Dallas Wave Will Be Removed from Trinity River. The Dallas City Council voted yesterday to shell out $2 million to partially remove the $4 million Dallas Wave whitewater feature from the Trinity. It closed soon after it was opened in 2011 because the Army Corps of Engineers said it made the river unnavigable. The narrow bypass channels were the main issue, as they were more turbulent than the actual Wave. Partial removal—the option the city could afford—is supposed to begin in January and end in September.
Russian Hackers Aimed at Dallas County Servers Prior to Election. Yesterday, officials said that Russian hackers targeted Dallas County servers before the presidential election last November. It’s likely they were trying to access voter registration rolls. They weren’t successful, but would have caused chaos if they had been. “The fact that there were that many attempts says they expected to disrupt. If you disrupt the voter file, then when people are trying to validate at the polls, you got mass confusion,” John Wiley Price said.
Fort Worth Murder Rate Up 70 Percent. This past weekend, five people died from gun and knife violence in Fort Worth. That’s part of a nearly 70 percent jump in the city’s murder rate from January to March, compared with last year. Gang violence is largely to blame. Fort Worth police created a violent-crimes task force to increase patrol in neighborhoods with high crime rates.
