Carrollton’s Jeff Hinkle got a lot of publicity Wednesday and Thursday from one of his business cards featuring his lawn care service business, Mow Masters. Most of the time, getting viral attention on social media for one’s business would be a good thing — advertising that money can’t buy. For Hinkle, however,…
Less than a day after laying off 70 percent of its U.S.-based employees, dockless bike rental company ofo confirmed to the Dallas Observer on Thursday that it is pulling out of Dallas after less than a year in the city. The China-based company behind the thousands of yellow bikes that have…
For the fifth consecutive day, temperatures at DFW Airport easily cracked 100 degrees Wednesday, topping out at 106 just after 5 p.m. As the relentless heat pummeled North Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the nonprofit that oversees 90 percent of Texas’ electric grid, felt the stress as well…
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport makes one of the worst chores in the world easy. Drivers doing their friendly or familial duty and picking up flyers can drive onto airport property, follow the signs to the appropriate gate and idle at the curb until their passenger shows up. Starting Sept. 8,…
During a mid-day game Tuesday at the College Park Center in Arlington, Dallas Wings center Liz Cambage put up the best stat line any Dallas pro basketball player has ever put up. Playing just 37 minutes, Cambage scored a WNBA record 53 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and blocked five…
Defensive end Randy Gregory, one of the hardest of all the hard luck Cowboys, is back, just in time for training camp. The NFL announced Tuesday that Gregory, suspended for all but two games of the Cowboys’ 2016 and 2017 seasons, is eligible to join the Cowboys at the team’s…
The workers-rights groups behind the push for paid sick leave in Dallas still believe that they turned in more than enough valid signatures to get their cause on Dallas’ November ballot. If Dallas City Secretary Billirae Johnson doesn’t recount 32,000 signatures deemed previously invalid, the advocates will consider suing Johnson…
The hits, according to Officer Nick Novello, just keep on coming for the Dallas Police Department ‘s Central Patrol Division. Less than two weeks after being left with only a handful of officers — six by the department’s count, five by Novello’s — to respond to calls July 4 because of…
Dallas residents, it turns out, will not be voting on paid sick leave in November. Despite finishing a petition drive with over 119,000 signatures — more than twice what’s been required to get a sick leave ordinance on the mid-term ballot — advocates for the policy couldn’t survive a review…
There’s a thing Texas Republican leadership could do. It would save the state money, keep its residents healthier and make Texas a more attractive place to live. It’s never going to happen, however, unless the politics in the state change drastically, enough that elected officials can swallow accepting one of…
The fallout from former Papa John’s chairman John Schnatter’s use of the word “n——” during an internal conference call reached Dallas on Friday afternoon. The Texas Rangers, without any comment, ended a longtime promotion that offered fans half-price pizza the day after the team scored seven runs in a game…
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The 2018 Texas Rangers were supposed to be fringe contenders, hanging on to probably false wild card hope until mid-August or early September. They weren’t going to make the playoffs, but they weren’t going to be that bad, either. Instead, it has been…
Whether you’re a young couple breezing through a Design District apartment complex or Observer freelancer Danny Gallagher acting on a whim, there’s a better than zero chance that when presented with cheap, two-wheeled motorized transportation on demand, you’ve given in. There’s also a better than zero chance that once you’ve begun…
Texas voter turnout is abysmal at every level. It doesn’t matter if you’re voting in a school board election, for your next mayor, for your favored presidential nominee or for the president; you’re among the minority in the Lone Star State to show up and make your voice heard. The…
For several hours in the immediate aftermath of the downtown Dallas ambush that left five police officers dead on July 7, 2016, Mark Hughes was the most wanted man in America. Now, more than two years later and with his name fully cleared, he is suing Dallas and the Dallas…
High-speed rail, the white whale of North Texas transportation planners, has some competition, the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Transportation Council plans to announce Wednesday. In addition to rail, the RTC will consider Virgin’s Hyperloop One technology in an upcoming environmental impact study of a high-speed connector for Dallas, Arlington and Fort…
Late last week, President Donald Trump opened the latest front in his ever-expanding trade war, announcing 25-percent tariffs on a long list of Chinese imports. The Chinese government responded in kind, creating similar tariffs on a bevy of U.S. agricultural products. While neither the U.S. nor the Chinese economy has…
The Cowboys’ already thin secondary might be getting a bit thinner. Second-year cornerback Marquez White faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly brandishing a gun at a fellow driver on the Dallas North Tollway late last year. White admitted Monday to flashing the gun at…
Hundreds of people will file into Deep Ellum’s Canton Hall on Friday night to listen to three regulars and a special guest — not atypical for a venue that’s slated to host musicians such as Lil B, The Mountain Goats and Kurt Vile over the next couple of months. This…
Despite finding himself in the midst of an unprecedented run of good fortune, Ken Paxton, Texas’ still-indicted attorney general, insists on making trouble for himself. If there’s litigation to be filed or glommed onto related to conservatives’ pet causes, the attorney general will be there, leading the charge against a…
Justin Nelson hit three bars on a short pub crawl Thursday night. It wasn’t a big task. The attorney, University of Texas law school professor and Democratic candidate for Texas attorney general traversed less than half a mile visiting Shangri-la, Ah Sing Den and the Easy Tiger on East Sixth…
Getting home from his holiday shift Wednesday, Dallas police Officer Nick Novello decided, not for the first time, that he’d had enough. After another understaffed stint at the Central Patrol Division, Novello sat down and wrote a letter to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, continuing a series of warnings he’s issued…
