Monday, a Dallas County grand jury heard evidence in the case against Amber Guyger, the former Dallas Police Department officer who shot and killed Botham Jean. What the grand jury heard or who they heard it from isn’t known — grand jury proceedings are secret — but attorneys for Jean’s…
At a town hall in El Paso on Monday, Beto O’Rourke made his first public appearance since losing his Senate race to incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz earlier this month. Given the narrow, and high-profile nature of O’Rourke’s Senate defeat, one might’ve expected the soon-to-be former U.S. House representative to play…
After more than a year of makeshift enforcement for crimes like gambling and prostitution, the Dallas Police Department is finally set to roll out its reconstituted vice unit later this week, Assistant Chief Paul Stokes said Monday. Twenty-one officers will staff the new unit, three-quarters of the number that worked…
The 2017 Texas Legislature was this close to actually doing something about the state’s draconian marijuana laws. A bill that would’ve decriminalized possessing an ounce of pot or less was scheduled for a vote in the Texas House before being scuttled by a procedural maneuver. A comprehensive medical marijuana bill made…
In 2018, Dallas sports were all about the individual. The city’s usual suspects, the Cowboys, Rangers, Mavericks and Stars, were universally mediocre or worse, leaving sports fans to look for joy in the superlative performances of DFW’s bumper crop of 20-something stars, many who captured spots high on this list…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton got a big lift in his fight against securities fraud allegations Wednesday, as Texas’ highest criminal court ruled that special prosecutors’ compensation in the case exceeded legal limits. Last year, a Collin County court agreed to pay almost $200,000 in legal fees to the three…
Rickey Callahan will step aside in June rather than seek a fourth term on the Dallas City Council in next year’s municipal elections. Callahan announced his decision at a meeting of the Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, according to The Dallas Morning News’ Robert Wilonsky. Callahan, who did not respond…
Adrian Beltre’s decision to retire Tuesday was inevitable. Beltre will turn 40 in April, and despite still being a productive player, over the last two years it’s become clear that his body simply isn’t capable of playing baseball five days a week. Time has come for the best third baseman…
Adrian Beltre, the soul of the best teams in Texas Rangers history, is retiring after eight years in Arlington. “After careful consideration and many sleepless nights, I have made the decision to retire from what I’ve been doing my whole life, which is playing baseball, the game I love,” Beltre…
Jason Garrett’s coaching career is a cockroach. Ugly, basically untouched by evolution and capable of surviving anything short of global annihilation. Two weeks after being left for dead following a desultory performance in a Monday night loss to the Tennessee Titans at home, the Cowboys knocked off the Falcons in…
A little more than two months after activists shut down a Dallas City Council meeting while calling for police reform following an officer’s killing an unarmed man in his own apartment, the city has plans for a toughened up Citizens Review Board for the police department. According to a memo…
The 2019 Texas Legislature must act on behalf of children in the state, or risk that they will fall further behind their peers in the rest of the United States, according to a new report from Austin’s Center for Public Policy Priorities. The report also emphasizes the need for an…
Dallas County Family Court Judge and former county Democratic Party Chair Darlene Ewing died Friday. Ewing was 64. Prior to being elected to preside over the 254th Family District Court, Ewing led Dallas County Democrats for a decade from 2005-2015. During her tenure Democrats largely took over the county, losing only…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried his best to extend his voter suppression efforts outside Texas’ borders Thursday. He failed. Thursday afternoon, Paxton, one of the strongest advocates for restrictive voter ID laws in Texas, proudly touted his intervention, along with three fellow Republican attorneys general, in Florida’s ongoing recounts…
Earlier this week, as the post-midterm election haze receded and was quickly replaced by pre-primary gossip, we pondered the fate of Beto O’Rourke following his 2.5 point loss to Sen Ted Cruz. The Democrat’s next gig, we surmised, is probably going to be running for president, because many people seem to…
Dallas missed out on so much earlier this week when Amazon decide not to include the city in its HQ2 largess. Had the retail behemoth seen fit to shine its light on us, we could’ve had the thousands of jobs, billions in financial activity and voluminous orange signage that will…
The setup is familiar for those who are, or were once, members of the evangelical community. Pastors from out of town, preaching their version of the good news for four hours, raising the spirits and testing the stamina of the faithful. This weekend, the Red Letter Christians are having a…
Election night was just a week ago. Votes — in Florida, Arizona and California — are still being counted and recounted.The calendar hasn’t even flipped to December and still, among a certain set of political diehards and fan boys, one question dominates the conversation: Is Beto O’Rourke going to run…
Workers at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport discovered a cache of ice-age era fossils earlier this month, airport officials announced Tuesday afternoon. A bison thigh bone and a tooth from a woolly mammoth are the first of their kind found at the airport. Officials aren’t disclosing where they were discovered “in the…
Barring something completely unforeseen between now and January, Dennis Bonnen, a long-serving Republican from the Houston area, is going to be the next speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. “We’re here to let you know that the speaker’s race is over,” Bonnen said at a press conference in Austin…
Since opening in 2012, Klyde Warren Park has been a pleasant addition to downtown Dallas. The park, filled to the brim on weekends and still busy on weekdays and nights, is a friendly patch of green between downtown and Uptown, a good place to take your dog on the far…
Through the first 11 games of his NBA career, Mavericks forward Luka Doncic has been a revelation. He’s averaging more than 20 points and six assists per game while making weekly appearances on SportsCenter for his spectacular ball-handling and passing. Doncic appears to be worth everything the Mavericks gave up…
