Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott rejected a request from Republican state Representative Jason Villalba to investigate Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins’ use of asset forfeiture funds to make good on a February 2013 traffic accident Watkins caused. Abbott told Villalba that he can’t initiate an investigation based solely on…
Dallas caterer and restaurateur Andrew Ormsby, who operates an eponymous catering company out of the Cityplace tower and is one of the people behind the Ku De Ta day resort, filed a lawsuit in Dallas County accusing Domenic Massimilian, a Cornell University lacrosse player, of assault. Massimilian, who played high…
Behind a seven-inning, two-run start from Nick Tepesch and a two-run ninth inning, walkoff rally capped off by Adam Rosales’ game-winning RBI single over a drawn-in infield, the Rangers knocked off the Angels yesterday, ending a four-game losing streak overall and a nine-game skid against the Halos. It was yet…
On their surface, the claims made by Douglas Leguin in his 911 call last Monday are almost comical. His name is Dougie Doug, and he has seceded from the United States established Doug-e-stan, an independent republic, because “shit’s too screwed up.” That he’d taken over a house that wasn’t his…
An analysis of data compiled and released by The New York Times surmises that, despite the hopes and claims of groups like Battleground Texas, Texas is unlikely to become a Democratic stronghold, or even a consistent battleground, anytime soon. The reason? Unlike other southern states that have seen swings in…
A group that swelled to perhaps as large as 100 at its biggest gathered at the Continental Bridge Park Thursday night to express solidarity with Mike Brown, the Ferguson, Missouri, man gunned down by a police officer Saturday, and the protesters in Ferguson who have faced tear gas and intimidation…
In the wake of violent clashes in Ferguson, Missouri, a candlelight vigil has been planned for the Continental Deck Park tonight at 6 p.m. As part of what’s being called a “National Moment of Silence,” attendees will observe a moment of silence, then be given the chance to speak out…
Over the objections of their Park Cities neighbors, the Dallas City Council voted this afternoon to approve a zoning change that will allow for the construction of a new luxury mid-rise apartment building on Cole Avenue site currently occupied by the Saltillo Apartments. See also: Highland Park, Fighting Luxury Apartment…
From the sound of it, at least as his parents tell it, Charles and Kristie Cripps’ son was a pretty normal kid. He had some behavioral issues, largely stemming from ADHD, like insulting his classmates’ penis sizes and careening around his school in the manner typical of adolescent boys. Because…
Almost five minutes of audio, posted in full below, obtained by Naral Pro-Choice Texas and Progress Texas, shows the tactics Texas anti-abortion activists are using in order to exploit recent court decisions — like McCullen v. Coakley, which outlawed buffer zones around health clinics that provide abortions — and prevent…
News reports this morning indicate that one of the Cowboys’ few defensive bright spots from last season, cornerback Orlando Scandrick, has been suspended for the first four games of the 2014 regular season for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substance abuse policy. Scandrick has already lost his appeal in the matter,…
For all the talk of adding toll lanes to various portions of U.S. 75 and LBJ, there hasn’t been much attention paid to the Texas Department of Transportation’s plan to include similar lanes — referred to as “managed lanes” in plan documents — along the stretch of I-35 between U.S…
After reading Jeff Speck’s book Walkable City, Brian Reinhart had to respond. The book spoke to the issues he and his friends faced in Dallas so clearly, outlining many of the problems they’ve had and the aspirations they have. He wanted to give Speck “an update on the lay of…
It may be surprising to hear, with as much as North Texas has been deservedly trashed for being a car-dependent, unwalkable hellscape, but DFW fails to crack even the top 50 of a recent Governing.com study measuring pedestrian deaths per capita. Between 2008 and 2012 the region has averaged 6.5…
After receiving the presentation from the city attorney’s office and the Dallas Police Department that we told you about on Monday, the Dallas City Council affirmed its unanimous distaste for sex offenders but raised questions about whether the city should enact tougher restrictions on where registered offenders can live. See…
Back from its July recess, a divided Dallas City Council took up work again on a package of regulations for cabs and ride-sharing services that aims to bring the city up to date with the changing transportation landscape. Wednesday’s hearing was one more step toward a final vote on the…
We get the impulse. The easiest way to dive into a story about Oak Cliff, especially if you’ve never spent more than a few days there, is to talk about November 1963. Failing that, you can talk about crime, making it seem as if people who cross the Trinity heading…
Earlier this morning, a series of photos hit Deadspin ostensibly showing Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones engaged in various stages of sexually suggestive conduct with two unidentified women. In its initial post, Deadspin asked for help finding the photos’ provenance. The apparent story behind the photos, posted a few hours later…
The Princeton Review on Monday released its annual package of mostly arbitrary lists about colleges that are fun to talk about but don’t really mean anything. The rankings feature categories such as “Birkenstock-Wearing, Tree-Hugging, Clove-Smoking Vegetarians,” “Stone-Cold-Sober Schools” and “Is It Food.” So, when local schools show up on the…
Wednesday, when it returns from its month-long July hiatus, the Dallas City Council will be briefed on Mayor Mike Rawlings’ proposal for increased limits on where Dallas’ registered sex offenders can live. The city’s only current restriction forbids supervised sex offenders — those on probation or parole — from living…
In honor of the opening of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit’s new Silver Line, which connects previously unserved areas of Northern Virginia to the capital’s sprawling public transportation network, Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight data journalism project has released an interactive chart of per capita public transit use in American metro areas with…
Over the course of four hours, the Katy Trail Ice House Outpost in Plano served Benjamin Crosby and Joe Grams the equivalent of 43 alcoholic drinks, a lawsuit filed in Dallas district court on Thursday claims. Robert and Cheryl Crosby, Benjamin Crosby’s parents, say that the ice house did this…
