Lewisville

The Red Dirt Community Comes to the Aid of the Tornado Victims

On Wednesday night, 16 tornadoes devastated much of Cleburne and Granbury, south of Fort Worth, leaving six people dead and millions of dollars worth of damage to the two normally sleepy towns. As Wednesday night rolled into Thursday morning, it took but only a few text messages between a couple of ... More >>

Kaitlyn Samuels, the Disabled Girl Whose Therapy Was Denied by the Military's Insurer, Has Found Help in an Unlikely Place: Congress

We've written about Kaitlyn Samuels twice: Once last February when her parents went before a military judge to argue that Tricare, the Department of Defense's health insurer, should cover therapy costs for their severely disabled daughter, and again in October after Tricare ignored the judge's order ... More >>

The Bizarre Life and Troubling Death of DarkSide, the Dallas Rave Church That Never Was

For over a year, a registered "spiritual organization" was the hottest after-hours spot in Dallas. Then it all came crashing down.

Smokey Jack's Free Beer-B-Q

Beer is a lovely word. We can all agree on that. Beer. There it is. If you had to add an adjective in front of such a glorious noun with the aim of improving it further, what would it be? Delicious? Cheap? Gold-plated? What about free?! FREE BEER. That is the maximum possible improvement of the word ... More >>

Family and Friends Remember Scott Deahl, the Man Killed by Massive Lewisville Gas Explosion

On Friday afternoon, a leaking natural gas line exploded, leveling a duplex along Main Street in Lewisville and cracking windows more than a mile away. Three people were injured in the blast. Two of those were firefighters who were treated at the scene and released. The third was 55-year-old duplex ... More >>

The Eagle Gun Range in Lewisville is Reconsidering its "Santa and His AR-15" Photo Shoot

In what no doubt seemed like a wonderful idea at the time, Lewisville's Eagle Gun Range announced last Wednesday that Santa would be paying a visit, and he'd be "bringing his favorite toys to share in the Christmas photos -- his AR-15 and other firearms of choice." "Come get your picture taken with ... More >>

Watch an Arlington Golf Pro Swing 14-Foot Golf Club, Break World Record

Michael Furrh is an Arlington golf pro who, according to his Facebook profile, splits his time between working in the pro shop at Rolling Hills Country Club, training caddies at Caddie Club Golf and swinging ridiculously long golf clubs. Last week was Furrh's first, unofficial shot at the Guinness ... More >>

Five Denton Bands You Should Get To Know

Fall in Denton is a breeding ground for music.The town receives its annual boatload of fresh faces dropped at its doorstep, from college freshman to young couples laying roots. I've sifted through the crap to bring you a list of five new Denton bands you should know. Daniel Markham A recent Lubbo ... More >>

Super Rad Records' Paul Ford: "I Recorded a Song in the Back of a Station Wagon Once"

Paul Ford spent some time playing in a couple local bands, including The London Scar. In 1997, at only 16 years old, he and a colleague formed Yuppiefest, which brought local talent to the 'burbs of Lewisville, including Bowling For Soup, The Latchkey Kids, Darlington and more. Ford claims they dona ... More >>

You Can Now Ride Free on the Tollway. All You Have to Do is Nearly Die in a War.

The North Texas Tollway Authority has made headlines of late for slapping outrageous fees on civilians and veterans alike, publicly shaming them, then threatening to sue and boot their cars. But really, the agency wants you to know, it's not the bogeyman some people make it out to be. It's always lo ... More >>

15 of This Weekend's Best Shows: Miguel Migs, Oak Cliff Film Festival, Iris DeMent and More

It'll Do Club Grand OpeningSaturday, June 16, at It'll Do ClubEver driven eastbound on Elm Street until it hits the dead end? Then chances are you've seen the It'll Do Club. Shrouded in the long-forgotten East Ellum neighborhood, this club opening marks another step in Deep Ellum's expansion. Plu ... More >>

State, Federal Officials Insist Zebra Mussel Threat Confined to Lake Texoma. For Now.

​Zebra mussels are really Schutze's thing; he likes his with saffron and a white-wine broth, though of late he's taken to the far more exotic variation with aquavit, tarragon and cream. And per a release just dispatched by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ... More >>

Beth Hart Talks Redemption, Addiction and Star Search

Beth Hart understands the hand she's currently playing consists of the cards she's dealt to herself. After winning some cash on a latter-day version of Star Search in the '90s, the Los Angeles resident tasted fame after her 2000 hit, "L.A. Song (Out of This Town)," found its way onto prime-time show ... More >>

Brett Shipp Visits the Houston HQ of Company That Got DISD's $40-Mil Tech Contract. Um ...

On August we told you that the Dallas Independent School District had been hit with a $40-million breach of contract lawsuit filed by a technology vendor with whom the trustees had agreed to do business till, out of nowhere, district officials just decided to go with someone else. In May trustees aw ... More >>

Behind the Double Blind: Eyewitness ID Report Reveals What Dallas PD Already Knows

​It wasn't so long ago that Dallas Police Department would show witnesses for the prosecution six photos of would-be suspects and ask: Which one? Which is how, in part, Dallas became what Innocence Project of Texas founder Jeff Blackburn called "ground zero for criminal justice change" in our 2007 ... More >>

20-Year-Old Guitar Prodigy Tyler Bryant Tells Us How To Be a Jeff Beck-like Guitar Hero

Tyler Bryant​It's probably fair to still call Tyler Bryant a guitar prodigy. Even though he's currently 20 years old, the Honey Grove, Texas, native has been slinging since before he was the fresh-faced 15-year-old winner of the Robert Johnson Blues Foundation's New Generation Award. Actually, Bry ... More >>

That $40-Million Breach of Contract Suit Against Dallas ISD Sure Did Heat Up Quickly

​On Friday we brought you the news that the Dallas Independent School District has been hit with a $40-million breach of contract suit filed by Delcom Group. Long story short: The Lewisville-based tech company was initially awarded a mammoth deal to convert schoolrooms into digital classrooms. But ... More >>

Good Friday: Vans Warped Tour Launches During A Busy Weekend of Shows

It's already started!​It's that time of the year again, when the heat has all of our teenage angst at an all-time high. The folks behind the Vans Warped Tour planned accordingly with this year's installment of the fest, which will be at Gexa Energy Pavilion today. So, if you're extremely pissed at ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: The Canadian Tenors at Bass Hall, Van Darian at Fred's Texas Café and The Brian Piper Trio at Lakewood Bar & Grill

Slim pickings on this Tuesday evening before Christmas. May we suggest you head outside and enjoy this weather? No? Well, fine, if you must go out to see music tonight, consider these options after the jump.

A View From The Judges Table At Week Three of The Shiner Rising Star Contest

​If week two of the first round for this year's Shiner Rising Star contest--hosted by KHYI 95.3 and Shiner Bock Beer--was solid, last night's, week three performances were a ten foot-thick slab of concrete and steel. In short: It was an outstanding display. Feel free to add to the list of North Te ... More >>

Can A Train Really Help The Denton Music Scene?

Food Biz Is On The Uptick If Restaurant Openings Is Any Measure

​Tacos, tacos, tacos. That should be the theme of this month's Revolving Doors. With Rusty Taco finally opening their doors, the Austin-based Torchy's Taco making a move to Dallas this summer, and Fuzzy Tacos and Urban Taco adding more locations, that's all anyone can talk about lately. Well, we ... More >>

A Big Green Thumbs Down: Council Sends Staff "Back to The Drawing Board" on Neighborhood Farmers Markets

Daniel RodrigueFarmers, bakers and lotion makers -- all wanting to voice their concerns to council member Delia Jasso and assistant city manager Jill Jordan. ​More than two dozen folks -- several of whom broke meeting protocol by talking to council members and city staff -- showed up yesterday a ... More >>

How Tony Romo Almost Became Your FORMER Cowboys' Quarterback

Dang, would you look at those ... Hey! Watch out!!I got this buddy - let's call him, let's see, how about "Jody"? - who has a fancy schmancy boat out at Lewisville Lake. Probably cost more than my house. Two weekends ago he was putting it into the water when his wife starts yelling out t ... More >>

Support The Draft...And The Arts

New Century Brewing president and CEO Rhonda Kallman, a Beer Wars subject and discussion panelist.A dozen theaters in the Dallas-Fort Worth area will be part of tonight's nationwide screening of Anat Baron's documentary Beer Wars, a David vs. Goliath tale about the struggles of independent craft bre ... More >>

Apparently, Central Kia Will Never, Ever Have to Pay For a Spot During The Daily Show

Waaaaaay back in June, Jon Stewart first got the WTF giggles over that Central Kia spot in which a Barack Obama impersonator sells cars at low, low prices. You've probably seen the ad plenty since then; in fact, Central Kia -- which has locations in Plano, Irving, Carrollton and Lewisville -- is sti ... More >>

The Secret Society of Happy People Spills the Coffee Beans

The Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Blues Men Took To Dallas

Matthew and the Arrogant Sea Is Anything But

Matthew and the Arrogant Sea has no trouble living up to its own name

Oh Look, A New Punk Venue Opening In Grapevine

You're a Wiener, Day Three! Meat "Nasty" Nathan, No. 30 ... In the World!

Rushing to Judgment

Goooood Boooooy |Paging Karl Rove |Dirk No-win-ski |Blue Note |Lord Nelson

SUP, Trees?

Discomfort Zone

Comfort food, bewildering atmosphere at Manny's

Letters

It Only Takes 15 Questions to Rock

An interview with Chomsky

Extreme Estrogen

Surf's up for Girls Learn to Ride

Staff Infection

The DMN cuts to the Quick

Trading Up?

Rumor has it Blockbuster is buying out a local movie-rental fave

Weather or Not

When it rains, it pours for some restaurants, but not for others

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 15

Scene, Heard

Hardly a shock

Silent Scream

Mute and immobile, Alice Joy Taylor couldn't cry out when fire ants attacked her in her nursing-home bed, but would anyone have heard her if she did?

Scene, heard

Darlington disolves; Rubber Gloves gets booked; Mandarin time; Club anniversaries; Shabazz 3 heads north; Plus, much, much more

Letters

Boonies kitsch

Theme-soaked La Hacienda Ranch is worth the drive to Frisco

School's out

Walt Whitman Community School in Oak Lawn is America's first private high school for gay and lesbian students. Despite some grim personal stories, the kids are all right.

Letters

The Arena Papers

Inside the secret City Hall files: A tale of dupes and deception