The Dallas City Council’s Transportation and Trinity River Corridor Committee was briefed early this afternoon about plans that should make travel on the LBJ Freeway east of Central Expressway just as exasperating as commuting on the western side. Matthew Craig, an engineer for Halff Associates, the firm charged with shepherding…
In news that further confirms something you knew all along — that fast food restaurant restrooms are just the worst — Andrew Crawford Boden, the Irving man arrested for allegedly hiding a camera in a Grapevine Braum’s restroom, has been arrested again. After the Braum’s camera was found on May…
In a perfect example of why it’s best — if you’re looking to run a successful drug empire — to keep the manufacturing and distribution arms of your outfit separate, the Drug Enforcement Administration moved to seize 35 financial accounts, six cars, jewelery, almost $20,000 in cash, seven gold Canadian…
And you thought jury duty in Dallas sucked. Tarrant County residents are being contacted by a man calling himself Lieutenant Allen who claims to be with the sheriff’s office, police department or constable’s office. “Allen” informs the person receiving the call that they have been fined between $2,000 and $4,000…
An early draft of the 2014 Texas Republican Party platform obtained by the San Antonio Express-News would get rid of some of its most strident anti-LGBTQ language while maintaining staunch opposition to marriage equality and any state or federal benefits for same-sex couples. The draft also includes an endorsement of…
After three years of bus service, Mesquite, DART’s first non-member city partner, appears set to spurn the agency for Star Transit, a private bus company that serves Balch Springs, Kaufmann County and Rockwall County. City officials said the potential move stems from DART’s changing its policies for non-member cities and…
Monday afternoon, the same day Governor Rick Perry announced a statewide advertising campaign to combat human trafficking, Dallas’ Dereck Johnson pleaded guilty to that offense in United States District Court. According to court documents, on June 1, 2012, Johnson lured a 15-year-old girl away from the Downtown Dallas Greyhound Station…
Judging from an altogether odd post to The Dallas Morning News’s Center Stage blog, the newspaper’s architecture critic, Mark Lamster, has apparently decided that those “progressive types” who might be a little wary of the city’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics are just Debbie Downers who don’t know…
Fort Worth veterinarian Lou Tierce has been sued by another dog owner who claims he kept her pet dog alive after telling her it had been euthanized. The lawsuit filed Monday claims that the doctor kept her pet Chihuahua Hercules alive and suffering for more than four months without her…
