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Marina Trahan Martinez

Reporter · US

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Marina Trahan Martinez

    Three decades after gruesome death of a 15-year-old girl, a suspect faces trial (opens the original)

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    Tamika Cromer had been missing four days. Her 15-year old lifeless, severely burned body was found on a February afternoon in 1996 — a bra wrapped around her neck — with a cigarette butt, bag of cocaine and gas can nearby, according to court records. She was left alone under a bridge, in a secluded, woody area near the Trinity River, now known as the Cedar Crest Bridge Gateway in Southern Dallas. Three decades have passed. But a defendant is scheduled to go on trial for Cromer's murder on Monday

  2. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Marina Trahan Martinez

    More than two dozen Dallas County IT employees laid off (opens the original)

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    Dallas County has laid off more than two dozen people from its IT department. The changes come months after technology and fiscal year budget discussions. A total 49 positions were eliminated and 31 people actually lost their jobs Sept. 3.Laid off employees were told they could apply for 52 new and 40 reclassified technology positions. Those let go were paid through Oct. 2, county administrators said. While the eliminated positions save Dallas County about $8 million, the decision was based on c

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Marina Trahan Martinez

    Metrocare to get $1M from Dallas County despite uncertain future (opens the original)

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    Dallas County commissioners have approved paying Metrocare more than $1 million, despite its uncertain future. The money for the struggling mental health care provider — which has seen significant layoffs — already had been budgeted for fiscal year 2027 last month. Payments for executed contracts were earmarked at more than $220,000 for the Safe Haven program, more than $330,000 for Behavior Treatment Services and $660,000 for Personal Family Assistance. Metrocare is Dallas County's largest ment

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Marina Trahan Martinez

    Dallas County ballot to allow 'bloc voting' for unopposed candidates (opens the original)

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    Dallas County is moving forward with rarely used "bloc voting" for the November midterm elections. It may be the only Texas county offering that option. Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins explained that bloc voting is permitted in a limited scenario. "And the scenario is what we find ourselves in now," he said. "Bloc voting is allowed for unopposed candidates when those unopposed candidates being included individually would lead to the use of a second ballot or second card. That's what we have here." Elec

  5. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Marina Trahan Martinez

    Dallas County's main building going on three weeks of power issues (opens the original)

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    Record-high temperatures may have contributed to a water main break in downtown Dallas that knocked out power to Dallas County's administration building nearly three weeks ago. The building is still operating without full power fully restored and many staffer are working remotely. Dallas County Records Building power cut off during pre-dawn Aug. 26 when a city water break triggered the central breaker to shut down. A main on Elm Street broke and filled an Oncor power vault with water in downtown

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