Mansfield

"Dallas Rag" and Other Stomps

Forest City to Own Entire Metroplex

Dead Wrong

Chelsea's Story

Till Today, Andrea Grimes Had Never Been in City Council Chambers

Love is a Killer

The brutal murder of Adrianne Jones has left Mansfield teens feeling dazed and betrayed

Invisible Mansfield

When black and white histories collided in their small town, Phyllis Allen and fellow church members made sure Mansfield didn't white-wash the truth.

Night & Day

November 26 - December 2, 1998

Bucking Crazy

Want in on the dirt floor of rodeo's marquee event? A guy in Mansfield has your ride.

Run, Domingo, Run

Looks like Domingo Garcia will coming to a ballot near you.

More Photos from This Week's Cover Story, on a New Generation of U.S. Military Deserters in Canada

Ian WillmsArmy deserter Kim Rivera -- waiting for news on her stay of deportation -- rests while her husband Mario tends to their baby, Katie, in their Toronto apartment. This week's cover story in the paper version of Unfair Park profiles Mesquite's Kim Rivera and her fellow Iraq war deserters figh ... More >>

Still an Aryan Blood Brother

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

Kids Go Holistic at Robert Muller Center

Wait, you can teach kids without boring them? Since when?

All That Glitters

A WASP in bling mines comedy gold

The Ghost and Miss Chicken

Are the spooks in the house or bats in the belfry?

Heartland

The difference between passion and compassion? Throbbing members and refugee kids.

Papa 'Rita

Jimmy Buffett transcends the father-daughter gap

Queen Maybe

Ever in search of a life, this girl finds an old one

Steppin' Out

Girl leaves the grind behind for a li'l two-stepping where the dry turns wet

Roll Out the Barrel

This cowgirl has a need... a need for speed (but not too fast)

A Visit to Agape

This cowgirl has a need... a need for speed (but not too fast)

Rich Kids Behaving Badly

Nerdy, bitter and shod in fake Uggs, Andrea Grimes investigates the legend of the Park Cities Party

Death for a Killer

Plus: Off the List, Maybe

Family Plot

Rick and Suzanna Wamsley were strict with their children. Police say their son paid them back with murder.

MADD Again

With Texas No. 1 in DWI deaths, MADD gets down to business

The Dead Zone

Thanks to TV, crime scene investigating is the new hot profession, but Max Courtney knows it's more science than art

Red, white, and slew

Snap, crackle, pop! It's the 4th.

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 >>

First Look: Zaxby's

Somewhere in the back of a darkened warehouse, surrounded by half-eaten buckets of chicken, a cartoon sailor and a country colonel are quaking in their boots...and no, that's not one of those "don't ask, don't tell" scenarios. "Damn that Zaxby's," they're hissing between bites. "Damn them and thei ... More >>

Finding Their Special Purpose With Colin Powell, Rudy Giuliani and George W. Bush

Photos by Danny FulgencioFormer New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, among those praying for motivation in Fort Worth Monday​Despite the Monday-morning rain that littered surrounding freeways with wrecked cars, by 8 a.m. yesterday the Fort Worth Convention Center was packed with some 15,0000 people ... More >>

Recession Blues Got You Down? The Folks at Get Motivated! Have a Solution: Think Happy Thoughts.

Photos by Danny FulgencioFormer New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, among those praying for motivation in Fort Worth Monday​Despite the Monday-morning rain that littered surrounding freeways with wrecked cars, by 8 a.m. yesterday the Fort Worth Convention Center was packed with some 15,0000 people ... More >>

David Wins $51 Million in Case v. Goliath: Tarrant County Jury Rules for Couple That Spent Years Fighting Perry Homes

Bob Perry​Now this is breaking news. By now, surely you know the story of Bob and Jane Cull, which has been around for a decade -- when the twosome sued Perry Homes, claiming their house in Mansfield went to hell shortly after they bought it for $233,730 in 1996. At almost every turn, folks found ... More >>

Ignoring Jury's $51 Million Verdict, Bob Perry Refuses to Settle Up With Couple

Bob Perry​I've left messages for attorneys Van Shaw (in depositions) and Dan Hagood (in a meeting), so instead we'll have to go with the Associated Press's account of yesterday's court-ordered mediation session between Bob and Jane Cull and Perry Homes' reps. No doubt you recall: On March 1 we bro ... More >>

Who the Hell is Clay Jenkins, And Why Am I Being Told to Vote for Him for County Judge?

Bob Perry​I've left messages for attorneys Van Shaw (in depositions) and Dan Hagood (in a meeting), so instead we'll have to go with the Associated Press's account of yesterday's court-ordered mediation session between Bob and Jane Cull and Perry Homes' reps. No doubt you recall: On March 1 we bro ... More >>

95 Million Reasons Why Unfair Park Needs More Dallas Dinosaur News

Courtesy Karen CarrKaren Carr, a New Mexico artists who used to live in Dallas, offers this peek at what Aetodactylus halli might have looked like back in, ya know, the day.​Big breaking news in the world of paleontology today: Back in '06, Lance Hall, a member of the Dallas Paleontological Societ ... More >>

A View From the Judges Table: Week Six of The Shiner Rising Star contest.

​Shiner Rising Star Competition: Week SixLa GrangeAugust 26, 2010For night six of the still ongoing first round of this year's Shiner Rising Star competition, hosted by KHYI-95.3 FM The Range, things reverted back to the local flavor that had been largely missing over the previous couple of weeks. ... More >>

A View From The Judges Table: Night One of the Shiner Rising Star Semi-Finals

​Shiner Rising Star Competition: Semi-Finals, Night One.Hat Tricks, LewisvilleSeptember 23, 2010After eight weeks worth of first-round performances, and then last week's wild-card round, the semi-finals of the annual Shiner Rising Star contest, hosted by KHYI-95.3 FM The Range and Shiner Bock Beer ... More >>

Dallas ISD Trustees Take A Look At Ways to Bring More Charter Schools Into the District

​A handful of Dallas Independent School District gatheredn the old board room at 3700 Ross this morning to poke at a question with big implications: How can the district get the most of its new partnerships charter schools, possibly even next school year? Born out of April's West Dallas "School Zo ... More >>

Local Law Enforcement To Talk Human Trafficking Tonight. And If You Can't Make It ...

Traffick911.com​Not up for driving out to Mansfield (Hi, Mom and Dad!) tonight in Friday-evening traffic to talk about children who are bought and sold into sexual slavery and will probably live an average of seven years before dying as a result of the danger and trauma of the industry? No? Not yo ... More >>

It's Official: John Rhadigan Is The New Play-by-Play Voice of Your Texas Rangers

Flickr user: HooverStreetStudios​The rumor's been circulating for days that John Rhadigan would replace ousted-in-October Josh Lewin as the teevee play-by-play man for the Texas Rangers, pairing him with analyst Tom Grieve. The team just made it official in a release that follows in full. But long ... More >>

There's No Memorial to Fallen Service Members. But There's a New Federal Lawsuit.

​Back in July, WFAA-Channel 8's Byron Harris spent quite some time digging into the doings of the Kennedale-based United States Fallen Heroes Foundation, which said it was a nonprofit raising funds to construct a memorial in Tarrant County to servicemen and women killed in action since September 1 ... More >>

This Morning, Council Members Took First Look at Gas Drilling Task Force Hopefuls

Linda Koop​Last Friday, Robert offered a first look at some of the big names that had applied to sit on the city's gas drilling task force: Margaret Keliher, Royce West II, Betty Culbreath, the train-bedeviled Chico Grimes and more. This morning, Linda Koop and the handful of other members on the ... More >>

Good Friday: Eisley Returns To Dallas, Plus The Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Eisley plays Granada Theater on Saturday​It's not the strongest weekend we've seen here lately, but there are still some worthwhile shows to get out and see. Namely, Eisley, who'll perform at the Granada Theater along with their kid sister, Christie DuPree, and The Narrative. This will be their fi ... More >>

Following Arrests, Feds Outline Vast Cocaine, Heroin Ring Operating Out of Dallas, Fort Worth

​The U.S. Attorney's Office sends word: Federal authorities have rounded up dozens suspected of trafficking heroin and cocaine from Dallas to Atlanta to Baltimore to Philadelphia to Nashville and all points in between. Those arrested yesterday come from all over, including Dallas and Fort Worth an ... More >>

Whitt's End: 7.15.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Derek Holland looked unusually sharp from the first pitch last night. Seattle's woeful offensively. I had a feeling, so I Tweetcalled for a no-hitter in the bottom of the 1st. Holland took ... More >>

Gardens Grow as Local Shoppers Turn to Co-Ops Instead of Corporations

​Driving through rural Mansfield, we pass by miles of green pastureland speckled with an array of trailers, big houses, small houses, pools, tanks, goats, horses and dogs. We're headed to the home of Elizabeth Preibe, who hosts a local food co-op called Life Through the Garden. Every two weeks ... More >>

Whitt's End: 7.22.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Dear NFL owners, you're a slimy lot. Signed, Everyone. Basically on Thursday the owners ratified a proposal, not an agreement. They made a deal with themselves. Then -- with darting eyes th ... More >>

Gas Drilling Task Force Begins Deliberations, Opts to Stick with Current Approval Process

Photo by Taryn WalkerThe task force toured a drill site this summer, getting an education before entering the deliberation process.​The city council-appointed gas drilling task force stopped listening to The Experts yesterday and got down to the business of discussing just what it'll suggest t ... More >>

Steven's Garden and Grill: It Will Grow On You

How does your garden grow? With a cheeseburger at this place.​Sundey McClendon occasionally goes searching for some of DFW's farthest-flung gems. Have a suggestion? Leave a comment and she may check it out. A while back I heard a tale of a restaurant run by a landscaper and a local celebrity ... More >>

Further Proof That the Only Thing Standing Between Civilization and Chaos is a "Deal"

In the end, that free-for-all at the Mesquite Walmart may turn out to be The Video That Defined Black Friday 2011 'round these parts. There are, though, other contenders, as revealed in home movies dispatched from Big Boxes from Hurst to McKinney to Arlington to the intersection of Skillman and Abra ... More >>