New Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay Says She Is Engaged

Our Dallas girl is engaged! Sound the alarms. Tell the person in the next cubicle. Call your grandmother. The first-ever black Bachelorette and Dallas native Rachel Lindsay has found love. ABC announced in February that Lindsay is the object of attention for the thirteenth season of “The Bachelorette.” Since then, she…

The Former Mayor of Colleyville Has Dating Advice for You

The former mayor of Colleyville is now a sexpert. Well, kind of. In 2007, after several years of marriage, Donna Arp Weitzman and her husband divorced. No longer the mayor of Colleyville and looking to start over, Weitzman moved to a high-rise in Dallas and began dating. She was 55…

7 Not-So-Obvious Places To Dance in DFW

When the beat drops, it doesn’t matter where you are or what you’re doing. Your body needs to move. There are the typical places to dance in Dallas, but they are not the only places. Here’s a look at some of the usual and unusual places to dance in Dallas. As…

After Serial Burglaries, Oak Lawn Coffee Says They Are Being Tested

Once again, someone broke into Oak Lawn Coffee on Tuesday night. The two baristas who opened the independent coffee shop Wednesday found rocks and a shattered door frame. Inside, digital tablets used for a loyalty program had been taken. This is the fourth time that the establishment has been targeted by…

Mermaids Are Officially Available for Hire in North Texas

Mermaids are real. At least that’s what one Austin-based company wants you to believe. Sirenalia is an all-inclusive mermaid production company. That means they sell mermaid tails and tops and hire out mermaids to attend your events. Starting at $275, a mermaid can – and probably should – be the…

RaeLynn Talks Success After The Voice Ahead of Free Dallas Show

RaeLynn performs at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Klyde Warren Park. Admission is free. When RaeLynn’s debut album WildHorse went No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart, her husband didn’t know it even happened because he’s deployed. RaeLynn doesn’t name his location or which military branch Josh Davis serves, but…

The Inside Story Behind the Birth of the Dallas Zoo’s ‘Lucky’ Lion Cub

The staff at the Dallas Zoo named their newborn lion cub Behati Moja, which means “lucky one” in Swahili. The cub, the first African lion born at the zoo in 40 years, earned the name. We spoke to Lora Baumhardt, a mammal specialist at the zoo, about the cub and her mother, about the dramatic late March delivery and the careful plan to introduce Behati to her father.

Little Women: Dallas Is Coming Back to Finish Us Off

Little Women: Dallas first invaded our homes last November. Now the spinoff series of Little Women: LA is back to finish what it started. Season one capped off in December with eight episodes, but there is more to show. Will Asta Young and her husband open a bar? Will Tiffani Chance…

Oak Cliff Struggles For Answers After Bullied 11-Year-Old Commits Suicide

Last week, 11-year-old and L.V. Stockard Middle School student Julio Ortiz killed himself after being bullied. Last night, more than 100 people gathered inside a church in Oak Cliff, to discuss hot to stop it from happening again. The Hope City Dallas church and  its nonprofit, volunteer  Hope City Dream Center hosted the…

Dallas’ 911 Call Crisis: 5 Things We Do And Don’t Know

Last week, a 6-month-old infant died after his babysitter used her cellular phone to call 911 three times without getting an answer. When someone picked up, the babysitter languished on hold for a half hour before getting assistance. The City of Dallas labeled the issue as “ghost calls” from phones on the…

A Pair of Robots Appear in Dallas, Humbly Heralding the Future

Two robots made debuts in Dallas last week, each promising ways to help humans with automation — or at least save them some legwork. One is called Knightscope, a police robot that serves as one part pack mule, one part guard dog. Stacy Stephens is a former Coppell PD police officer and co-founder of…

9 Dallas Potholes That Make Us (And Our Cars) Want to Die

Every time a vehicle passes over a pothole, as we feel ourselves bounce in our seats in slow motion, we die a little. And then we cuss the city of Dallas, the mayor, construction workers, God, etc., saying that we don’t deserve this kind of hell. Potholes seem to be everywhere in…