Dallas

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YWCA honorees Barbara Minor James (left) and Anita N. Martinez share cake-cutting duties at a celebration of the organization's 100th anniversary in Dallas. The group marked the centennial in the Dallas City Hall Flag Room on Wednesday. A hundred women, including Ms. James and Ms. Martinez, were chosen to receive the Dallas YWCA Centennial Award for contributions to the city from 1908 to 2008.

Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle fired an 18-year veteran officer Wednesday for engaging in sexual activity while working an off-duty job in uniform last year, police said. Chief Kunkle fired Senior Cpl. Rene Dominguez during a disciplinary hearing regarding the September 2007 incident. Cpl. Dominguez had been assigned to the personnel and development division.

Scott Goldstein

The Dallas medical examiner identified a 35-year-old man who was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon at an apartment complex near Lancaster Road and Ledbetter Drive in east Oak Cliff. Michael David Sciortino, 35, of Garland was shot about 4:40 p.m. at the complex in the 2100 block of 52nd Street, police said. He was pronounced dead at Methodist Dallas Medical Center less than an hour later. No arrests had been made Wednesday, though investigators believe the shooting may have been drug-related, police said.

Scott Goldstein

A woman and her passenger were killed early Wednesday when she drove her vehicle into a stopped tractor-trailer on the shoulder of Interstate 635, police said. Victoria Rios, 30, of Dallas and Alan Ray Hunter, 41, of Little Elm were killed about 3:20 a.m. when their westbound Ford Focus slammed into the back of the truck on the north shoulder between Midway Road and Marsh Lane, a Dallas police report said. A witness said the car almost sideswiped another truck before the crash, the report said. Ms. Rios had a previous conviction for driving while intoxicated in Garland, police said.

Scott Goldstein

The Irving City Council on Thursday is expected to vote on a lawsuit settlement with the owners of Spanish Trace Apartments, who sued last year after the Building and Standards Commission ordered the property be vacated. As part of the settlement, the city will waive $24,000 in civil penalties against the owner and will release a lien filed on the property. The owner will spend more than $1 million to renovate the property. The city has made a highly publicized push to bring aging apartments up to code. Owners of some other properties have also filed lawsuits that are still pending in courts.

Brandon Formby

A 24-year-old man was found shot to death inside a house early Wednesday, police said. The man, who was not identified, was found about 1:30 a.m. in the house in the 8300 block of Nisqually Street, near Buckner Boulevard and Lake June Road, police said. He had been staying at the home, police said. No arrests had been made Wednesday.

Scott Goldstein