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Schutze joins Observer staff - December 25, 1997
Buzz - December 25, 1997
Parting shots - December 25, 1997
As Laura Miller rides off to tilt at political windmills, we recall some of her choicest words
Buzz - December 18, 1997
Miller leaves Observer for politics - December 18, 1997
Star chamber II - December 18, 1997
John Henry McBryde's day of reckoning is at hand, but what that means is anybody's guess
Downright unneighborly - December 18, 1997
Tenants of drug-infested apartments find that help is not just a phone call away
The Right Honorable Don Venable - December 11, 1997
As the new trustee takes his seat on the school board, he comes out slashing
Don't fence him in - December 11, 1997
City Manager John Ware's neighbors want him to take a break from arena shilling and fix his fence
Buzz - December 11, 1997
Kosher competition - December 4, 1997
Dallas' burgeoning Jewish community sparks a battle among markets hungry for their business
Getting the lead out - December 4, 1997
A troublesome painting contract raises a new worry at DISD--lead contamination
Buzz - December 4, 1997
Feds do a flip-flop on Peavy Tapes - November 27, 1997
If the government has its way, no one else will know the contents of these controversial chats
Buzz - November 27, 1997
Buzz - November 20, 1997
Bye, bye Bethel - November 20, 1997
The newest town in Texas is a town no more
The cats of war - November 20, 1997
The co-founder of an exotic cat sanctuary loses everything, but did the punishment fit the crime?
Buzz - November 13, 1997
No joke - November 13, 1997
County Commissioner Ken Mayfield isn't laughing anymore about sexual harassment charges
Houses of blues - November 13, 1997
Homeowners near Lower Greenville had seen enough of drunken nightclubbers; then they met their new neighbor
Upright in Garland - November 6, 1997
Pizza man sent packing for lounging in city park
Hypocritic oath - November 6, 1997
Minutes of a power brokers' meeting show that Fort Worth is guilty of what it accuses Dallas of doing--breaking an agreement over D/FW airport
Buzz - November 6, 1997
Buzz - October 30, 1997
Who ya gonna call? - October 30, 1997
Lawyer Kenneth Mayfield racks up a winning record in the courts he helps oversee as a county commissioner
Policing the police - October 23, 1997
A squabble between administrators leads to charges of mismanagement among DISD's security police
Observer staffer wins award - October 23, 1997
Buzz - October 23, 1997
In the dumps - October 23, 1997
A Pleasant Grove landowner tries to convince angry neighbors that the land he wants to fill won't turn into a trash heap
Paving paradise - October 16, 1997
Defenders of the simple life in east Plano fight an uphill battle against a developer's bulldozers
Buzz - October 16, 1997
X marks the spot - October 16, 1997
A plan to rename Oakland Avenue for Malcolm X raises cries of racism in Deep Ellum
Hollow victory - October 9, 1997
Too late, a judge says neighborhood rehabilitators Carlos and Dana Jackson were persecuted by the city
Buzz - October 9, 1997
Buzz - October 2, 1997
Trendy health - October 2, 1997
The booming field of alternative medicine goes under the microscope in Dallas
Cat Eyes' last meow - September 18, 1997
Yvonne Gonzalez calls it quits after her darkest hour in that tear-jerkin', mind-bendin' DISD
Rest in peace - September 18, 1997
A compromise promises to end a battle over development in Greenwood Cemetery
Buzz - September 18, 1997
Road warriors - September 18, 1997
East Dallas residents rally to buy time against Haskell Avenue bulldozers
Rumors of war - September 11, 1997
A fight over rezoning has some northeast Dallas homeowners talking recall
Buzz - September 11, 1997
Digging in - September 4, 1997
Friends of Greenwood Cemetery prepare a long-shot effort to protect paupers' graves
Buzz - September 4, 1997
Hard knocks - September 4, 1997
A school's closing leaves a Dallas woman $10,000 in debt for a worthless education
Return to sender - September 4, 1997
Texas regulators want $514,000 back from a Dallas anti-poverty agency
McKinney doctor suspended - September 4, 1997
Acquitted of attempted murder charges, he still loses medical license
Lawsuit against Observer thrown out - August 28, 1997
Case breaks new ground in protecting press rights
Meter cheaters - August 28, 1997
Handicap parking cheats need not fear a new state law
Buzz - August 28, 1997
Day trippin' - August 21, 1997
East Dallas day laborers must relocate to a new corner, but doing so might be costly...for them
Buzz - August 21, 1997
Impulse buying - August 21, 1997
A proposal to turn a church into classrooms raises a choir of critics
Buzz - August 14, 1997
Rolling along - August 14, 1997
A plan to help poor kids finally gets the backing it deserves
Buzz - August 7, 1997
Yvonne's school of accounting - August 7, 1997
How honest is the DISD superintendent being about her costly office renovation?
Four legs and a funeral - August 7, 1997
This tale of a boy, his dog, and Mesquite Animal Control doesn't have a happy ending
Family first - July 31, 1997
State auditors hit a Dallas anti-poverty agency over nepotism and allegations of waste
Executive sweet - July 31, 1997
DISD Superintendent Yvonne Gonzalez spent a lot more on her new office than taxpayers were told
Borderline case - July 24, 1997
An illegal immigrant mother battles against bureaucracy to stay near her ailing daughter
Buzz - July 24, 1997
Slip sliding away - July 24, 1997
A South Dallas couple takes on the city to save back yard
Jurist imprudence - July 17, 1997
The search for a new federal judge reaches the lowest common denominator
Buzz - July 17, 1997
Stealth plant - July 10, 1997
A nuclear neighbor catches Denton residents by surprise
Buzz - July 10, 1997
Observer honors - July 10, 1997
Zimmerman wins writing award, Henry cited by black journalists' organization
Bad business - July 3, 1997
A&M Records VP accused of rape during Texas trip
Blowing off steam - July 3, 1997
A city inspector is canned for discussing bombing techniques
Buzz - July 3, 1997
End run - June 26, 1997
Did DISD attorney Dennis Eichelbaum try to cut a personal deal at taxpayer expense?
Buzz - June 26, 1997
Sonny is grounded - June 26, 1997
Governor vetoes a Dallas businessman's sweetheart legislation
Buzz - June 19, 1997
Bar none - June 19, 1997
Local gay nightclubs are sued for shutting out a man with cerebral palsy
Big man, big mouth - June 19, 1997
Nate Newton holds forth on race, whores, and getting along with reporters
Buzz - June 12, 1997
Profitable mistakes - June 12, 1997
Dallas couple devises alternative to marriage for the over-40 set
My two sons? - June 12, 1997
Former school trustee Roberto Medrano is sued for child support
Buzz - June 5, 1997
Naughty bits - June 5, 1997
Artist claims censorship because he can't display his downloaded porn
Buzz - May 29, 1997
Dead ducks - May 29, 1997
Despite woman's battle with city, wildlife carnage continues
Buzz - May 22, 1997
School daze - May 22, 1997
With three investigations underway, DISD employees are getting downright paranoid
Going for the jugular - May 22, 1997
The battle over a North Texas sanctuary for wild felines grows cattier by the day
Put a lid on it - May 15, 1997
Fighting poets don't cuss any better than the rest of us
Buzz - May 15, 1997
Accidental activists - May 15, 1997
A fight over Greenwood Cemetery's future wakes the living
Charlotte's web - May 8, 1997
Sloppy reporting forces a councilwoman to deny being soft on porn
Buzz - May 8, 1997
The vote's in the bag - May 1, 1997
Labor hall offers the homeless cash and sandwiches to be good citizens
What price victory? - May 1, 1997
A youngster encounters tricky racial politics by challenging Kathlyn Gilliam
McFugue, no cheese - April 24, 1997
Beethoven and the Dead European Males clean up a notorious street corner
Buzz - April 24, 1997
Buzz - April 17, 1997
Signs of trouble - April 17, 1997
Police calls, pepper spray, and a bad debt spice up the Brenda Reyes campaign
Observer honors - April 10, 1997
Three writers win awards, and a fourth remains hopeful
Treed off - April 10, 1997
The city's tree ordinance has more holes than the ozone layer
Buzz - April 10, 1997
Collective grief - April 3, 1997
Private child support agency means more headaches for single mother
Buzz - April 3, 1997
Buzz - March 27, 1997
Dueling tapes - March 27, 1997
Gadfly injects more secret tape recordings into the Peavy saga
Observer writer wins Unity Award - March 20, 1997
Buzz - March 20, 1997
Slim Pickens - March 20, 1997
An angry wife does to T. Boone Pickens what his corporate victims could only dream of
The fat man sings - March 13, 1997
Judge Solis orders controversial Peavy Tapes released to Justice Dept.
Observer writers win national honors - March 13, 1997
Sultan of swat - March 13, 1997
Charged with assault for spanking an 11-year-old boy, a volunteer tutor defends old-fashioned discipline
Buzz - March 13, 1997
Libel suit dismissed - March 6, 1997
Observer gets wired - March 6, 1997
All fowled up - March 6, 1997
It seems no one cares about cockfighting in East Dallas
The Bard of Bedford - March 6, 1997
Fred Hutchison believes in high-volume poetry
Buzz - March 6, 1997
Soul searcher - February 27, 1997
Rick Metcalf helps cops who fell in the good fight get to the other side
Buzz - February 27, 1997
Anything else? - February 20, 1997
Council hopeful Brenda Reyes already leads the pack in controversy
Buzz - February 20, 1997
'I'm not that stupid' - February 13, 1997
City council hopeful Brenda Reyes shows amazing inventiveness in meeting residency laws
On golden pawn - February 13, 1997
Thanks to police, stolen goods pay off for pawn shop owners
Buzz - February 13, 1997
Fumble - February 6, 1997
Police give back Erik Williams' "intimate" videos
Buzz - February 6, 1997
Tar baby tapes - February 6, 1997
Peavy Tapes may hold more bizarre twists
Lawyers ain't cheap - January 30, 1997
Dan Peavy, Bill Keever have legal bills coming due
Braid new world - January 30, 1997
A combative hairstyler finally gives in to state regulation
Buzz - January 30, 1997
Fight or flight? - January 23, 1997
Denton man claims he's in jail because attorney Brian Loncar failed to show up in court
Buzz - January 23, 1997
Laura Miller takes a break - January 23, 1997
Buzz - January 16, 1997
Rough waters - January 16, 1997
It hasn't been smooth sailing for the Voyager after-school program
Aggies lose again - January 16, 1997
AG's office makes the last call of the season
Smut fight - January 9, 1997
Adult publishers bring Dallas a good, old-fashioned newspaper war
Calling all cars - January 9, 1997
Excited cops bust a stuffed Santa for ogling a mannequin
Darling will cough up $4 million - January 2, 1997
Local company agrees to plead guilty and pay record fine in pollution case
Buzz - January 2, 1997

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