Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Kwame Kilpatrick Back in April, then-embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick spent a weekend at The Potter’s House of Dallas, meeting with Bishop T.D. Jakes for some spiritual “enriching.” A lot has happened since then, including Kilpatrick’s copping to a few felony charges; thus, a 120-day…

Patrick Michels Perhaps Ron Boone or Glen Combs once touched these boards. No doubt, they’ll make a fine addition to any ABA fan’s driveway. Decided to take our new Interwebs honcho, Patrick Michels, over to Reunion Arena today for one final stroll through the old joint before it’s locked up…

Courtney Clenney The headline is explained after the jump. Not that it’s terribly hilarious. The “Vote for Parkland” bond campaign kicked off today in front of the Doctor’s Office in Old City Park — where we particularly enjoyed the aroma from the donkeys, Nip and Tuck, kept behind wooden fence…

Last night, during its picnic outing at the Arboretum, the city council was briefed on the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibit, which opens October 3 at the Dallas Museum of Art and runs through May 15. Quite the glossy briefing too; first city council doc my…

I was looking at the City Plan Commission agenda for today’s shindig — where they’re scheduled to vote on renaming Industrial Boulevard to Riverfront Boulevard, which seems so yesterday — and was surprised to see at the very bottom “Fairfield at Lovers Lane.” It’s been about six months since last…

Brian Harkin Jim Trulock, co-owner of Duncanville’s Cherry Pit, has been arrested on TABC violations, as has his girlfriend and co-owner Julie Norris. This week’s paper version of Unfair Park, with the cover story about The Cherry Pit, is barely on the streets, and already this update: Duncanville police have…

Justin Terveen The Statler Hilton Hotel, as captured by Justin Terveen for a collection of photos shot in 2004-2007 from inside and outside the building Mayor Tom Leppert wants something done with the old Statler Hilton Hotel — including tearing it down, if need be. Till a couple of months…

Spend a minute this morning with Grapevine’s Jeff Jones, who, in February 2007, won $250,000 on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? by answering the question, “In Office Space, Peter’s co-worker Michael admits that his high-tech, get-rich scheme is taken from what movie?” Man, that was adorable. Meredith Viera seemed…

Today, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., you’re welcome to go down to Reunion Arena and inspect the merch, all of which is priced to move, move, move. From former season ticket-holder seating to the Sony JumboTron to pieces of the floor upon which Your Dallas Mavericks once dribbled their…

Courtney Clenney If you don’t mind, Mayor Tom would like you to stop with the “what-if questions” already, Jeez Louise. Mayor Tom Leppert whipped out his giant bedazzled scissors this afternoon to officially open the newly renovated Cotton Bowl, which looks every bit of its $57-million face lift. That was…

Dallas Independent School District students cannot wear rosary beads to school — because, look, everybody knows that’s a gang symbol. But you can wear a turban into a Dallas County facility. That’s the word today from the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, which bought a suit against the…

In January, Penguin Press will publish Bryan Burrough’s The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes, about such men as H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, Hugh Roy Cullen and Glenn McCarthy, the latter of whom was more or less the inspiration for James Dean’s Jett…

Frank Librio, the city’s director of public information, tells Unfair Park this morning that at last count there were 903 Hurricane Ike evacuees still living at the Dallas Convention Center, though an updated number is due within the hour. (Update: Says the city at 10 a.m., “The current registered head…