Corsicana

Two Local Ministries Engage in Streetfight with City Over Where to Serve the Homeless

Mustang: A No-Horse Town

Something Special

Tramp In Your Field

Death Row Granny

Bettie Beets killed two husbands. Now she's likely to become the first woman the state of Texas has ever executed

Observer staffer Lyons wins Tobenkin award

Bettie Beets killed two husbands. Now she's likely to become the first woman the state of Texas has ever executed

David "Fathead" Newman Has Died at 75

Josh Alan Friedman, who penned an amazing piece about the Texas Tenor for the paper version of Unfair Park long ago, brings sad news today: Corsicana-born, Dallas-raised sax great David "Fathead" Newman died yesterday. There's only been one obituary, but a call to David's wife and manager Karen offe ... More >>

David "Fathead" Newman Has Died at 75

Josh Alan Friedman, who penned an amazing piece about the Texas Tenor for the paper version of Unfair Park long ago, brings sad news today: Corsicana-born, Dallas-raised sax great David "Fathead" Newman died yesterday. There's only been one obituary, but a call to David's wife and manager Karen offe ... More >>

"Fathead" Newman's Granddaughter Reveals Plans for Two Dallas Memorials

Talibah Newman, David "Fathead" Newman's granddaughter, tells Unfair Park today that on Sunday at 2 p.m., there will be a memorial service in honor of the saxophone great, who died Tuesday night in New York following a long bout with pancreatic cancer. The service will take place at the Warren Avenu ... More >>

Crossing The Bridge, Sooner Than Later

Last city council committee item of the day, swear. But it's certainly worth a look-see as the Quality of Life Committee this afternoon gets an update on The Bridge. It's very much a case of good news-bad news for the homeless assistance center on Corsicana Street: Almost 500 folks have gotten jobs, ... More >>

Brawl in the family

LULAC's show of support for Dr. Yvonne Gonzalez hides a bitter feud within the ranks

The good fight

Thirty years ago, Curtis Cokes was the world-champion welterweight. Now, he trains young boxers and just wants to be recognized in his hometown.

February 25, 1989: Where Were You?

We celebrated God's Coach with a Devil's Night. Was that wrong?I was at Valley Ranch, a 24-year-old piss-ant reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Only a couple years removed from punching holes in my college apartment walls when the Dallas Cowboys lost, I was totally unprepared and ... More >>

Un-Super Size Me: One Week of Eating Local

One man’s attempt at slow food living in the Dallas metroplex

Dallas' The Bridge Homeless Center's Progressive Approach May Actually Make a Difference

With a no-hassles approach to panhandlers, Dallas' new shelter hopes to kill homelessness with kindness

Still an Aryan Blood Brother

Two murders and two life sentences won't alter one convict's allegiance to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas

Damaged goods

What do you get for 50 bucks a meeting? Thomas Korosec sizes up the man and woman most likely to succeed Al Lipscomb.

For Love, Aryan Brotherhood Killer Confesses

The prison gang member and killer stands ready to clear his wife for his crimes

Dixie Doc

In an instant, the Dixie Chicks went from country darlings to America's goats, and two filmmakers caught it all.

Little Lost Boys...and Girls

Is the move to privatize Child Protective Services leaving huge gaps in care?

Push poll

Downtown a possible home for homeless shelter

The Tao of Cowboy

Plus: The Big Jesus Bash

Class Act

Andy Long is completely Without Class

Poker Face

Clonie Gowen is good for poker. So, how good is Clonie Gowen?

Consider the Source

Planned Parenthood refuses to give up the dole without a fight

Big Tent History

Leftovers from The Greatest Show on Earth

Write Wrongs

Max Stalling is a songwriter from Texas, not a Texas songwriter.

I Wanna Rock!

How did The Bone shock the Dallas radio world? With market research, double entendres and hair bands.

Been There, Done That

For supporters of an improved and expensive Trinity River, everything old is new again

Out of Mind, Out of Sight

For a growing number of Texas kids with mental illnesses, the only place to get help is behind bars.

Innocence Lost

Was the case against Lacresha Murray, the youngest Texan ever tried for capital murder, a rush to judgment or a story of justice denied?

Ode to Billy Joe

Billy Joe Shaver has a stunning new album in stores. But he can't enjoy it.

Don't Ask

What are those green things in fruitcake?

Firestarter

A jealous ex-lover tries to torh the Other Man. He would have gotten away with it, if not for our underwear-clad-hero.

Horror story

Thirteen-year-old Chris Beamon ended up in jail because of a homework assignment. Now the adults who put him there are trying to get their stories straight.

Rock this town

Or: Oh, look...it's another end-of-the-century list

I thought it would be fun to run a magazine

Ray Washburne's Texas Business is a case study in how not to run a business

Further Fallout From State's Investigation of the Execution of Cameron Todd Willingham

Cameron Todd Willingham​At 6:20 p.m. on February 17, 2004, the state of Texas executed Cameron Todd Willingham of Corsicana. His crime, per the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: "On December 23, 1991, Willingham poured a combustible liquid on the floor throughout his home and intentionally set the ... More >>

Fox News Will Stop Down For Any Police Chase, Even the Really Slow, Long Ones

No Shep Smith to narrate this time 'round, shame, but Fox News was still plenty giddy over the two-hour, at-the-speed-limit chase that started near Sherman and ended close to Corsicana after some dude drove off without paying for gas. We were watching it for a while -- as the procession crawled down ... More >>

Rick Perry: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox? Guess Which We Pick.

No Shep Smith to narrate this time 'round, shame, but Fox News was still plenty giddy over the two-hour, at-the-speed-limit chase that started near Sherman and ended close to Corsicana after some dude drove off without paying for gas. We were watching it for a while -- as the procession crawled down ... More >>

Days Gone Bite: Fruitcake

Andra DuRee Martin/Manitou Springs COCA fruitcake tossing competition.​Everyone's heard the doorstop joke, as well as the one about a single fruitcake being regifted over the centuries. Yes, and if you blast through the outer layer, you find strata that would fascinate geologists.And they are anci ... More >>

Pairing Off: Fruitcake

Patrick Michels​Each week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.Yes, it's the season when newspapers, magazines and blogs come up with as many ways as possible to mention eggnog, wassail and fruitcake.Can't be helped, really. This is the only time of ... More >>

Mattie Nash, Former City Council Member and Housing Activist, Died Sunday at 87

Mattie Nash, when she served on the Dallas City Council in the early 1990s​Not long ago, I was re-reading Michael Phillips's White Metropolis: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Dallas 1841-2001 and came upon the section dealing with the demolition of 1,000 homes in the early '90s. Most, wrote Phill ... More >>

Hao Liu, Can You Go? Texas Supreme Court Demands Dallas Man Stop Playing Lawyer.

Harvey Birdman's more of an attorney than Hao Liu.​Hao Liu is not an attorney. He's never been an attorney, nor a member of the State Bar of Texas. He's also not in law school. Never has been to law school. Hard to say what he does -- except, that is, tie up Dallas courts with frivolous lawsuits.U ... More >>

Mockingbird Station Farmers Market Withers on the Vine. Is It a Trend?

​A co-founder of the Eat Green DFW blog says it's too early to tell whether the recent cancellation of the weekly market at Mockingbird Station means there aren't enough local producers available to meet the growing demand for farmer-sold food. "I think the jury's still out on that," Brian Cu ... More >>

The Antlers Buck The Brooklyn Trend Machine

​A co-founder of the Eat Green DFW blog says it's too early to tell whether the recent cancellation of the weekly market at Mockingbird Station means there aren't enough local producers available to meet the growing demand for farmer-sold food. "I think the jury's still out on that," Brian Cu ... More >>

Last Night: The Antlers, Little Scream at The Loft

The Antlers, Little ScreamThe LoftJune 9, 2011Better than: Being in some hospice somewhere.Looks like the guy in the bottom left might have come for the wrong Antlers.​When DC9 spoke with The Antlers' keyboardist Darby Cicci for a piece we ran in last week's paper edition, he mentioned that on the ... More >>

Five Holiday Breads for Soaking Up Holiday Booze (and Where to Find Them)

Flickr​Bread. The essential form of sustenance for most of us homo sapiens. More importantly, that from which doughnuts and cake evolved. I decided to take a look at different cultures' spins on holiday bread, and why so few take up such an inordinate amount of shelf space this time of year. ... More >>

Dallas Farmer's Market: Cut it Off at the Roots

It's time to admit the city-owned market is a failure.