Here’s What Happens When a Storm Pummels Your Wife’s Pontiac with Baseball-Sized Hail
It happened in Coppell. You can probably guess when. Video is unsafe for work, presuming your boss isn’t big on F-bombs…
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Joe Avezzano, the Cowboys’ Beloved Former Special Teams Coach, is Dead at 68
There aren’t many special teams coaches whose names or faces we recognize. But Joe Avezzano, who choreographed the Cowboys’ kicking and return games from 1990 to 2002, was a memorable face and name. And now he’s gone: Dead at 68, several outlets are reporting, after suffering a heart attack on…
Texas and OU, Count Your Money: The Cotton Bowl’s $25 Million Facelift is a Lock
The backdrop, the pageantry, the Fried Everything: There are plenty of reasons the folks at Texas and Oklahoma wouldn’t mind keeping the schools’ annual rivalry at the Cotton Bowl. But these are college football guys we’re talking about, so you can’t underestimate the Big R. The schools split $10 million…
You Might Say It Was Cloudy Yesterday
As the region cleans up from yesterday’s case of the swirlies, we were happy to learn that our go-to storm chaser, Justin Terveen, wasn’t swept into the sky. (Although that would have made for a cool shot.) He sent over the photo above, which you’ll want to click to embiggen…
It’s Only a Matter of Time Before Our Fancy New Bridge Gets Disemboweled by a Tornado
In the meantime, take cover, marvel at Mother Nature’s latest moves in the videos below, and be on the look out for a Justin Terveen-shaped man flying past your office window, click-click-clicking away. Also, if you want to stay up to date, KXT is covering it blow by blow, including…
Five Questions for Mike Miles, DISD Superintendent (and Former Senate) Candidate
Yesterday, Mike Miles, an Army Ranger turned education reformer, was named the lone finalist for Dallas Independent School District’s superintendent job. Today begins 21 days of tire-kicking, a mandatory waiting and vetting period before the district and Miles can officially wed. Plenty of people will do all that kicking, including…
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Dallas ISD Names Mike Miles, Reform-Minded Military Vet from Colorado, Lone Finalist for Superintendent Job
Prediction: The next few weeks may not be a ton of fun for Mike Miles. Miles, the superintendent of Harrison School District Two in Colorado Springs, was named the lone finalist for the top job in Dallas ISD at a meeting this afternoon. The board, which voted 8-0 (with Carla…
City Hall Shouldn’t Make Any Promises About Hosting the World Cup at the Cotton Bowl
As we mentioned Saturday, there’s a deal in the works to keep the annual Texas-OU orgy at Fair Park, but it hinges on the city’s willingness to raise $25 million to upgrade the Cotton Bowl. It feels like chump change, considering the history and economic impact of the event. But…
Johnathan Ramsey, Missing 11-Year-Old, Presumed Dead; Dad, Step-Mom Arrested as Police Search for Body (Updated)
Update, April 1: If you’ve read this morning’s paper, you know this story is even more disturbing than initially thought. Update after the original: Original item, Saturday, March 31: It was only yesterday that Edward Ramsey called Dallas police, concerned about the whereabouts of his 11-year-old grandson, Johnathan Ramsey. But…
Olympics! World Cup! Texas-OU Forever! How City Hall is Selling More Cotton Bowl Upgrades
Before he left for the Land of a Thousand Blogs, Robert Wilonsky had a few stories about city officials’ desire — they would call it a need — to spend another $25 million or so sprucing up the Cotton Bowl, just four years after taxpayers coughed up $57 million for…
Another Dallas ISD Teacher Suspended After Putting His Complaints on Paper (Update)
Update, 3 p.m.: Elliot Monteverde-Torres, the teacher suspended after blowing the whistle on his principal, was denied a contract renewal for next school year in the weeks before he sent the complaint letter. See details after the original item. Original item: The News’ Matthew Haag has a story in this…
Damarcus Offord, the 20-Year-Old DISD Trustee Candidate, Just Lit Up Mayor Mike
Like him or not, I’m sure we can all agree: Damarcus Offord, the 20-year-old Lincoln High grad who’s challenging Bernadette Nutall for her southern Dallas seat on the Dallas ISD school board, is making the typical snoozefest that are school board politics a lot more fun. Last week, Greg showed…
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Delonte West Went to the Zoo Yesterday, and the World Became a Better Place to Live
Back in December, we spent some time exalting the weirdness of Mavericks guard Delonte West, who had just signed with the team. West is known for his ongoing mental health struggles, and his non-dalliance with LeBron James’ mom. But he is also a noted weirdo whose quotes can reach Ichiro-esque…
The Worst Funeral Ever?
After Toni and Ed Allen lost their son, Brien, in May of last year, they decided to mourn him with something called the Bronze Memories Service Package from Restland Funeral Home on St. Paul Street. As funeral packages go, “Bronze Memories Service Package” sounds like the sort of thing that…
There’s a Handcuffed Man on the Loose in Dallas. He May or May Not Have a Hatchet.
I’ve worked at newspapers in six cities now, and I can say this about the Dallas Police Department: Its media alerts are by far the most candid I’ve ever read. Today’s is a great example: Today at 1:55 pm officers responded to a suspicious person call at 8401 Skillman. There…
Pastor Lou Engle is Coming to Dallas to Fight Abortion — and He Needs Your Help, Ladies
A while back, for reasons I happily can’t recall, I took the step of following the staunchly anti-gay pastor Lou Engle on Twitter. Engle is the founder of TheCall, a traveling circus of politically focused intolerance, and he makes his living (as much as $90,000 in a year, tax records…
This South Padre Island Spring Break Beating Left a Brookhaven Student in the ICU (Video)
Our friend Daniel Rodrigue, once a writer here and now a journalism teacher at DCCCD’s Brookhaven College, sent word this morning that one of his students, Derek Madrigal, was the victim of a vicious beating on the beaches of South Padre Island over spring break. The story is popping up…
DISD Trustee Carla Ranger Keeps Standing Up for the People, and Then Walking Out on Them
I didn’t catch the live version of last night’s Dallas ISD board powwow to winnow its list of superintendent candidates, figuring it would go immediately into closed session and that if I wanted grainy, depressing footage, I’d be better off popping in Inside Job, which I’d somehow missed upon its…
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Last Night’s Storm Had Way More Than 1.21 Gigawatts, as This Justin Terveen Shot Proves
If there’s a storm over Dallas, local photographer Justin Terveen is spending the night chasing it, and we’re spending the morning chasing Terveen down so we can deliver his camera magic unto you, the Slightly Damp Friends of Unfair Park. Terveen reports that the shot up top is of DPD’s…
In the Race for District 33, the Bank of Domingo is Open (but Not for Kathy Nealy)
It costs north of a million bucks to win a U.S. House seat these days. Winning District 33, the new DFW block carved out of the totally riveting and not at all arcane redistricting process, should cost considerably less, thanks to a shortened primary and probably noncompetitive general. Still: It…
St. Patrick’s Day on Greenville Avenue, By the Numbers: Just How Hammered Were You?
Back in February, when the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade on was still on alleged life support, one of the rising costs cited by cash-strapped organizers was the police presence. A growing parade meant a growing need for cops on the streets, and that meant a parade budget that…
St. Patrick’s Day on Greenville Avenue: Just Some Good, Clean Fun in the CVS Parking Lot
Just got back from a food run to Royal Thai, my first voyage into humanity all day, and I can happily report that it’s safe to leave your home again. It’s still going, this year’s ode to binge drinking and dyed plastic and collapsing economies, but it’s definitely dying down…