Texas cities and counties have already had their budgets compressed by a variety of factors, including the state’s current property tax limits.

A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing woman from the Dallas area.

Authorities said they’ve been searching for a venomous cobra that escaped from its enclosure at a home in a Grand Prairie neighborhood.

The shooting happened early Sunday in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie. Police said in a statement that officers responded to a report of a shooting and found Hassell suffering from gunshot wounds. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File)GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – The actor Eddie Hassell, known for his roles in the NBC show “Surface” and the 2010 film “The Kids Are All Right,” has died after a shooting in Texas, police said. Grand Prairie police said in a statement that officers responded to a report of a shooting and found Hassell suffering from gunshot wounds. Grand Prairie police said the motive remained under investigation, but that a car had been taken from the scene of the shooting.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas Firefighters in Grand Prairie near Dallas are currently working to put out a large blaze at a plastics factory. According to NBC 5, firefighters confirmed they were called to a fire in the 2000 block of West Marshall Drive, but would not give a specific location. Employees of Poly-America confirmed to NBC 5 the fire is at their plastics facility. NBC 5 says people who live in the area reported brief power outages overnight. Authorities have not yet said whether any injuries have been reported and are investigating to see what caused the fire.