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Dallas PD Nabs Watauga Man Suspected of Taking Part in Dozens of Mammoth Jewel Heists

Dallas County Sheriff's DepartmentKelvin O'Brien​Moments ago, Dallas Police spokesman Senior Corporal Kevin Janse sent out a handful of over-the-weekend updates. Among them was this brief concerning an arrest made early Sunday morning:On 9/25/2011 at 1:45 a.m., Dallas Police Officers received info ... More >>

Ming's Place: Great Fried Rice in the Heart
Of a Tex-Mex Zone

​A couple of weeks ago, on an otherwise familiar route home from the gym, an unfamiliar sign caught my eye. There, next to the Potbelly and Starbucks on the corner of Lemmon Avenue and Inwood Road, was a Grand Opening sign for Ming's Place China Bistro. Hmm... While I will admit that a high ... More >>

As Feds Reveal Results From Operation Broken Trust, a Look at the Local Greatest Hits

​This morning in D.C., Attorney General Eric Holder met with the media to discuss Operation Broken Trust, a wide-ranging crime-bustin' effort conducted by an alphabet soup's worth of agencies intended to "protect American investors, to ensure the strength of our markets, and to prevent financial f ... More >>

Dude, Where's My Car?

​This morning in D.C., Attorney General Eric Holder met with the media to discuss Operation Broken Trust, a wide-ranging crime-bustin' effort conducted by an alphabet soup's worth of agencies intended to "protect American investors, to ensure the strength of our markets, and to prevent financial f ... More >>

Irving Company Creates Technology That Allows Car to Do Your Texting For You

​So, driving while texting is 23 times more dangerous than just, ya know, driving; 88 percent of Texas teens do it anyhow; with the growed-ups, the number's probably closer to 104 percent; and some states are proposing legislation outlawing the practice altogether. To which an Irving-based company ... More >>

Fake Local Attorney Looking at Real Federal Prison Time For Securities Fraud

In July 2008, federal authorities arrested a Carrollton man named Joseph Kelly Lara, whom the feds had accused of creating a phony name (Nick DeAngelis Mancuso) and a fake job (securities attorney and investment professional), which he then used to sell securities (including Google stock) he claimed ... More >>

Freddy Lee Foots Meets the Long Arm of the Law (Again and Again)

In July 2008, federal authorities arrested a Carrollton man named Joseph Kelly Lara, whom the feds had accused of creating a phony name (Nick DeAngelis Mancuso) and a fake job (securities attorney and investment professional), which he then used to sell securities (including Google stock) he claimed ... More >>

Dallas Loses Latino Ad Agency to Austin

In July 2008, federal authorities arrested a Carrollton man named Joseph Kelly Lara, whom the feds had accused of creating a phony name (Nick DeAngelis Mancuso) and a fake job (securities attorney and investment professional), which he then used to sell securities (including Google stock) he claimed ... More >>

Making a List, Checking It Twice

In July 2008, federal authorities arrested a Carrollton man named Joseph Kelly Lara, whom the feds had accused of creating a phony name (Nick DeAngelis Mancuso) and a fake job (securities attorney and investment professional), which he then used to sell securities (including Google stock) he claimed ... More >>

Fatal Web

The arrest of Dallas' "Black Widow" lights a fire under a cold murder case

The Reverend Freak

Inside the Terry Hornbuckle case

Modern Times

Plus: School Spirit; Evil Eyes Averted

Grave Robbers

Even in the great beyond, no one is safe from identity theft

Porn Pawns

The kings of smut escape while the feds cook up small fry like former Dallas cop Garry Ragsdale

Hairy Situation

Bandits holds out for a hero and gets two: Willis and Thornton

The truth is way out there

Jim Marrs believes that Kennedy was murdered as part of a vast conspiracy, that aliens vist us regularly, and that the Trialateral Commission controls our governement. So, what if he's right?

Going, Gone

Someone take the wheel, 'cause Cage don't know where he's going

Patio furniture

Lou's offers a room without a view

Danny Fry's last days

An IRS agent's affidavit details an alleged kidnapping plot that led to four murders

Fowled Out

Does City Hall's rooster ban signal the end of old Oak Cliff? Rose Farley goes to the front lines of a cultural war that threatens to turn the 'hood into something truly heinous...North Dallas

Romancing the '60s? Not quite

Another look at that celebrated era of excess

The Case of the Headless, Handless Corpse

A reporter's tip helped detectives identify a mutilated body dumped along the Trinity, but finding the man's name led to a deeper mystery -- the disappearance of atheist gadfly Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Fly away, little jailbird

Reports of Steven Russell's death were greatly exaggerated, but they were enough to spring him from a Texas prison

The Comeback of Harvey Martin

Eighteen months ago, the former Cowboys hero was drinking and drugging his way to disaster. Now he's clean, sober, and planning to stay that way.

Second Coming

A jet-settin', Scotch-sippin' Robert Tilton washes up in South Florida--and he still wants your money

Bandleader at bay

Arranger-conductor Onzy Matthews proves that only the strong survive

Get it while you can

Jerry Ragavoy and the ghost of Janis Joplin

Buzz

Jerry Ragavoy and the ghost of Janis Joplin

The new Civil War

Tax breaks for corporations are about to tear us in half

Letters

Tax breaks for corporations are about to tear us in half

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Crime Pays

How the Feds let S&L swindler Clifford Sinclair get away with millions

'Tell Mama Why You Cry' (Part I)

Sam Krasniqi was acquitted of sexual abuse. So why won't the state let two children have their parents -or their religion?