If the sunny weather is inspiring you to pick up a juicy beach read, we’ve got the goods. They came neatly packaged in an eight-page complaint filed in Dallas County District Court by socialite and Pamela Martin Duarte, star of Big Rich Texas, Style Network’s homage to Lone Star State…
Richard Miles has been out of prison for two and a half years, and he was finally, officially exonerated in February for the crime he didn’t commit — the 1994 murder and attempted murder at a Texaco near Bachman Lake. He’s expecting his compensation check from the state today, any…
Michael Morton, free after 25 years of wrongful imprisonment for his wife’s murder, spoke about his experience yesterday during a panel discussion on prosecutorial oversight at the University of Texas. Morton’s case has become a focal point of any story or discussion about prosecutorial misconduct, a subject we explore below…
Traumatic brain injury may be the most elusive of all war injuries. It presents itself through a number of symptoms — mood changes, insomnia, headaches, memory loss, irritability — and in varying degrees. The conversation surrounding such injuries recently became louder after Staff Sergeant Robert Bales was formally accused with…
Councilman Scott Griggs kicked off last night’s festival of shared discontent over the possibility of drilling in Dallas under the ordinance changes recommended by the drilling task force. Two city drilling task force members, a former member of the Fort Worth drilling task force, members of environmental advocacy groups and…
Supporters of Ben Spencer gathered yesterday on the steps of the Frank Crowley Criminal Court Building, where he was convicted for a crime they believe he did not commit. Monday marked 25 years since his arrest for the murder of retail executive Jeffrey Young at a remote industrial complex. Spencer…
The city of Dallas has a bit of an issue with gas, one that anti-drilling activists call potentially silent but deadly and hydraulic fracturing proponents call a huge economic relief for the city — one that would provide an whopping amount of energy. The issue seemed to briefly and temporarily…
Is Texas still racist enough to warrant hand-holding by the federal government? That’s the essence of where the voter ID debate stands now and where it’s headed. Though it may seem like a straightforward question, and one that many politicos have reduced to a “yes” or “no” sound bite, the…
You’ve likely noticed that gas stations have been changing the numbers on their signs to reflect an increasingly more expensive product, over and over again. As prices creep around the $4 mark while campaign season stirs, and energy continues its rise to the top tier of our national concerns, views…
The Texas Department of Transportation foots much of the bill for the road damage brought about by trucks traveling to and from hydraulic fracturing operations, and for the first time, the agency is collecting data with an eye to possibly recouping future funds. Short-term spending for TxDOT includes $40 million…
Still deciding who to favor among the Republican candidates vying for nomination to the U.S. Senate? Might as well play eenie, meenie, miney, mo, or choose based on favorite color or music preference, because politically, they’re practically the same. Tom Leppert, Senate candidate and former Dallas mayor, even noted at…
Left-wing activists have taken aim at a man whose name you’ve probably never heard: Edward DeMarco. He’s the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and he oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The presidential appointee has become a villainous figure to those who believe lenders should write…
Kerry Max Cook, a former Texas death row inmate who was released in 1999, resumed his quest to be declared innocent when he filed motions in Smith County District Court at the end of February. Tuesday, the criminal justice blog Grits for Breakfast published a letter by Cook in which…
Not long after I wrote a story about Vickery Meadow last month, Jerry Holley, an antiques auctioneer who grew up in the area, sent me a polite email that made me curious as to what I hadn’t written. “Enjoyed your article on Vickery Meadow, but you missed the real history…
Kids walking the halls of Prime Prep Academy next fall might have a shot at television stardom because Deion Sanders, the school’s co-founder, is working with entertainment exec Tracey Edmonds (with whom Sanders’ ex-wife accused him of cheating) to make his school a reality … show. That’s right, a reality…
Kinda beautiful, right? It’s like a baby — the arrival is joyous, even if some think its conception was regretful. No use dwelling on the labor pains. (Or, to sum up in the inimitable words of hard-hitting Dallas Morning News Metro columnist, it’s “nice.” Don’t think so? Then discuss.) …..
Chesapeake Energy and Rolling Stone writer Jeff Goodell are battling over his March feature. The abridged version of the lengthy piece, unpacked further by Brantley, goes like this: Drilling appears to be a Ponzi scheme with Chesapeake’s founder, Aubrey McClendon, as its leader. Neither McClendon nor Goodell are the type…
It was a hold-up. If any of Tim Moore’s 16 coworkers at Oshman’s Sporting Goods in Irving made a wrong move on Christmas Eve of 2000, someone would die. The group of men posing as ADT security personnel ordered employees to line up with their hands on the counter. They…
The city stopped dancing around how to handle Municipal Judge Phyllis Lister Brown’s employment and sent her a clear message on Friday: It’s over. The city stopped paying her and denied her access to her computer and her office, effectively ending her employment because she filed her candidacy for the…
The huge green warehouse that sits a short walk down Singleton Boulevard from the base of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge has been home to unusual occupants for the past few weeks. It’s become something of a doll hospital to a cast of 15 massive puppets, representing people who have…
Last night was the final episode of Top Chef Tex-Anada, and it played out like a culinary version of the walk-off scene in Zoolander set to symphony music — a fierce and almost perfectly orchestrated parade of dishes, as we have come to expect from the two remaining chefs. Paul…
It’s been 11 years since George Rivas lead the Texas Seven in their escape from prison and shooting of a police officer, and the hour of his death is fast-approaching. At around 6 p.m, the State of Texas will end his life by lethal injection. Rivas confessed that he was…
