We didn’t have time to attend the DowntownDallas annual luncheon at the Sheraton — though, from the sound of it, we didn’t miss all that much. (Update: Rudy recorded it — then, for some strange reason, turned it into a video.) Besides, we got all we needed out of the…
Courthouse News brings us this lawsuit out of Fort Worth, in which 51 North Texans — including a dozen Dallas County residents — are claiming a man named Lee Goodman Ponzi-schemed them out of $2.5 million. It’s a long, sordid story involving myriad alleged broken promises and dashed dreams, but…
Sam and/or Schutze had been hoping to make it to the council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee meeting this morning. Didn’t happen. Slackers. Too bad too, as Assistant City Manager Jill Jordan told council members that, sorry, but a whole mess of those levee fixes won’t be fixed till after…
It would appear from this tweet dispatched by the Dallas Police Department that the department has not, in fact, forgotten about those cheerleaders who had their bags stolen from the Dallas Convention Center on February 20. As a matter of fact, according to the DPD’s bulletin, they now have a…
I just spoke with council member Angela Hunt about the four-alarm fire in her district this morning. She spent the last hour where Terilli’s, Greenville Bar & Grill, Mick’s and Hurricane Grill stood till 5:30 a.m., and visited with Dallas Fire-Rescue officials and the restaurants’ owners, and she reports back…
Last I heard, Greg “The Hammer” Williams was looking for a sidekick for his Wichita Fall-based radio show set for syndication. But since Richie’s on vacation, I guess it falls to me to pass along the news forwarded along by one Friend of Unfair Park this morning: The show’s “a…
At this very moment, Schutze is down on Lower Greenville, where the block that once housed Terilli’s, Hurricane Grill, Mick’s and the Greenville Bar & Grill is now a memory courtesy a four-alarm fire that began at Terilli’s at 5:45 this morning and spread quickly to the other businesses on…
Now this is breaking news. By now, surely you know the story of Bob and Jane Cull, which has been around for a decade — when the twosome sued Perry Homes, claiming their house in Mansfield went to hell shortly after they bought it for $233,730 in 1996. At almost…
All Things Considered kicks off on KERA-FM (90.1) right about … now. And even if you’re not a frequent listener, well, today might be a good day to tune in. Why? Because of this piece, which, from the looks of today’s rundown, comes about 10 segments in:Dallas, Fort Worth Battle…
And speaking of the U.S. Attorney’s Office …Jim and Sam were otherwise occupied this morning and couldn’t make it back to the Earle Cabell for the second round of sentencing in the City Hall federal corruption case. But following Friday’s marathon that saw Don Hill getting 18 years and wife…
This is really a D Magazine story, but since the U.S. Attorney’s Office just sent word, well, what the hell: Nicky Sheets — aka John Nicholas Sheets, aka Mr. Eleanor Mowery Sheets — pleaded guilty today to one count of tax evasion in U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle’s courtroom…
Speaking of the North Central Texas Council of Governments …We’ve been waiting on this announcement since late November, when the NCTCOG and the city of Dallas put out the call for bidders interested in coming up with a new Dallas bike plan. And, lo and behold, there it is on…
A couple of weeks back, Nicole Porter at Texas Prison Bid’ness took note of the state’s impending budget shortfall and concluded that, more than likely, it’ll result in the closing of some private prisons and jails. Sure, but which ones? Well, writes our old pal Scott Henson today over at…
We’ve heard rumblings: Maurine Dickey ain’t much of a fan of the North Central Texas Council of Governments. And here’s our first bit of evidence: a memo Dickey sent to her fellow Dallas County Commissioners suggesting they consider forming the Dallas County Toll Road Authority to expedite the construction of…
Still no news about that alleged concert at the Cotton Bowl, but I did learn the following from glancing at the Park and Rec meeting agenda for this week:Park and Rec is in the process of executing concession contracts with the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation that will allow for the…
Dolphin Heights Initiative: In Our Garden… from bcCorps.org on Vimeo.Speaking of community gardens …They’re planting one in Dolphin Heights, where, as we’ve mentioned before, the bcCORPS is preparing to give the neighborhood an extreme makeover a la bcWORKSHOP’s work along Congo Street near Fair Park. Noe Medrano Jr., the young…
I know this is skipping way ahead first thing on a Monday, but I see here that next Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will vote to settle that federal lawsuit Dallas Police Department crime-scene detective Roosevelt Holiday brought against the city and DPD at the end of ’09. For those…
Skip to Page 98 of The New York Times Style Magazine that came with this morning’s paper — that’s where you’ll find “Tex Mix” by Sandra Ballentine, a single page of what’s in in Dallas, “this much-misunderstood town” where “most fillies wouldn’t be caught dead with big hair.” Ballentine sorts…
As we were driving away from the Museum of the American Railroad a couple of weeks ago, my wife asked: “What’s up with the Dallas Firefighter’s Museum, anyway?” Looked closed, but far from it: The council’s Public Safety Committee will be briefed at noon Monday on plans for an upgrade…
I was sifting through our photo archives two weeks ago when I came across a ’91 photo of Funland. I’m sure Peter Schmidt, Clark Vogeler and Will Johnson would prefer I keep it under lock and key; there’s an awful lot of cut-off jorts and sweatpants in that picture. But…
Carried Away Teaser – Dallas IFF from New Palace Films on Vimeo.In March, Patrick Michels visited the set of Tom Huckabee’s Carried Away, then shooting in Oak Cliff and in the filmmaker’s native Fort Worth. But a few weeks ago, the film — about a Hollywood hopeful who comes back…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office sends word: Inspectors with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have arrested 62-year-old Norris Lynn Fisher, alleging that he used the mail to swipe more than 100 properties valued at $1 million from their rightful owners. After the jump, you’ll find the affidavit from a postal inspector…
