Earlier this afternoon, I finally spoke with Steve Hatchell — president and CEO of the National Football Foundation, the parent organization of the College Football Hall of Fame — concerning yesterday’s press conference during which Mayor Tom Leppert, Roger Staubach, T. Boone Pickens and a host of other bold-faced names…
View Larger MapEarlier this year, word was Charter Holdings was all set to buy Highland Park Village from Henry S. Miller Interests, with the sale scheduled to be all packed and gift-wrapped by March. A month later, and Henry S. Miller’s still in control of the Village — though Charter…
Tennell Atkins and LeVar Thomas debated for an hour last night at Paul Quinn College in South Dallas, as the two candidates in the District 8 city council race offered opposing views regarding the inland port, the convention center hotel and giving more power to Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle…
Twiddling – or I should say Tweeddling – my thumbs until the 6 p.m. release of the NFL schedule and the unveiling of the Dallas Cowboys’ path to 9-7, I stumbled upon a couple of things. 1. This year’s NFL Draft is extraordinarily weak. (More on that later.) 2. The…
Belo Corp. — the Dallas-based broadcaster that, of course, counts WFAA-Channel 8 among its 20 owned-and-operated TV stations around the country — announced this morning that on April 30, it will release its first-quarter earnings. Bloomberg today reports it could be an especially interesting read for investors, who so far…
As we mentioned yesterday, Dallas-born blues guitar great Rocky Hill will be buried today in Hopkins County, with a funeral beginning at 1 p.m. followed by a graveside service. Soon as we noted his death on Friday at the age of 62, Friend of Unfair Park LakeWWWooder sent us this…
On September 14, 26-year-old Army Sgt. Wesley Durbin of Hurst was killed at a small patrol base south of Baghdad when he and another soldier, 24-year-old Staff Sgt. Darris Dawson of Florida, were gunned down by a fellow soldier. As The Dallas Morning News noted in September, Durbin was a…
Now here’s the offer of a public meeting too good to refuse: today’s get-together of the Public Art Committee, which convenes at 4:30 p.m. in the fifth-floor conference room at the Majestic Theatre, nice. (Ooh, note to self: Get David Byrne tickets.) Sounds very artsy: Among the agenda items are…
Embarrassing that the Dallas Mavericks had to pull a leftover Easter rabbit out of their hat last night against the Minnesota Timberwolves at American Airlines Center. But in this economy … sorry, in this Western Conference playoff race, a two-point escape beats the hell out of laying an inexplicable, rotten…
At some point, no doubt, we’ll get an official statement. Till then, well, here’s what the Wall Street Journal (subscription-only, sorry) has to add to the story of Tom Hicks’s refusal to pay off Hicks Sports Group’s debt:Creditors to Texas financier Tom Hicks’s Hicks Sports Group have declared the company…
Here’s an interesting little fact left off the two press releases announcing the city’s efforts to lure the College Football Hall of Fame from South Bend, Indiana, to downtown Dallas: It was all Bob Sambol’s idea. Seriously. But the namesake of Bob’s Steak & Chop House on Lemmon Avenue figured,…
We reported March 30 that two South Dallas churches were potentially jeopardizing their tax-exempt status by allowing Mayor Tom Leppert to advocate positions regarding the two upcoming propositions on the May 9 ballot. Although an update in the story included quotes from a customer service representative with the Internal Revenue…
If you want to drive yourself insane, dial up the Dallas City Council’s Transportation and Environment Committee meeting, where, at this very moment, the committee is discussing the Love Field concessions expansion. Because, in case you weren’t aware, Love Field’s getting a makeover, part of which will including adding more…
A longtime music publicist pal sends the sad news: Dallas-born Rocky Hill — Dusty’s big brother and one hellacious blues guitarist forever proud of his self-proclaimed rep as “The Anti-Clapton” — died on Friday, with few details other than that available at present. All I’ve found online is his obituary…
So, this one seemed to sneak past everyone’s radar — the media relations bigwigs didn’t even know about this at Dallas City Hall when we called this morning, though a Friend of Unfair Park did send word that Norm Hitzges made brief mention of this on KTCK-AM ’round 9:50 this…
Step on a crack, break your mother’s back. Avoid black cats, the No. 13 and walking under ladders. And, above all else, wear anything other than red and find yourself dead. Hmm. Are the Texas Rangers superstitious about superstitions? Seems to me that rituals, traditions and even obsessive compulsive disorder could…
After taking care of some bidness near DPD headquarters last week, I popped in on my favorite pro-hotel’er, Jack Matthews, whose office is across the street. Matthews, who is developing the convention center hotel for the city, assured me construction has not begun on the project even though work is…
Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch blog wonders this morning, “Is DNA exoneration too real for reality TV?” The show in question, of course, is Dallas DNA, Investigation Discovery’s six-part series about Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, his office’s Conviction Integrity Unit and the use of DNA to free those who’ve been…
Late last week, maybe you read somewhere that Whole Foods Market was kindly offering to eat your sales tax on any purchases made Wednesday (before you head over to the Dallas Tea Party, maybe). Well, sorry, but nope — Whole Foods can’t actually do that, laws and all. Which is…
After disappearing for a little while, the Central Expressway expansion in downtown is back on the Dallas City Council’s radar. Angela Hunt had a few concerns back in January and got the item off the council’s agenda hours before it was going to a vote, but at 2 p.m. the…
Aside from the Almighty He/She/It having the audacity to conjure up a downpour and wash out sunrise services across the Metroplex, which Texas culprit laid an egg Sunday and did the leaster for your Easter? 1. Dallas Mavericks 2. Texas Rangers 3. Chad Campbell The evidence:…
“I hope a DO slideshow is in order,” noted one commenter on DC9 in response to Darryl Smyer’s BloodaPalooza Tattoo Art and Music Festival preview. Way ahead of you, “JC,” because nothing says “Happy Easter!” like scenes from a metallic-tasting “tattoo party” at the Sterling Hotel. Hence, this slide show…
