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    City News Roundup

    Oak Cliff to get high-rises and more surprises in city news this week

    Teresa Gubbins
    Apr 25, 2015 | 12:11 pm

    Phew, Dallas evaded a tornado; look for rainbow photos all over Facebook today. Meanwhile, voters say no to the toll road, and early voting has arrived.

    Onward to the top city of Dallas news for the week:

    Toll poll says no
    Proponents of the Trinity toll road keep saying that Dallas citizens want it, because they did officially vote for it twice. And yet there has seemed to be a groundswell, what some might call an avalanche, of opposition. Which is it?

    The Dallas Morning News commissioned a poll that found the majority don't want it. "Of Dallas residents who have formed an opinion on the road," writes Brandon Formby, "40 percent oppose it and 23 percent favor it. The News' poll found opposition even higher among registered voters, with 65 percent against it."

    Not even the new fantasy version proposed by the Dream Team would make a difference. "Most aren't swayed by plans to initially start the toll road with fewer lanes and interchanges than what could eventually be built decades in the future," Formby says.

    Oak Cliff Gateway is a go
    The Dallas City Council approved a rezoning of the Oak Cliff Gateway area that will allow for development projects, including 20-story buildings. The district is bordered by I-30 on the north, the Trinity River Corridor and I-35 on the east, and Eighth Street on the south. (Here's a map from 2012.)

    The zoning will break up the area into 10 districts, allowing for development, which will bring more people and more density. The project has been in the works since 2005.

    City Hall park
    The cavernous area in front of City Hall has become a new darling. Developer Mike Sarimsakci, whose downtown Dallas projects include the "Alto 211" building, is conversing with the city on a private-public proposal to redesign the plaza with amenities that could possibly include food trucks, retail and a swimming pool.

    Simultaneously, there is the Dallas City Hall Median Project, which will replace the existing landscape with "a more efficient water-wise landscape palette and irrigation system." The project is being sponsored by the Dallas Water Utilities Water Conservation City Leadership Grant Program.

    Early voting begins
    Early voting for the May 9 election begins on Monday, April 27, and runs until Tuesday, May 5. Dallas County registered voters may vote at any early voting location. The full list of locations can be found here.

    Voters can present a valid Texas driver license, Election Identification Certificate, personal identification card, concealed handgun license, military identification card, citizenship or naturalization certificate or passport. For more information visit Dallas City Hall/Elections May 2015.

    Earth Day recs
    You already missed celebrity speaker Karenna Gore, but if you're looking for picks on the remainder of Earth Day Texas weekend, consult this list from Phillip Shinoda, project manager for GreenSource DFW, Dallas Fort Worth's environmental news site.

    The Oak Farms complex is part of the area encompassed by the Oak Cliff Gateway.

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    The Oak Farms complex is part of the area encompassed by the Oak Cliff Gateway.
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    Animal News

    Hunt County man arrested for animal cruelty to puppy from Dallas

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jun 20, 2025 | 5:33 pm
    Jacob Paul Nichols
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    Jacob Paul Nichols arrested for animal cruelty in Hunt County, Texas.

    On Tuesday, June 17, a resident of Greenville, Texas was arrested for animal cruelty after allegedly letting a puppy starve to death.

    According to a release, Jacob Paul Nichols was arrested and charged with Texas Penal Code 42.092, Cruelty to Non-Livestock Animals (b)(1) after allegedly torturing his puppy over a span of several months, causing unjustifiable pain and suffering which ultimately resulted in her death — a felony of the third degree.

    Nichols was located and arrested in Johnson County where he was booked into Johnson County Jail and held on a $200,000 bond.

    On June 6, SPCA of Texas’ Animal Cruelty Investigations (ACI) Unit Chief Investigator was contacted by the ever-diligent Hunt County Sheriff’s Office in reference to a deceased puppy that was discovered inside a dumpster at a Greenville apartment complex.

    The small tan puppy was found lying on her side in a medium-sized crate. She was emaciated and had sharp, overgrown nails.

    An SPCA of Texas Investigator took the puppy to the SPCA's Russell E. Dealey Animal Rescue Center for a forensic necropsy. The exam showed the puppy was 5.5 months old and weighed only 7.6 pounds when she died. She perished due to long-term starvation and dehydration, and had suffered for a prolonged period of time.

    The puppy had a microchip, which revealed that she had been adopted by a Dallas resident from a North Texas animal shelter in January 2025. The puppy, named Sandy, was rehomed to Nichols on February 13 through a rehoming website that allows potential adopters to be screened prior to rehoming. (The release does not identify the adopter or explain why the adopter was dumping the puppy after only a month of ownership.)

    Nichols signed a contract stating that he agreed to “care for the pet in a humane and responsible manner and to provide him/her with clean and adequate shelter, food, water and veterinary care.”

    The SPCA of Texas ACI Unit confirmed with Nichols that the dog had been in his care. Interviews with Nichols and other witnesses revealed evidence that the dog had been neglected over a span of months and left to die in the crate without food or water.

    “No animal deserves to suffer in silence the way this puppy did. The evidence indicates that she was trapped, neglected and ultimately starved to death over a span of months,” said SPCA of Texas’ ACI Unit Chief Investigator Courtney Burns, CAWA. “The level of cruelty in this case is staggering, and the SPCA of Texas and Hunt County Sheriff’s Office are committed to ensuring justice is served.”

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