A teacher at Dallas ISD’s Oliver W. Holmes Middle School, identified by students as Sgt. Griffin, is in trouble after a student recorded his highly motivational rant about his students’ test scores and lack of decorum in the classroom. He says “fuck” a bunch of times, and the whole thing…
SMU announced on Tuesday that George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, is going to give its 2015 commencement address. It’s G-Dub’s second time to get the gig at the school — he regaled grads as governor in 1999 — a first for SMU. Given Bush’s track…
If the National Weather Service is to be believed, Dallas will receive further proof that climate change is a lie created, just like the internet, by former vice president Al Gore. After an arctic front moves through North Texas overnight Tuesday, rapidly dropping temperatures will be accompanied by freezing rain,…
The most progressive plan yet to fix Texas’ backwards marijuana policy has come from, of all places, a Longview Republican. A new bill from State Rep. David Simpson would control pot just like any other plant. “I am proposing that this plant be regulated like tomatoes, jalapeños or coffee,” Simpson…
Christina Morris disappeared on August 30, 2014, after walking into the Shops at Legacy garage where she’d parked her car with Enrique Arochi. After police found Morris’ DNA in Arochi’s trunk, he was arrested and charged with kidnapping 23-year-old Morris. He’s been sitting in Collin County Jail since December. Now,…
David Campbell should have thought this one through. When you and your buddies have, as DeSoto police believe Campbell did, stolen a monster truck and hidden it deep into the woods, it’s not the best idea to try to claim a reward offered for the trucks safe return. People are…
Nina Pham, the Texas Health Presbyterian nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola in the United States, is suing the hospital. Pham was among the first healthcare workers assigned to treat Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian national who was exposed to Ebola in West Africa before being diagnosed…
Some things are just begging to be made fun of. Texas naked-bongo player in chief Matthew McConaughey’s 2014 Rust Cohle-channeling Lincoln ads are one of those things. It’s not a hard thing to parody. Still, the officers at the Cedar Hill police department deserve credit. Their spoof is perfect…
Even among the staunchest critics of Dallas ISD superintendent Mike Miles, trustee Joyce Foreman stands out in her relentless pursuit of his head. And lately, her anti-Miles advocacy has targeted the basic needs of schools and schoolchildren: She’s voted against things as mundane and necessary approving monthly financial statements and…
Lest you have any illusions about Dallasites’ becoming less car dependent or more adept at driving in winter weather, here’s the Google traffic map for the city as of about noon (the red is bad, very, very, bad). And heaven forbid you think about taking an Uber. As of writing,…
As foretold by Saint Delkus the Wise’ Monday prophecy, Dallas is going to get some more shitty weather, starting this morning. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for most of North Texas, including Dallas County, that predicts up to two inches of snow on Friday, then…
Texas became a majority-minority state — one where whites makeup less than 50 percent of the population — sometime between 2002 and 2004. There are still more white people than any other ethnic group in the state, and whites still accounted for 57 percent of eligible voters in 2012, but…
Again, a story is developing around Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant that creates more questions than answers, and again it stems from the work of NFL.com reporter Ian Rapoport. In November, Rapoport reported on six incidents — the most recent occurring in November 2013 — that resulted in DeSoto police responding…
It’s no surprise that the Dallas City Council voted Wednesday to fix a loophole in the city’s code that allowed elected officials to take unlimited funds for an officeholder account, then use that money on their campaigns. It’s a surprise it did it before May’s council election, preempting months of…
Before getting into what actually happened Wednesday, we will note that council members basically never get rung up on city ethics charges. Complaints get filed, are briefly annoying and then just sort of fade off into the ether. Still, Vonciel Jones Hill and much of the rest of the council…
The Continental pedestrian bridge was one of Dallas’ best additions in 2014. It has great views, water features and play equipment for kids and the occasional food truck. Strolling the bridge, assuming the weather isn’t too hot, is genuinely pleasant. Building the Trinity toll road would seriously screw it up…
Just after 9 p.m. Tuesday night, an Erath County jury found Eddie Ray Routh guilty for the February 2013 shootings of American Sniper author Chris Kyle and Kyle’s friend Chad Littlefield. Routh never disputed that he shot Kyle and Littlefield. At trial, he and his defense team claimed he was…
The sam-sex spouses of Dallas uniformed employees are now eligible for survivor benefits. The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System Board granted the benefits, effective immediately, Tuesday. The move follows a February 18 vote by the City Council to give same-sex spouses of civilian employees pension benefits. The board’s vote…
Don’t say we didn’t warn you. WFAA weather personality Pete Delkus, in the form of his odd new smoking-jacket and cigar accessorized avatar, has announced what we’ve known for quite some time. He can, and does, control the weather.Looks like tomorrow could be another snow day kiddies! I’ll let you…
Like the folks who rose up against Plano’s non-discrimination ordinance, Republican Texas Representative Debbie Riddle is quite concerned with which public restroom you choose to use. Riddle introduced a bill Friday that mandates that anyone over the age of 12 commits a Class A misdemeanor when he or she uses…
The mystery of the missing narratives. Ever since the Dallas Police Department’s public reports system came back online after a more than month-long hiatus last summer, it’s been on everybody’s — well everybody who, you know, could use this sort of thing for a blog post or whatever — mind…
So the news here is pretty simple. The East Kessler Nighborhood Association in Oak Cliff scheduled a mayoral candidates forum for Tuesday. Challenger Marcos Ronquillo is going to be there. Until late last week, so Mayor Mike Rawlings, as far as everyone knew. Then, on Friday, Rawlings made it clear…
