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EPISODE · Jan 16, 2026 · 5 MIN

Coyote, bobcat sightings on the rise in parts of D-FW ... and more news

from The Dallas Morning News · host The Dallas Morning News

Amid a recent spate of reported sightings of bobcats and coyotes in Frisco, local experts are encouraging North Texas residents to be aware and to take precautions to avoid negative encounters between pets, people and wildlife. Police said there is no indication the public is at risk. In other news, a Mesquite City Council member Brandon Murden was arrested shortly after midnight by the Mesquite Police Department and faces a charge of assault causing bodily injury to a family member; the city’s 2023 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows Dallas produced about 18.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, an 11% decrease from 2015, the baseline year for the city’s climate goals; and when will D-FW see its first snow? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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