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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Denies Petition Urging Mountain Lion Conservation

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Denies Petition Urging Mountain Lion Conservation

10 Times Texans Claimed To See Evidence of Alien Landings

10 Times Texans Claimed To See Evidence of Alien Landings

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Fight Over White Rock Lake Museum's New Home Continues

By Jacob Vaughn
Jul 1, 2022

The White Rock Lake Museum has been at the Bath House Cultural Center since 2004. Finding a new home for it has been a controversial undertaking.
In the Late 1980s, the Gay Urban Truth Squad Took Dallas to Task Over the AIDS Crisis

By Simone Carter
Jun 21, 2022

The staccato thud of hammers broke the predawn stillness one morning in 1988. Activists dotted the vacant lot. They carried some 700 hand-painted white crosses bearing the names of Dallas County residents who’d succumbed to AIDS. Members of the Gay Urban Truth Squad (GUTS), a Dallas activist group, drove the...
White Rock Lake Museum May Have a New Home One Day. Maybe Soon.

By Jacob Vaughn
Jun 9, 2022

The White Rock Lake Museum has been at the Bath House Cultural Center since 2004. That could change one day soon.
Uvalde Elementary Massacre Is Among the Deadliest Mass Shootings in Texas History

By Simone Carter
May 25, 2022

Tuesday's massacre at an Uvalde elementary school is one of Texas' deadliest mass shootings.
In a Brand-Obsessed Age, Dallas Has a Leg Up With These National Corporations

By Liam Gaughan
Apr 26, 2022

Fun fact: of the 15 biggest cities in the United States, one-third are in Texas. Houston comes in at No. 4, with over 2.3 million people. San Antonio, home of the River Walk and a Sea World, clocks in at No. 6 with over 1.5 million. Austin comes in at...
Clyde Barrow's Childhood Home and Family Filling Station Demolished in West Dallas

By Jacob Vaughn
Apr 25, 2022

After two years of fighting for a landmark designation, the West Dallas community lost the Clyde Barrow filling station to a demolition.
Heart of the Arts: Dallas' Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Turns 100

By Danny Gallagher
Mar 30, 2022

It's the first day back after spring break for the students of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and the place resonates the way a school with an art specialization should.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Wants Landowners to Help Save Dwindling Texas Kangaroo Rat Population

By Jacob Vaughn
Feb 21, 2022

Federal and state wildlife agencies are trying to give the Texas kangaroo rat population a boost.
Art For Ad's Sake: How Industrial Films and Ads Built a Production Empire for Dallas

By Danny Gallagher
Feb 17, 2022

Some of the biggest and most beloved gems of film and television were filmed in Dallas, including the original RoboCop, the TV show Dallas, director Arthur Penn's Bonnie & Clyde and the epic adventures of Walker Texas Ranger. B
Where's a Good Cyclone When You Need One?

By Gene Fowler
Jan 25, 2022

The clown car of Texas politicians has not only grown terrifyingly crazy as of late, it has also become dreadfully boring.
A Gunman Killed 23 People at a Luby's in Killeen 30 Years Ago. It Changed Texas Forever.

By Tyler Hicks
Jan 11, 2022

The man and his weapons were both from out of town. That’s one of the first things many Killeen residents, both past and present, will remind you: He wasn’t one of them. George Hennard was from Pennsylvania, and he was living in Belton, a city about 25 minutes away from...
It's Nearly Thanksgiving, but the QAnon Group Is Still Waiting for JFK Jr. in Dallas

By Jacob Vaughn
Nov 23, 2021

For some, the longer the JFK Jr. fiasco in Dallas lasts means the longer they'll have to wait to see their loved ones.
What Will the Forest Theater Reopening Mean for South Dallas Residents?

By Desiree Gutierrez
Nov 17, 2021

Newly formed nonprofit Forest Forward announced Nov. 5 an initiative to reopen the Forest Theater by 2024, on the 75th anniversary of the historical landmark.
From Houdini to Barney, A Look Back at The Majestic's Key Moments As It Turns 100

By Jacob Reyes
Oct 28, 2021

Dallas has often been at the forefront of art and culture in Texas and the Majestic Theater in downtown is one of the many landmarks that have given the city that distinction.
The Next Big Horror Film Could Easily Be Based on These Creepy North Texas Ghost Stories

By Liam Gaughan
Sep 28, 2021

The term “based on a true story” has essentially lost its meaning. Sure, some rare films such as Lincoln and Apollo 13 became renowned as thoroughly accurate depictions of historic events, but in Hollywood those are rarities.
Top Ten Records Embraces Chicano Culture With Sundays on Jefferson

By Desiree Gutierrez
Sep 17, 2021

On any given Sunday, as the sun begins to descend on the horizon on Jefferson Boulevard, the sounds of Latin hip-hop, Tejano and cumbia can be heard in the distance with bass so fierce pedestrians cannot help but turn and look. What follows is a parade of Hispanic and Chicano...
Texas Theatre Officially Opens Its Second Floor, 165-Seat Screen

By Danny Gallagher
Sep 6, 2021

The historic Texas Theatre is now a two-screen movie theater.
A New PBS Documentary Tells the Real Story About the Women's Suffrage Movement

By Brittany Nunn
Aug 31, 2021

How much do you know about the women’s suffrage movement in Texas? If you’re like most people, chances are you don’t know much, if anything at all. We tend to take the right to vote for granted, as though one day 100 years ago the reigning body of all-male politicians...
A New Texas Law Makes Paying for Sex a Felony. Some Doubt It Will Work.

By Jacob Vaughn
Aug 17, 2021

Michelle Anderson, the policy associate for The Afiya Center, a Black-owned women reproductive justice organization, thinks a ban on purchasing sex will only push the industry further underground.
How Many Texas Schools Still Have Confederate-Linked Names?

By Patrick Strickland
Aug 14, 2021

Of the 198 schools nationwide with Confederate-themed names, Texas is home to at least 40, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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