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RIP, John Hargrove, Whose Orr-Reed Wrecking Business Salvaged Lumber and People

When I made a call yesterday about John Hargrove, owner of Orr-reed Wrecking who was beaten to death in a Dallas bar over the weekend, I told the person I called I was calling only for personal reasons and not working on a story. I guess I'm going back on that a little. But this is not a story about ... More >>

Can I Demand My Day Laborer to Work Better?

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What Garland Road Really Needs is a Touch of Frisco's Class

Well, I guess Eric Nicholson and Jeff Siegel just know everything, don't they? Nicholson, our own blog editor here, and Siegel, a columnist for the Lakewood Advocate, have been having fun making of Lincoln Properties, a real estate company, over a scheme to get Garland Road in East Dallas re-named a ... More >>

In Pleasant Grove, Building A Playground and Bringing an Abandoned Church Back to Life

At dawn yesterday, the lot behind the former New Revelation Missionary Baptist Church was mostly empty, save for dust, rocks and scrubby grass. Although the Pleasant Grove church still looks normal from the street, it too has been empty since going into foreclosure earlier this year. By April, the s ... More >>

Dwaine Caraway Knows What Killed Fair Park: 'The Ugliest Roof in America'

Why is Fair Park so deserted? It's a question that has baffled city officials forever, but so far no one has come up with a plan to draw people to the 277 acre fairgrounds in months that don't start with "O." It's a puzzle no longer, because council member Dwaine Caraway, in a lengthy tangent durin ... More >>

On Fort Worth Ave., Another Proposal: The Collective, Which Needs $7.5 Mil in TIF Funds

​Speaking of this morning's meeting of the council's Economic Development Committee ...When he's done talking about sinking $750,000 in city funds into growing small business, Office of Economic Development honcho Karl Zavitkovsky will ask the council for $7.5 million in TIF money for The Collecti ... More >>

Houston Jewel Heist Victim Sues Dallas Gold Buyer That Paid Millions For Stolen Goods

On Monday we told you the story of Jason Clay Kennedy and the Brothers O'Brien, who, on February 5, disabled a Houston jewelry store's alarm and video surveillance system and sawed through six inches of steel and concrete and made off with $6 million in 22-carat gold, Rolex watches and precious ston ... More >>

More Unlicensed Drivers and Longer DMV Lines, All Slipped Into a ... School Finance Bill?

The East Dallas driver's license office on a recent Wednesday morning. Cozy!​Those state-lawmaker types are a shifty bunch, eh? During the state legislature's regular session, lawmakers debated a bill that would have required proof of citizenship or legal status for anyone applying for a new ... More >>

This Is A Rescue Mission

And This Is What It Looks Like When a Dude Steals a Ton of Tools from Home Depot

​First there was the jewelry heist; then, the safe boost. Now, courtesy the Dallas Police Department, we're inside the Home Depot on N. Central Expressway and Forest Lane -- from which the man seen in the photo here, and in the video on the other side, schleps "two armloads of weed eaters to his w ... More >>

Belo Corp. Board Member, Convention Center Hotel Folks and Jerry Jones Top List of Mayor Tom Leppert's Fund-Raising Pals

Patrick MichelsThat hotel victory is the gift that keeps on giving.​While his political future remains unclear, Mayor Tom Leppert raised a combined $243,000 in donations in the first half of this year, according to campaign finance reports filed yesterday. Meanwhile, his officeholder account a ... More >>

Wait, Elliott's Hardware Is For Sale?

Flickr user: tofutti break​Yup -- says so right here. The Maple Ave. location, that is. Elliott's has been there since '84, 37 years after Jerre and Kathleen Elliott turned an old house on Maple into a hardware-etc. institution. Says The News story, the family-owned-and-operated establishment just ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Clash. June. 1982. Bronco Bowl.

​Whenever we old sonsabitches (early 40s, say) sit around to talk about the best shows ever at our favorite venues ever, this one always comes up: The Clash at the Bronco Bowl on June 6, 1982 (scroll down, you'll find it). I've got the previous night's tour poster framed and hanging in the house, ... More >>

Friends of Oak Cliff Parks Concerned Council Will Derail Long-Planned WPA Pergola Redo

Courtesy the Old Oak Cliff Conservation LeagueThe WPA pergola as it looked in 1945 ...​Schutze wrote the other day that Oak Cliff gets stuff done despite Dallas City Hall. Which is fine, until City Hall does get involved: The Friends of Oak Cliff Parks have been out and about in recent weeks warni ... More >>

Today In Music News: Steven Tyler Rocks Home Depot, AC/DC Rock Iron Man 2 And Mega Mergers Rule

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, January 27, 2010...Looks like Steven Tyler has moved on from singing at karaoke bars to Home Depots.AC/DC will be the sole artist on the Iron Man 2 soundtrack. Live Nation and Ticketmaster are now one big ass company!  So, you can go ahead ... More >>

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Everything Must Go Redux, the Home Depot EXPO Edition

Three days after announcing that it was shuttering its EXPO Design Centers, Home Depot just put the whole Dallas Parkway store on sale. The missus sends this photo taken just this morning, as a worker slaps up the everything-must-go sign.

EXPO-nentionally Bad News from Home Depot

View Larger MapFour years ago, Home Depot shuttered four of its five EXPO Design Centers in Texas, leaving only the behemoth on Dallas Parkway near the Galleria. And in coming days, that one will no longer exist either, as Home Depot this morning issued a media release announcing that it's getting o ... More >>

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