Chris Smith, whose  94-year-old mother-in-law lives in a Silver Leaf home in Dallas, received this voicemail on March 27, from a Texas Health and Human Services worker. Smith's mother-in-law uses a wheelchair and has dementia, Smith said, and he worries about moving her from the home she lives in.

An employee at Texas Health and Human Services left this voicemail for Dallas resident Betty Murray on March 27, 2025. The state has abruptly closed the Silver Leaf assisted living facility where Murray's 90-year-old mother lives. State workers initially told Murray that she needed to relocate her mother, who needs round-the-clock care, within 72 hours.

Solar energy is needed to help stabilize the state’s electrical grid and keep bills manageable for people in Dallas-Fort Worth. However, solar farms require large swaths of land. This audio clip is from a Dallas Morning News report by Maggie Prosser about some northeast Texans who say this energy “invasion” is destroying their landscapes, like prairies.

This audio clip is from a Dallas Morning News special report by Talia Richman about how school shooting fears led to a 10-year-old boy with autism being handcuffed in Frisco. The boy’s arrest and criminal case underscores a complex consequence of school shootings. 

This audio clip is from a Dallas Morning News special report by Talia Richman about how school shooting fears led to a 10-year-old boy with autism being handcuffed in Frisco. The boy’s arrest and criminal case underscores a complex consequence of school shootings. 

This audio clip is from a Dallas Morning News special report by Talia Richman about how school shooting fears led to a 10-year-old boy with autism being handcuffed in Frisco. The boy’s arrest and criminal case underscores a complex consequence of school shootings. 

This audio clip is from a Dallas Morning News special report by Talia Richman about how school shooting fears led to a 10-year-old boy with autism being handcuffed in Frisco. The boy’s arrest and criminal case underscores a complex consequence of school shootings. 

Dallas Morning News staff writer Sharon Grigsby discusses her profile of 19-year-old Colin Temple, a Dallas teen who turned his life around after a May 2021 overdose and subsequent fentanyl detox. This special audio report is part of The News' "Deadly Fake" series on how fentanyl has affected North Texas.

News staff writer Maggie Prosser discusses the story of Carrollton’s R.L. Turner High School, which has become a symbol for the drug epidemic in North Texas.

Fentanyl is not just an R.L. Turner problem, or a Carrollton problem, or a North Texas problem: Nationwide, the drug was involved in more than three-quarters of adolescent overdose deaths in 2021, and a quarter of cases involved fake pills. Deaths among kids 14 and younger are increasing faster than in any other age group.

This special audio report is part of "Deadly Fake," a Dallas Morning News project examining the effects of fentanyl in North Texas.