural Buchanan County, Iowa, doesn’t have a lot in common with the leading democratic socialists in Congress. But on this bit of policy they agree: Data centers are proliferating across the American lands...
Sep 7, 2026September is Suicide Prevention Month, and a North Texas organization said it wants to make sure people in crisis know they are available 24/7 to reach out to. The Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas is a crisis intervention hotline that’s av...
Sep 6, 2026The sun is setting on an era in Fort Worth as the Coyote Drive-In enters its final weekend. The business opened knowing its lease with the Tarrant Regional Water District would one day end to make way for the next phase of the Panther Island proje...
Sep 6, 2026The invasive emerald ash borer beetle’s discovery in Delta, Erath, Hardin, Walker, and Wood continues its spread into new parts of Texas. Eight new counties have been confirmed to have the invasive species this year. The detections were made t...
Sep 5, 2026Texas has made its homestead exemption increasingly valuable for homeowners, including raising the mandatory school exemption to $140,000 last year. But new research suggests tens of thousands of Dallas County properties may be missing out on the tax...
Sep 5, 2026