If the security guard wasn’t suspicious when a bald, heavily tattooed Hispanic man walked into the Victoria’s Secret at Mockingbird Station early yesterday afternoon — those post-Christmas sales are admittedly hard to pass up — she soon became so as she watched him walk to a display and grab, oh,…
It’s been just about a year since aerial photographs revealed a large plume of what turned out to be blood flowing down Cedar Creek and into the Trinity River. The blood came from pigs, specifically pigs that were being slaughtered at a plant run by Columbia Meat Packing Co. The…
Early yesterday afternoon, about 1:30 p.m., police chased a stolen car from Red Oak, through DeSoto and into southeast Oak Cliff, nearly a dozen miles as the crow flies. They wound up on a mostly empty stretch of Camp Wisdom Road. It’s not clear from a DPD incident report whether…
From the outset, Mayor Rawlings and the city of Dallas have made it clear that they intend to control the narrative on November 22, 2013 when they mark what they’re simply calling The 50th. The 50th what? Never mind that. Just remember that this is about celebrating the life of…
On Friday evening, after schools had closed and most everything else was winding down for the holiday, the Morning News reported DISD communications chief Jennifer Sprague is resigning. Sprague’s abrupt departure is the surest sign yet that Superintendent Mike Miles’ administration is in crisis. She was one of his most…
The Dallas Cowboys, despite a season defined largely by extended periods of mediocrity, improbably, inexplicably find themselves on the cusp of their first playoff berth in three years. It all comes down to Sunday. If they beat the Redskins, they’re in. If they lose, they’re out. One would expect that…
Late Saturday night, Dallas police descended on North Counts Boulevard in an isolated part of West Oak Cliff after neighbors called to complain of crowds, noise, and what turned out to be an enormous cockfighting operation. According to police, officers found some 200 live roosters, many equipped with razor blade…
And by “slow” we mean dead. And by “few” we mean four. We’ll rouse ourselves from our Christmas stupor again on Wednesday. Until then, you’ll have to find another way to infotain yourself. Better yet, go spend time with family. Don’t like your family? Okay, then go hang out with…
Dan Patrick, the Republican state senator from Houston, has been getting a lot of ink for his controversial plans for public education (read:vouchers). SB 20, which he filed today, should be a bit less controversial. The measure would make it a criminal offense for Transportation Security Administration agents to grope…
This morning, an animal control officer responded to a complaint concerning the house at 6224 Silvery Moon Drive in Southeast Oak Cliff. There, the officer found a dog in the backyard, tied to the fence with no food or water in sight. He was about a week too late. The…
August was a wild month for Randy Travis, what with the naked arrest in Greyson County followed two weeks later by a scuffle in the parking lot of a Plano church that resulted in a citation for misdemeanor assault. On that first point, the country singer says he’s now sober…
If you haven’t been keeping up with the sneaker industry recently, you probably didn’t know that today was one of the red-letter days on the calendar, when the new Air Jordan XI Retro “Breds” were set to be released. Several hundred were quite aware and showed up early this morning…
Just two weeks after former Dallas PD senior corporal Theadora Ross was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for pocketing $250,000 from North Texas CrimeStoppers, which she was charged with overseeing, the Feds are again alleging fraud in the program. On Tuesday, the local U.S. Attorney’s office filed charges against…
Feral hogs are, by all accounts, a pain in the ass. They’re voracious. They obliterate crops, gardens and natural vegetation. They can do a helluva lot of damage to your front fender. And mostly? They’re just dicks. In Texas, their prevalence has prompted all sorts of countermeasures. One legislator wanted…
When Minnie K. Patton wrote her will, she left a portion of her estate to the Dallas County Community College District Foundation to create a scholarship in her name. She’d grown up poor and uneducated in rural Oklahoma and wanted to give students the shot at upward mobility that she…
Freshman state Rep. Jason Villalba has spent much of the past couple days scrambling to respond to the sudden media attention sparked by his announcement that he would file a bill for the coming legislative session allowing teachers to carry guns. He talked to the Morning News yesterday, and yesterday…
In what no doubt seemed like a wonderful idea at the time, Lewisville’s Eagle Gun Range announced last Wednesday that Santa would be paying a visit, and he’d be “bringing his favorite toys to share in the Christmas photos — his AR-15 and other firearms of choice.” “Come get your…
It’s been over a decade since the Dallas Stars won the Stanley Cup and proved, six years after moving from Minnesota, that there was room for professional ice hockey even in football-obsessed, not-at-all-icy Texas. The team’s popularity has flagged significantly in recent years, but a generation of North Texas kids…
Six months into his tenure at DISD, it’s now official: Superintendent Mike Miles is hellbent on squandering whatever good will he was granted upon his arrival. Case in point was his news conference Wednesday to more fully address findings in a recent internal audit concluding that he and top staff…
The Texas Department of Public Safety has been mostly quiet about the case of Angel and Ashley Dobbs, who were cavity searched by a state trooper during a July traffic stop. The agency released a statement late Tuesday saying only that the troopers’ actions have been investigated and that the…
Jerry Brown Jr.’s life was cut short almost two weeks ago when the Mercedes driven by Josh Brent, his best friend and Cowboys teammate, veered off the highway near the former site of Texas Stadium. The two had just come from Privae, a members-only night club, where the 320-pound nose…
This past October, the Women’s Southwest Federal Credit Union closed its doors. It was tiny, with just 743 members and $2 million in assets, but more important was its balance sheet. The National Credit Union Administration determined WSFCE was insolvent and had to liquidate. That’s when federal regulators began poking…
