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Every time I drive by Taylor Publishing’s corporate offices and printing facility on Mockingbird, I’m reminded of the countless trips I had to make there when I was editing the Thomas Jefferson High School yearbook, The Document, in the mid-1980s. Some kids at a Pennsylvania high school will never have…

Local, state and federal law enforcement officials are offering a reward of up to $90,000 for “information leading to the arrest and conviction of The Scarecrow Bandit[s],” suspected of being responsible for at least 21 violent bank robberies in North Texas since last July. They might get to save their…

Lisa Garza, awaiting her fate at the end of the first episode Having been called far worse than baffling, “rigid” and “overpowering” — which, come to think of it, sound more like compliments — I’ll ease up on Suze’s Lisa Garza, whose rambling dissertation on her “three C’s” almost got…

Been waiting for days to read the city’s Reunion Arena update, which will be among the topics discussed this morning during a meeting of the city council’s Economic Development Committee. Turns out, as expected, it’s still a substantial money-loser:”Operating losses continue: $900k – $1.6m,” reads the 17-page report made available…

This morning, while reading The New York Times Sunday Book Review’s summer-lit round-up, I came across this glowing mention of the perfect present for a few of our more outraged in-flight Friends, as well as spokesbot Tim Wagner: Dear American Airlines: A Novel, described in The Times as the “fine…

The city council had plenty on its plate Wednesday, including replacing Lynn Flint Shaw on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board and a vote on the zoning for the St. Regis Hotel. Also on the agenda: a controversial ordinance to tow uninsured vehicles, which led to more than two hours…

Just two guitarslingers from Dallas way: Jimmie Vaughan and Steve Miller On Monday on Fong Songs there appeared the damnedest thing I’ve ever heard: a Steve Miller Band demo titled “Take the Joker and Run,” which must be the earliest mash-up in recorded history, as it’s more or less the…

The news out of Mexico this week was filled with stories of dwindling remittances — which is to say, money sent by immigrants in the U.S. to relatives in their home countries. Mexican immigrants living in Texas, who comprise a large part of Dallas’ Latino population, are sending less money…

No doubt you’ve seen the picture of President Bush chest-bumping an Air Force Academy graduate snapped during Wednesday’s ceremony in Colorado. Well, in case you missed it, the grad’s name is Theodore Shiveley, and he hails from Richardson. And it’s that local connection that brings us to this clip from…

To the list of locally connected pornography, we can add an oldie but oh-goodie heretofore unknown ’round these parts, as least: 1981’s Dallas School Girls, un film de John Christopher. Truth is, we knew nothing of this tale till today, whilst browsing the eBay for rarities worth our hard-earned; the…

The museum’s gonna need a new logo. Here’s a pretty awesome way to reach your “$100 million milestone”: Get Margot and H. Ross Perot’s kids to give you, like, $50 million. Which is precisely what was announced today: Katherine Perot, Carolyn Perot Rathjen, Suzanne Perot McGee, Nancy Perot Mulford and…

Courtesy I.B.M. Sure, like you need a chart to tell you how much you hate driving these days. In a survey released this a.m., I.B.M. ranks 10 cities’ “Commuter Pain.” And Dallas has plenty of it. As in: We’re among the top cities in the U.S. and A. in which…

Brad Oldham, left, and Reel FX’s Brandon Oldenburg with something resembling … a glass snake, maybe? And, yes, that is the Knights of Pythias Temple in the background, Brad Oldham and Reel FX Creative Studios now have a sizable chunk of change courtesy Dallas Area Rapid Transit: $1,365,000, to be…

Luna Tortilla Factory, also on the Endangered list For the fourth year, Preservation Dallas has announced its “Most Endangered Resources” list, which features everything from specific buildings to general neighborhoods — and includes this year a plea for the city to change its teardown procedures, lest more historic properties get…

The Yearning for Zion Ranch just outside Eldorado This just in: Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services had no right to take the children from the mothers in the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado. In its ruling today, the justices wrote…