It used to be that, four or five times a year, Dallas would have an auction and sell its tax-foreclosed properties to the highest bidder. The last one happened on June 13, 2013, two weeks before the City Council complained that the houses were falling into the hands of slum…
In case you missed it, NPR ran a piece yesterday about Texas’ moderately surprising move toward bike-friendliness. The state, especially its cities, have been adding trails, bike lanes and pro-cycling policies at a respectable, if not quite Portland-esque, clip. Just look at Dallas’ ambitious bike plan, with its plans to…
It’s cold comfort now, a day and a half after Stephen Curry’s game-ending dagger lifted the Golden State Warriors to a 122-120 victory over the Mavs at the American Airlines Center on Tuesday night, but the NBA has ruled that the Jermaine O’Neal “block” that set the stage for Curry’s…
Update: Never mind. An appeals court overturned Gilmore’s decision. Original post: There have been two significant developments since the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state doesn’t have to say where it got the pentobarbital it will use to kill death row inmates Tommy Lynn Sells and Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas…
Dallas County Schools — the local school district with no schools or students but lots and lots of school buses — sent word last Friday that it was preparing to unveil the “School Bus of the Future,” and that this futuristic vehicle will “will revolutionize school bus transit and exponentially…
Arlington, like many other cities, has a law banning people from handing out leaflets, or anything else for that matter, to passing cars. To wit: No person shall stand or walk on or in any manner occupy a shoulder, improved shoulder, sidewalk, median or public right-of-way for the purpose of…
The Cowboys’ move from Valley Ranch to Frisco is moving forward. On Monday, the Frisco City Council took a look at some initial plans for the 66-acre site. Of course, America’s Team can’t settle for a tasteful office complex and modest practice facility. The keystone of the project will be…
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is still officially on the fence about tearing down I-345, the two-mile stretch of freeway between downtown and Deep Ellum. He’s spent the last several months meeting with, in his words, “local business leaders, concerned citizens and the Texas Department of Transportation.” Even after meeting Tuesday…
Daystar is that low-budget religious channel that you flip past when you’re searching for something watchable on TV. You might have lingered for a few seconds once or twice, momentarily transfixed by Joel Osteen’s hair, but only as long as it takes for your brain to kick back into gear…
Meet Kris Gentz, 59-year-old Princeton resident, 14-year veteran of Plano ISD, and, according to the feds, a compulsive gambler and prolific thief. Federal prosecutors, along with the FBI and Plano police, announced this morning that Gentz has pleaded guilty to embezzling some $2.5 million from the district, most of which…
It’s April Fools Day, which means you are currently being bombarded with generally unfunny and unoriginal pranks and fake news stories. It’s a day when it’s wise to treat everything with a high degree of skepticism, from the Pokemon that have taken over Google Maps to the former co-worker’s claim…
Dr. Christopher Spillers of Medical City Dallas was sued over a deadly surgery during which he admitted he was texting and reading from an iPad.
You’ll remember Shannon Stone as the 39-year-old Brownwood firefighter and father who tumbled to his death while reaching for a ball during a July 2011 Rangers game. Kind of hard to forget. He and his 6-year-old son, Cooper, are immortalized in bronze outside Rangers ballpark. A fitting tribute, the two-year-old…
It’s kind of crazy that Oak Cliff doesn’t have a permanent dog park. There are more than enough hipsters there to support one, what with their dual love of rescue dogs and community gathering spots. Way more, certainly, than Far North Dallas, which boasts Dallas’ two newest dog parks. That’s…
Your average U.S. truck driver in the makes something like $.30 or $.40 cents per mile. It’s enough to make a living but not much else. Swap the 18-wheeler full of widgets for one full of Mexican marijuana, and the job becomes way, way more lucrative. Reliable data are tough…
In case you kept your ears and eyes plugged this past weekend, let us tell you just four teams are still standing in the NCAA tournament. Florida, Wisconsin, UConn and Kentucky have all survived two grueling weekends of hoops and earned a trip to the Final Four in North Texas…
The last time the Texas Department of Criminal Justice secured a cache of pentobarbital, the drug it uses to execute prisoners, the Houston-area compounding pharmacy that supplied it had second thoughts. “[I]t was my belief that this information would be kept on the ‘down low,’ and that it was unlikely…
The speed limit on Irving’s East Pioneer Drive is 30 mph. Crystal Zuniga, 30, was going two or three times that — somewhere between 60 and 100 mph as she ferried an SUV full of kids past Gilbert Elementary on Saturday evening. Zuniga, police say, was drunk, her blood alcohol…
If you’re on the fringes of the labor force and are looking for a job, Texas Workforce Solutions may be able to help. The state agency coordinates with a wide network of potential employers and, if necessary, can connect job seekers with adult education classes and vocational training programs. Unsure…
Highland Park police seem to have a pretty strong case that they were justified in shooting David Hartman last summer. Granted, they should have done a more thorough search of his cargo pants, which contained a gun, and made sure he couldn’t slip his handcuffs over his legs and reach…
A Dallas family says Uplift Education kept a known sexual predator on staff as a teacher for more than a year after learning he raped their teenage daughter. The rape, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the parents and alleged victim (all identified by pseudonyms), happened on the night…
If the Dallas City Council thought its baby-splitting compromise on single-use shopping bags (a $.05 cent fee, not a ban) could stave off the bagpocalypse of free market prophecy, they were sorely mistaken. As Kroger rep Gary Huddleston eagerly explained to WFAA on Thursday, the consequences once the new ordinance…
