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Outstanding in Their Field

By Chris Wolfgang

Oct 30, 2024

How 44 Farms supplies the steaks Dallas adores.

The Ringleaders: North Texas Wrestlers Unite To Fight With the Dallas Sumo Club

By Simon Pruitt

Oct 16, 2024

The Dallas Sumo Club is the ultimate Fight Club.

Balancing the Books: Author Sanderia Faye Is Quietly Building Dallas' Literary Community

By Vanessa Quilantan

Jul 3, 2024

Sanderia Faye is promoting her own books and everyone's else's. She's become the patron saint of the Dallas literary scene.

Wilmer's Greedy Annexation Grabs Run Afoul of the Law, Rile Homeowners

By Christian McPhate

Apr 10, 2024

A generation of Wilmer residents has battled city leaders over involuntary annexations while highlighting trouble at city hall in the small suburb south of Dallas.

The Vandoliers are a progressive band that won't hold back.

The New Outlaws: Dallas Artists Lead the Way as Country Goes Progressive

By Carly May Gravley

Jan 30, 2024

Cowpunk band Vandoliers are one of a few Dallas artists who represent a new wave of country music outlaws.

Chained Melody: Dallas Musicians Battle Gear Thieves

By Christian McPhate

Dec 20, 2023

Musicians in Dallas are fighting for your attention, and to keep their gear from being stolen by thieves.

Heavy Lifting: The Bands Carrying the Torch of North Texas Metal

By Simone Carter

Nov 29, 2023

DFW has bred some of the world's best heavy music. From Fugitive to Frozen Soul, newer bands are now continuing the metallic-hardcore tradition.

North of the Wall: Dallas' Live Music Scene Takes Over the Suburbs

By Mike Brooks

Oct 18, 2023

There are some great advantages to suburban entertainment complexes — endless free parking is just one of them.

Fighting Cancer: Are Firefighters Cursed by the 'Forever Chemicals' in Their Gear?

By Christian McPhate

Sep 6, 2023

The daughter of a heroic Dallas fireman wants answers after her father’s death and its possible link to PFAS chemicals. People all over the country have the same question.

How Schlockmeister Larry Buchanan Built a Film Scene With Rubber Masks and Horny Martians

By Danny Gallagher

Feb 8, 2023

The year 1967 was a stellar one for movies. The marquees at movie theaters that year lit up with titles such as The Graduate, The Producers, In the Heat of the Night, Cool Hand Luke, In Cold Blood and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.

For Female Comedians, Dallas Comedy Is No Joke

By Desiree Gutierrez

Nov 9, 2022

Hannah Vaughan shouldn’t have been driving on July 1, 2021. She had run to her car crying inconsolably, and her brother pleaded with her to pull over. It was a miracle she didn’t wreck the car.

Exhausted by the Pandemic, Nurses Now Face a Worsening Problem of Workplace Violence

By Darby Murnane

Oct 18, 2022

In post-pandemic Texas and beyond, nurses are facing long-term challenges.

As Christian Nationalism Rises, Progressive Pastors in North Texas Fight to Keep the Faith

By Tyler Hicks

Oct 5, 2022

With religious jingoism on the rise, progressive faith leaders must navigate money, politics and the occasional “underground work” to support their flock

Priced Out: How Dallas' Soaring Rental Costs Fuel Homelessness

By Jacob Vaughn

Oct 4, 2022

With rents up, some tenants are worried about ending up on the streets.

FIRE: The Free Speech Group Taking on North Texas Colleges

By Simone Carter

Sep 7, 2022

While watching the vice presidential debate in 2020, history professor Lora Burnett started to tweet from her living room in conservative Collin County. Then-Vice President Mike Pence wouldn’t stop talking when the female moderator had repeatedly and kindly asked. Burnett, who’d been scrolling through her Twitter feed and reading comments...

Dallas Attorney Dean Malone Wants to Hold Texas Prisons and County Jails Accountable

By Kate Pezzulli

Aug 30, 2022

Chris Cabler worked hard, loved animals and had a big heart. He would help his family whenever he could. He had two grown children he loved dearly and a grandson who was 6 days old when he died. On May 5, 2019, Cabler hanged himself in a jail in Red...

Brianna Baucum Said CPS Unfairly Took Her Child. Her Former Supporters No Longer Believe Her.

By Jacob Vaughn

Aug 24, 2022

A community rallied around the UT-Arlington student after she lost custody of her daughter. Now, some think her entire story was built on lies.

Despite Legislation and Funding, Texas Still Has Thousands of Untested Rape Kits

By Tyler Hicks

Aug 9, 2022

The Lavinia Masters Act helped clear much of the state’s inordinate backlog, but the fight for delayed justice is far from over

At CPAC, Migration Is an 'Invasion,' Communism Looms and Trump's the 'Most Persecuted' Man in U.S.

By Patrick Strickland

Aug 8, 2022

The three-day gathering in Dallas was an echo chamber of rightwing grievances and buzzwords.

'Excessive Force': Dallas City Marshal Who Slammed Homeless Man Charged and Arrested

By Jacob Vaughn

Aug 5, 2022

For over a year, a homeless man named Deshode Rayvon Patton has been facing charges for resisting arrest. Now, the cop that arrested him has been arrested for allegedly falsifying details of the arrest.

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Seeds of Change at Heritage East in Tyler

Street Corner Supergroup: Dash Hause and Stephen Mize Are the Beating, Busking Heart of McKinney

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Seeds of Change at Heritage East in Tyler

Street Corner Supergroup: Dash Hause and Stephen Mize Are the Beating, Busking Heart of McKinney

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