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Trojan pony - December 30, 1999
SMU engages in a stealth campaign to buy out owners of condos in an area it covets
Hunter becomes prey - December 30, 1999
A former bounty hunter claims the county unfairly targeted him for doing his job
Beaten paths - December 23, 1999
A plan for hike-and-bike trails faces gridlock
Unhappy New Year - December 23, 1999
SMU's resident Cassandra says the economic end is near -- again
Art and Commerce Street - December 16, 1999
Jeff Swaney and Delphi Group are encouraging people to "take a walk on the fun side" of Deep Ellum
Squeeze play - December 16, 1999
Federal authorities indict a suspect in the O'Hair disappearance, but the atheist's body is still missing
Unraveling a mystery - December 16, 1999
Dallas-based researchers at last win some respect for their work on Gulf War Syndrome
In search of the Tubervilles - December 9, 1999
Linda Dennis discovers that even death is no escape from City Hall
Art sale - December 9, 1999
Dallas-area arts groups take a lesson in marketing
Skating along - December 2, 1999
Fahim Minkah realizes his dream to build a roller rink where drug dealers once prospered
Too many cooks... - December 2, 1999
...spoil the chicken and waffles at Sandora's Box
Slippery tale - November 25, 1999
Amarillo teen's confession to police indicates he lied about his role in the killing of a punk rocker
Chess game - November 25, 1999
The Dallas NAACP is making some political moves. That much we know.
Picture imperfect - November 18, 1999
Dallas marshals put on leave for being shutterbugs
Judge shake-it-baby - November 18, 1999
Conservative Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller is landlord to a North Dallas topless bar
Thinned herd - November 18, 1999
Pioneer Plaza's drove of bronze cattle gets culled, and the artist is not happy
Return to sender - November 11, 1999
A Mexican man is jailed and almost deported because of INS ineptitude
Observer, staff win eight Katie Awards - November 11, 1999
No parking - November 4, 1999
Old rivalries flare in Uptown over a proposal to build a pocket park
Found money - November 4, 1999
Dallas County pays dearly for collecting an illegal $30 fee from lawsuit filers
Crime watch - October 28, 1999
A new publication keeps an eye on cops and robbers
Observer writer honored - October 28, 1999
Proof of citizenship - October 21, 1999
The INS is asking the impossible of a Laotian refugee who believes he's an American
Low-octane litigation - October 14, 1999
A conservative court and a hardball corporation have gutted plaintiffs' claims in the Kaufman County pipeline explosion case
The last supper - October 14, 1999
Many within DISD's special-education department believe the new superintendent has set them up for failure
Forbidden looks - October 7, 1999
Tower Records and a local store owner learn the hard way what the city wants you to see
Bad break - October 7, 1999
An arena foe sets her sights on what she claims are unlawful tax exemptions
Equal work, unequal pay - September 30, 1999
Two former Dallas prosecutors say that's what they suffered
Huntsville Houdini - September 30, 1999
Federal prosecutors get tough with an escape artist
Fine-tuning - September 23, 1999
KERA's president has brought credibility back to local public broadcasting, but she's quitting her job anyway
Gadfly attack - September 16, 1999
A lawyer-bashing Fort Worth man challenges Texas' municipal court system
Lack of confidence - September 16, 1999
Highland Park officers would like to get rid of their chief, if they could only figure out how
Trashy behavior - September 9, 1999
Dallas gets blamed for doing too little to stop an illegal dump from choking a neighborhood
Out of the frying pan - September 9, 1999
DISD's new superintendent leaves behind an FBI investigation in San Francisco to deal with Dallas' own probe
Strategic withdrawal - September 2, 1999
A tax-subsidized marketing firm backs out of politics -- sort of
Unsporting - September 2, 1999
Not even God provided for the unpaid employees of a Christianity-based marketing firm
Leveling the field - August 26, 1999
The state attorney general joins forces with a private citizen in his battle with DISD
Sweet revenge - August 26, 1999
Dallas' most unloved police officer finds himself surrounded by enemies -- from his own department
PID bull - August 19, 1999
Deep Ellum's Barry Annino pushes a plan for a special taxing district
Reno vs. Belo - August 19, 1999
The U.S. attorney general accuses WFAA of violating anti-wiretapping laws in the Peavy case
A woman scorned - August 19, 1999
A suspect in Madalyn Murray O'Hair's disappearance is sentenced, but for which crime?
Strikes and spares - August 12, 1999
Will Donna Blumer and Laura Miller ever join the mayor's team? Only if they rent shoes.
Mommie dearest - August 5, 1999
Sheryleen Berryman says she was a good mother. So why did her son end up dead and her sister in jail?
Marshal law - August 5, 1999
Peace officers go to war in the city marshal's office
Old business - July 29, 1999
Small-time antiques dealers find themselves out in the cold
Lucky break - July 29, 1999
The O'Hair case gets a boost from a trio of hapless thieves
Love's Labor Lost - July 22, 1999
Cleared last year of criminal charges, the oilman's former pal now wants cash
Flying Right - July 15, 1999
Robert Crews throws the book at the DFW board and gets what he wants
Food to go - July 15, 1999
A Dallas chef beats it out of town ahead of bill collectors
Closing death's door - July 15, 1999
Will proposed media rules stifle coverage of convicts facing execution?
Let them play golf - July 15, 1999
An appeals judge throws out the cast against the city's plans for changing Tenison Park
Observer awarded - July 15, 1999
Bugged Club - July 8, 1999
The Dragonfly tries to take wing again amid claims of fraud and mismanagement
By the way... - July 8, 1999
The News finally reports the danger of the Trinity River project. Did you notice?
Bad track record - July 1, 1999
Scandal taints the career of another Dallas athlete -- this time it's a horse, not a Cowboy
Southern fried - July 1, 1999
What's in a name? A lot of ugly history, at least when it comes to Jefferson Davis Elementary.
On the lam - June 24, 1999
A convicted killer flees arrest on insurance fraud charges
Courting disaster - June 24, 1999
Texas judges rally to save a bit of patronage
No respect - June 17, 1999
DISD trustee Se-Gwen Tyler explains why she cast her controversial vote for an Anglo board president
Site unseen - June 17, 1999
At a hotel near you, learn how to mine the riches of the Internet for millions
Broke-down Palace - June 10, 1999
A controversial Lower Greenville neighborhood bar fades quietly into the night
Buzz - June 10, 1999
Bitter pill - June 10, 1999
Texas' naturopathic physicians lose a bid to become legal
End game - June 3, 1999
ION Storm CEO Todd Porter isn't exactly out yet, but he has been given directions to the door
Nothing ventured - June 3, 1999
The end of the 1999 legislative session proves that, for Gov. Bush at least, it's better to look good than to do good
Danny Fry's last days - June 3, 1999
An IRS agent's affidavit details an alleged kidnapping plot that led to four murders
The brothers Kahn - June 3, 1999
Nightclub owners Steve and Bruce Kahn have fought off partners, vendors, and contractors to stay in business. Now the state of Texas wants its turn.
Buzz - June 3, 1999
Buzz - May 27, 1999
Gold gamble - May 27, 1999
Voters would decide if Olympic efforts get up to $100 million in state subsidies
Big-time payback - May 27, 1999
After ignoring a 1979 ordinance guaranteeing pay parity among firefighters and police officers, Dallas may owe as much as $150 million
Ain't got no body - May 27, 1999
Madalyn Murray O'Hair is still missing, but the investigation into what authorities believe was a murder grinds on
Buzz - May 20, 1999
One of their own - May 20, 1999
Historical preservationists can't believe who's responsible for letting eight historic houses crumble to the brink of demolition
Gimme gimme - May 13, 1999
City Hall has $22 million in federal funds to fix your neighborhood. Instead, it's spending the money on barrels of pork.
Buzz - May 13, 1999
Pig in a poke - May 6, 1999
The DISD board doesn't do its homework before offering San Franciscan Bill Rojas the top job
Buzz - May 6, 1999
Observer writers honored - May 6, 1999
Buzz - April 29, 1999
Yvonne redux - April 29, 1999
It may be dj vu all over again as DISD picks a superintendent
Big, honking white lies - April 29, 1999
Want to know the truth about the Trinity River project? Don't ask city staff. They fib.
Vapor war - April 29, 1999
ION Storm's Daikatana still isn't out, but several legal filings are
Pay up? - April 22, 1999
Dan Morales' pal faces questions over his demand for millions in tobacco-suit fees
Cola kids - April 22, 1999
Public school students become a captive audience for corporate advertisers
Buzz - April 22, 1999
Buzz - April 15, 1999
Bad boys - April 15, 1999
Legislators try to rein in bounty hunters
Blues no more - April 15, 1999
After waiting and worrying, playwrights finally see opening date for Blind Lemon musical
More is less - April 8, 1999
College professors say the Morning News charges an exorbitant price for database that isn't worth it
Buzz - April 8, 1999
Huddled masses - April 8, 1999
Welcome to the New World. Now get in the back of the line.
The net tightens - April 1, 1999
Investigators close in on a suspect in the disappearance of atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Jurassic bucks - April 1, 1999
Trade in dinosaur bones pits entrepreneurs against scientists
Observer wins education award - April 1, 1999
Buzz - April 1, 1999
Barnyard stench - March 25, 1999
City auditor believes something stinks at Samuell Farm Parkand it's not just the cow manure
Buzz - March 25, 1999
Buzz - March 18, 1999
Money talks - March 18, 1999
Dallas County commissioners increase the pay for independent court interpreters
No means yes - March 18, 1999
City council speaks with forked tongue on tax funding for the Olympic bid
Buzz - March 11, 1999
Belo the belt - March 11, 1999
When Belo got into the cable news business, it set off a war with Time Warner that has both companies fighting over Texas
Gutless coup - March 11, 1999
Everybody's talking about a takeover at DISD, but nobody wants to do anything about it
Sonny boy so true - March 4, 1999
A bill that would increase the fees for filing county records rises from the ashes
Buzz - March 4, 1999
Look on the bright side - March 4, 1999
City bureaucrats do in a report on closing Harwood Street for the Nasher garden
Buzz - February 25, 1999
Old times not forgotten - February 25, 1999
A memorial to Dallas' former slaves raises troubling questions over how best to portray the past
Helping themselves - February 18, 1999
Ministers hope to do something Dallas developers won't -- build homes in South Oak Cliff
Gone but not forgotten - February 18, 1999
University Park residents are treed off at city for clear-cutting creek-bed arbor
Buzz - February 18, 1999
Truth hurts - February 11, 1999
Think Dallas' Olympic bid won't cost taxpayers anything? Take a look at Plan B.
Raising a stink - February 11, 1999
Does open government mean it's really open to everyone, even people like Phil Thomas?
Buzz - February 11, 1999
Buzz - February 4, 1999
Slicing the pie - February 4, 1999
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison switches to the side of the angels in Texas' tobacco battle
A is for avarice - February 4, 1999
Chef Avner Samuel and Bistro A fingered for filching tips
Down but not out - February 4, 1999
An FBI probe and an adverse court ruling may force a Dallas anti-poverty agency to close its doors
Buzz - January 28, 1999
Bad blood - January 28, 1999
Confusion reigns at the Dallas NAACP, while its national leader and John Wiley Price feud
Caught in a Web site - January 28, 1999
A Denton doctor finds herself on an anti-abortion hit parade
Censor.com - January 21, 1999
Plano wades into the thicket of Internet access, porn, and the First Amendment
The facilitator - January 21, 1999
Albertson's new spin doctor is here for you (like it or not)
Walter Waldhauserwired - January 21, 1999
A convicted killer gets placed on an electric leash
Gone at last - January 21, 1999
Don Venable slams the door behind him on his way out of the DISD boardroom
Buzz - January 21, 1999
Now you see him - January 14, 1999
Don Venable rises from his sickbed to save the day -- or something -- at DISD
Hard body, hard sell - January 14, 1999
Joining a fitness club in the new year may be more than you bargained for
Buzz - January 14, 1999
Running hooch - January 14, 1999
Quick, someone call Walker, Texas Ranger -- there may be bootlegging going on
Easy pickings - January 7, 1999
In the Legislature this year, lawmakers may find that it's better to give than receive
Buzz - January 7, 1999

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