This wasn’t supposed to happen. When Governor Rick Perry called a special legislative session and, later, tacked abortion onto the agenda, he was effectively declaring that the proposed restrictions, some of the toughest in the country, had enough support to become law. And he was right, in a way. Comfortable…
It’s not entirely clear exactly what Quintessa Scott hoped to achieve yesterday evening by randomly thrusting herself at/grinding on customers trying to enter K S Beauty Supply at 9191 Forest Lane. If her goal was to scare away business, it was a success. Police say her unsolicited advances sent multiple…
Early this morning, Fox 4 posted a report on a Tarrant County couple, Melissa Woodard and Christopher Apala, charged with beating their three puppies to death, then stuffing them in a barrel and setting them on fire. The initial information came from police, with Woodard’s sister, who said she called…
When Forbes estimates your net worth at $8.5 billion, dropping $1 million to solve a math problem or losing $16 million in a particularly disastrous weekend of poker amounts to little more than rounding errors on your checking account. But once the debits creep into nine figures, once you start…
When, in the wee hours of Monday morning, House Republicans ended debate and pushed through one of the toughest anti-abortion bills in the country, it seemed destined to sail on to Governor Rick Perry’s desk. It merely needed the OK from the Senate, which shouldn’t be a problem given that…
Last May, as the clocked ticked down to Election Day, Domingo Garcia made a last-minute, $250,000 loan to his congressional campaign in hopes of clawing his way to the top of the crowded Democratic primary. It didn’t work. Garcia finished second in the May 29 primary, then lost to now-U.S…
It was still dark when a passerby came upon the body of 15-year-old Nahum Martinez in Wylie on the morning of March 31, 2012. The Wylie East High School student had been shot in the forehead at close range, his body inexpertly hidden across from twin monuments marking the entrance…
It’s been just three months since an Iranian nephrologist named Dr. Alireza Atef-Zafarmand was named the best doctor in Dallas. He was also recognized for his “passionate and thorough work as well as his excellent training and experience in the field of nephrology.” Those plaudits, impressive as they are, might…
Brek Shea, whose first season of European football can best be described as an epic disappointment, is back in Dallas for the summer where he’s wasted little time showcasing his love for large firearms and gaudy American-flag tank tops, both of which are banned in England. He posted — and…
If you’ve driven by one of the electronic billboards, or if you’ve glanced at the sketch we posted, you’ve no doubt wondered: What the hell is slothpunchclub.com? Then, once you get over your trepidation and decide there’s no way that Clear Channel Outdoor would ever direct you to a bizarre…
Last year, UT Southwestern announced plans to build the Dallas Proton Treatment Center, a $225 million, state-of-the-art clinic and laboratory offering cutting-edge cancer treatment. The “proton” is a reference to the accelerator that fires positively charged particles at 112,000 miles per second. When aimed at, say, a brain tumor, it…
At 7:15 Sunday evening, 20-year-old Angel Nava was being led to the Lew Sterrett Justice Center infirmary by his two arresting officers, R. Chavez and M. Spence. The 20-year-old, right eye nearly swollen shut, had just been picked up on a warrant for harassing two Murphy cops. He began to…
State Representative Jonathan Stickland gets major props for authoring one of the strongest email privacy measures in the country, requiring law enforcement to get a previously unnecessary warrant in order to read emails older than 180 days. But that remarkable display of common sense is very much an exception for…
Technically speaking, Angela Hunt never stopped being a lawyer. It’s just that she spent the vast majority of her waking hours over the past eight years doing yeoman’s work on the City Council. She gave her incendiary farewell on Twitter a couple of weeks back, though her tenure won’t officially…
For the second time in three days, Democrats put up an epic, all-night fight against proposed abortion restrictions in Texas. This time, they lost. Republicans railroaded the legislation through the House of Representatives on a 97-33 vote right around 3 o’clock this morning after Democratic lawmakers’ 15 hours of impassioned…
The Mesh Mask Bandit’s run was bound to come to an end. It’s possible, one supposes, to stick up a bank or two, then flee to some sparsely inhabited island, out of reach of the FBI. But when you rob 19 North Texas banks over the course of a few…
Seven months ago, Clayton Eathman decided he wanted an alligator. Or a crocodile. It didn’t really matter so long as it had a green, scaly hide, razor-sharp teeth and looked badass on a leash. So, he did what any backwoods herpetologist would do: He turned to YouTube’s comment section. i…
You can always tell when a dog owner has no kids. They always seems to have the spare time and disposable income to hang out at the dog park, buy organic kibble and artisan chew toys, and lounge with their pets on their favorite restaurant patio. These are the people…
The writing had already been on the wall for weeks by the time a Senate committee convened in April to consider John Carona’s bill aimed at jump-starting construction of 62 miles of passenger rail along the Cotton Belt Corridor. The city of Fort Worth had scrawled the message in big,…
There are legal ways for stores to deal with hot checks. They can contact the customer and convince him or her to pay up. Failing that, they can go to small claims court. They can file a police report. They can even post offenders’ photos at the cash register as…
It was clear from the moment Joshua ISD officials cut the mic on Remington Reimer’s Jesus-referencing valedictory speech that his case would be trotted out as an example of a Christian being persecuted for expressing his religious beliefs. Doubly so once Plano’s Liberty Institute got involved. It wasn’t so clear-cut,…
The hearing of the Texas House State Affairs Committee meeting kicked off at 1 p.m. Thursday with a mere two items on the agenda: a pair of bills by Representative Jodie Laubenberg, a Republican from Parker with the modest aim of ending legal abortion in the Texas, or coming as…
