What a week for Your Texas Rangers. Nolan Ryan and Ron Washington took turns publicly ripping Josh Hamilton for the alarming lack of discipline he’s displayed at the plate, increasing the likelihood that he’ll be headed elsewhere this offseason. Fans booed the slumping slugger at home for the first time…
You know Gail Spurlock for finally revealing to the world that the Pilgrims were not only a persecuted religious minority who established a beachhead of European settlement in North America but were, more importantly, communists. It’s why they died. This wouldn’t have been terribly newsworthy were Spurlock not running for…
This was all supposed to be wrapped up months ago. The City Council formed the Gas Drilling Task Force more than a year ago, which was initially scheduled to wrap things up and have a final recommendation by November. A handful of issues — proper setbacks, whether to allow drilling…
There are some things that are simply indefensible. One of those things is 11-year-old Harper Gruzins’ rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner” at Saturday’s FC Dallas-L.A. Galaxy soccer match called out by DMN, That Really Was the Worst National Anthem Ever” target=”_blank”>Deadspin. The Morning News didn’t think so. Nancy Churnin wrote…
Dallas, both city and county, has held the line on property taxes in recent years despite dwindling revenues and shrinking budgets. Still, your property tax bill is probably going to increase after September 1, when Dallas County Community College District’s new budget goes into effect. DCCCD spokeswoman Ann Hatch said…
Dallas may be the greatest city in the history of ever, but how cool is it? Pretty damn cool if you ask Forbes. It ranks us number fourth in its list of America’s coolest cities. A major accomplishment considering how little there is here for hipsters. But don’t break out…
A couple years back I spotted spotting a black SUV with tinted windows and, strangely, “Mary Kay Protective Services” emblazoned on the side. Mary Kay, I found out, does have its own private security company, with officers who carry guns and everything. What I never figured out was why Mary…
Imbroglios don’t get more prosaic than this: A USDA newsletter suggests its employees practice “Meatless Mondays,” thereby shrinking their ecological footprint. Skip the Salisbury steak at the cafeteria and eat a plant instead. Take into account the ever-swelling asses of the American public and this isn’t such a bad idea…
Update at 4:24 p.m.: I still haven’t heard directly from TVA, but a press release from them just hit the wires. Mills’ claims are “ridiculous,” and she was fired for “ongoing inappropriate and abusive conduct toward her supervisor and fellow employees.” The full release is after the jump. Original post::…
Our cover story this week deals with the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System, the owners of the much-argued-about Museum Tower project in the Arts District. In researching the story, we obtained a draft of the fund’s 2011 annual report, which hasn’t been released yet. It shows that although the…
What happens when you don’t pay a prostitute for services rendered, then leave her alone in your house? Probably something like this, as reported last night by CBS 11: Three Mustang players attended the dinner and returned to their off-campus home, on Anita Street, to find that someone had stolen…
It seems nothing associated with the Trinity River project has gone according to plan. That $38 million soccer complex is being built next to an asphalt-crushing plant, the delightful kayaking feature is such a threat to human safety that you can’t go near it, there’s not enough money for all…
On July 20, Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to a call in the 4500 block of Cowan and found 20-month-old Trey Jenkins unresponsive. Jenkins was transported to Children’s Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy determined he died of blunt-force trauma to the chest and stomach that was too severe…
Judging by a joint filing in a federal-court scuffle between Avalon Residential Care Homes and the City of Dallas, the end may be in sight. Dallas has for years struggled to strike a balance between regulating the city’s group homes without trampling their rights under federal housing laws. Safe to…
On a Saturday evening in late July, Beth Shapiro went for a bite at the Uptown Pub, a laid-back and unpretentious bar at the corner of Lemmon and McKinney avenues. She sat on the patio, where she spotted Cain, a large (140 pounds) friendly looking mastiff. As she petted the…
When Mitt Romney spoke at the NAACP convention in Houston two weeks ago, he was roundly booed when he promised to repeal the signature law of the nation’s first black president. Some said Romney had cojones for speaking his mind to voters he had little chance of wooing. Some viewed…
It’s raw and unedited, but here’s a recording of radio traffic on the scene of Tuesday’s shooting near Fair Park. It was posted to YouTube by Fire Scene Audio, an operation that apparently records traffic around the country. In the process now of listening to the whole thing. I’ll mark…
Remember when North Texas hosted the Super Bowl? And how the name of the 30-mile, Arlington-area stretch of Interstate 30 was changed from from the Tom Landry Highway to the Tom Landry Super Bowl Highway? And how we may never host another Super Bowl and that, if we do, it’ll…
Mike Rials is graduating from the University of Texas at Dallas, where he was not only a psychology student but also a participant in a PTSD study testing the effectiveness of a new treatment combination. The three-year study at the Center for BrainHealth is financed by a $3 million grant…
The Texas Parks And Wildlife Department, the state agency that operates state parks and regulates hunting, fishing and related activities, announced today that it is seeking corporate partners. Seriously. Says so right on their website in big, bold letters: “Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Seeks Corporate Partners.” From the announcement:…
Things have gotten so bad, someone went and made a sticker out of it. One of the biggest feuds Dallas has seen in years has everything except sex: art, money, power, police and the looming threat of litigation. That’s why people have been hanging on every detail of the dispute…
Dallas police sent out a bare-bones press release this morning announcing that officer Matthew Gaines, who has been with the department for two years, is on administrative leave after being arrested at about 5:30 a.m. It didn’t give any additional details like where he was arrested. I had no luck…
