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  A New Stadium and Strategy for the Rangers and No Fans Allowed: That's Some Foul Ball

  August 5 at 4 a.m.

  To the chagrin of fans yearning for the best ol’ days, Nolan Ryan won’t regularly be at the Texas Rangers’ new home. But thanks to his bronze statue, the Hall-of-Fame, flesh-and-blood “Big Tex” will stand watch outside Globe Life Field. Courtesy of long-time public address announcer Chuck Morgan, Ryan’s 10-gallon...

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  Nearly 50 Years After a DPD Officer Killed Santos Rodriguez, Activists Raise Money for His Mother

  August 4 at 4 a.m.

  When Angela Andrade was growing up, the story of Santos Rodriguez was a cautionary tale. Her family members would detail how 12-year-old Rodriguez and his 14-year-old brother were dragged from their home in Dallas' old Little Mexico neighborhood and thrown into a Dallas Police Department vehicle. The details still haunt...

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  Wade Bowen and Randy Rogers Bring a Honky-Tonk Full of Hope With Their New Record

  May 7 at 4 a.m.

  There’s no denying that spending extra time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic has led many folks to see things in a new, unexpected light. That’s certainly the case for Wade Bowen, one of the biggest stars of the Texas country circuit. The Waco native is deriving unexpected pleasure from...

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  All the North Texas Area Codes, Ranked

  April 30 at 4 a.m.

  At face value, area codes may be nothing more than just three measly digits, but they carry cultural value in their unique geographical representation. People from Atlanta frequently refer to the city as “The 404,” just as people from Detroit refer to Motor City as “The 313.” The late Nate...

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  The Best John F. Kennedy Movies, for Those Missing the Sixth Floor Museum

  April 28 at 4 a.m.

  Among Dallas’ museums, the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza stands out as the rare foundation where history was actually made. Located on the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository, the museum commemorating the life of the nation’s 35th president stands in the same place Lee Harvey...

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  Dallas Needed Justin Pickard’s New Album, Heavy on the Heart

  March 19 at 4 a.m.

  In the course of Justin Pickard’s musical pilgrimage, his songwriting has covered a gamut of subjects: smoking to drinking, the ins and outs of grave-robbery, love and loss, and UFOs that resemble bananas. His subjects fall somewhere in between old cult movies from the turn of the century to vintage...