Jimmy Johnson’s Best Dallas Cowboys Wins on His Way to the Ring of Honor
After a prolonged and ego-driven wait, the Super Bowl-winning former head coach will have his name added to the list of all-time greatest Dallas Cowboys.
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Serial Killers, Airbnbs and Freezing Weather: The Most-Read Observer News Stories of 2023
2023 was, shall we say, an interesting year. That much is made clear by the Observer news stories our readers viewed the most.
A French Bulldog, The Texas Rangers and Weed: The Most Positive Observer News Stories of 2023
A beloved neighborhood activist, Messi Mania, an outdoor church feeding the homeless and Mabel the bulldog all played a part in some more upbeat 2023 stories.
‘One Is Too Many’: Rape Kit Backlog Is Reduced in Dallas, but the Work Isn’t Complete
The Dallas Police Department has sent all of its backlogged sexual assault kits out for testing in 2023. But that’s not the case for all of North Texas.
UPDATE: Victim Identified in Case of the Man Who Drove 40 Miles With Dismembered Body
Police in both Dallas and Tarrant Counties are still piecing together the grisly details of how a driver hit and killed a man in Dallas on Saturday night.
The Internet Has Fun After the Cowboys Get Humiliated by the Buffalo Bills
No, the earth isn’t falling, and the Dallas Cowboys’ season isn’t over. But there was still plenty to gripe about when it came to Sunday’s loss in Buffalo.
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Should the Dallas City Council Call for a Cease-Fire in Gaza?
Pro-Palestine advocates filled the City Council chambers to call for support of a ceasefire in Gaza. At least one city leader was open to it.
Your Can’t-Miss Dallas News Roundup for the Week
Here’s some news for you to check out while you plow through the holiday season here in North Texas.
Doctors in Texas Face Uncertainty After Supreme Court Ruling Against Kate Cox
If Texas doctors can’t avoid lawsuits and felony prosecution, how safe are they in determining whether their patients can obtain a medically necessary abortion?
Cowboys Win Over the Eagles Reminds Us We’ve Come a Long Way From the ‘Bounty Bowl’
There was a time when the Cowboys and Eagles were rivals who hated each other so much, a coach paid his players extra to hurt their opponents.
UPDATED: Kate Cox to Leave Texas For Abortion After Opposition from Ken Paxton, Supreme Court
The Dallas mother will have her abortion elsewhere after a Texas Supreme Court ruling.
UPDATE: State Supreme Court Says Dallas Woman Can Not Yet Have an Abortion After Paxton Threatens Hospital With Charges
On Thursday, a judge in Travis County said that what the state asked Kate Cox to go through “is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice.”
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Judge Halts Dallas Ban on Airbnb and VRBO Rental Properties
The battle over short-term rentals in Dallas neighborhoods will continue after a judge granted an injunction against the city’s new zoning regulations.
Dallas Mother Kate Cox Gets Emergency Hearing in Historic Abortion Case
After receiving a harrowing diagnosis, Kate Cox decided she shouldn’t have to travel out of Texas to get an abortion to prevent further suffering.
North Texas GOP Reps Are ‘Getting Primaried’ by Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz and Ken Paxton
A trio of powerful Republicans have already taken aim at sitting House Republicans from North Texas for opposing them in the past year.
Every Texas Mass Shooting in 2023 (So Far)
Four people, including a 1-year-old boy, were killed on Royce Drive in Dallas on Dec. 3. Texas leads the nation in 2023 in mass shootings.
MVP! MVP! Dak Prescott Keeps Building His Case as the NFL’s Best
The Dallas Cowboys have stacked up an impressive record this season, thanks in large part to the resurgent quarterback who has become an MVP favorite.
Plano ISD Removes Dozens of Library Books, Revamps Policy After Dramatic Board Meeting
Right-wing advocates caused a scene in October over some books they deemed obscene. A few days later those books were gone, but the battle continues.
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We Try the Voodoo Dozen from the New Voodoo Doughnut in Dallas
We wanted to see if the new doughnut shop lives up to the hype.
With School Vouchers, Some Texas Republicans Now Want to Be Like Other States
Plenty of states other than Texas offer some sort of voucher-like program, but that doesn’t mean they’ve been successful in their stated goals.
Spicy New Cowboys Star DaRon Bland Picks Up Where Trevon Diggs Left Off
By tying a longstanding NFL record, the second-year backup has become a star for a Dallas team that didn’t know what to expect after Trevon Diggs’ injury.
Did the Washington Post Go Too Far in Publishing Bloody Photos from Uvalde Massacre?
Over the objections of a mother from Uvalde, the newspaper ran never-before-released photos from the massacre to ‘illuminate’ the devastation of AR-15s.