Tuesday afternoon, several hours after U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn sent jurors home for the day, the attorneys prosecuting and defending Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and his executive assistant Dapheny Fain were still in Lynn’s courtroom. The teams were at odds over the prosecutors’ failure to turn over…
For passengers, the photo in the March edition of American Way, American Airline’s in-flight magazine, probably didn’t raise eyebrows. In it, two Australian bros behind a Sydney-based mobile bar service caper around in pilot’s uniforms, getting drunk. The business replicates the experience of getting a drink from an airline bar…
Dallas officials were united Monday. Not about what to do about the city’s woebegone police and fire pension system. There’s still plenty of arguing to do about what to do with the $3.6 billion unfunded liability that could threaten the fund’s liquidity in less than a decade. No, Dallas Mayor…
According to reports from ESPN’s Adam Schefter and several Cowboys’ beat reporters, Tony Romo’s separation saga is over. The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, held in limbo for almost a month following the team’s decision to hold onto his rights in order to pursue a trade after deciding to release him, will…
This month could be a critical one for marijuana reform as state and local politicians spar over changes in criminalization laws. Next week the Dallas City Council will again consider ending the Dallas Police Department’s policy to arrest people for possessing small amounts of marijuana. Five members of the City…
The Rangers begin their 2017 regular season Monday night. That’s a good thing. After bowing out of the 2016 playoffs in the minimum three games to the Blue Jays, the 2016-17 offseason, thanks in no small part to the World Baseball Classic, has been interminable. Now, finally, after nearly six…
The 2016 mosquito season did not bode well for the human side of the fight. The number of trapped mosquitoes that tested positive for the West Nile virus broke records and the birth defect-causing Zika virus emerged in Dallas County. With this in mind, Dallas County Health and Human Services is…
On Thursday, the city announced that it’s received $13.45 million to fund an aggressive spay and neuter initiative across the city. The money comes from three groups: the W.W. Caruth, Jr. Foundation; the Rees-Jones Foundation; and the Dallas Foundation. [content-1] “This initiative is a direct response to the calls from the community…
This week was perhaps the most eventful of John Wiley Price’s federal corruption trial. It was also the shortest, featuring just one full day of testimony thanks to a scheduled break to allow jurors to take off for personal business. But before they got their break, jurors heard damaging testimony…
Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne is quitting her post to join Donald Trump’s administration as early as next week, the mayor told attendees of the AT&T Byron Nelson golf tournament’s kickoff luncheon Thursday. Van Duyne didn’t say what her role would be in Washington, but said an announcement is coming…
Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed that two tornadoes struck North Texas in the midst of Tuesday night’s damaging winds and rain in North Texas. The first, labeled an EF0 tornado by the NWS, which means it featured winds of 65 to 85 mph, hit North Fort Worth, Keller…
Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin is under investigation for sexual assault in Florida, the Fort Lauderdale police department confirmed Wednesday. While the department is not releasing details from what it calls an ongoing investigation, a department spokesperson said in a statement that Irvin was named in an incident…
Members of both parties in the Texas Legislature are pushing bills to reform civil forfeiture laws in Texas. The state allows law enforcement agencies to file legal actions against property that the agency believes is owned by a criminal or otherwise connected to criminal activity. That way, they can seize property even…
For Our Community sure doesn’t like Dallas City Council member Philip Kingston. The pro-Trinity toll road political action committee, founded by Dallas political consultant Mari Woodlief in 2015, is coming after the outspoken District 14 incumbent with a bevy of campaign mailers and an ominous website. Woodlief, who is best…
Week four of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price’s federal corruption trial was a short one. Thanks to two scheduled days off at the end of the week, jurors who have already suffered through three weeks of repetitive government testimony got a break. The testimony they did hear, however, was…
Wednesday morning, the Dallas City Council passed its long-gestating ethics reform package. The vote was unanimous,but it comes at the end of months of arguing over the grievances that serve as the basis for many of the new rules. In the end, some members griping that the new regulations aren’t…
If anyone knows John Wiley Price’s work on the Dallas County Commissioner’s Court, it’s Mike Cantrell. The two served on the court together for more than 20 years. Often, they’ve butted heads — Cantrell is the only Republican currently on the court, while Price is a stalwart Democrat — but…
Dallas Police announced Tuesday afternoon they’ve arrested an Oklahoma man for the March 18 hit-and-run death of Rachel Spelman on Cedar Springs Road in Dallas. Spelman, 23, died sometime after 2:10 a.m., when she was struck by a dark-colored sedan while attempting to cross the street. Witnesses at the scene…
Sometimes using a burner phone isn’t enough. That’s a lesson learned for John Rivello, the Maryland 29-year-old currently facing federal and state charges for sending a flashing GIF to Dallas journalist Kurt Eichenwald, who is epileptic. Rivello’s story starts with his decision, sometime in the winter of 2016, to harass…
Ethan Couch, the Tarrant County teen who killed four people while driving drunk in 2013, petitioned the Texas Supreme Court for early release from Tarrant County Jail late last week. Couch, jailed last year for violating probation, says that the judge who sentenced him to nearly two years in prison…
Once every two years, the nonpartisan U.S. Elections Project releases a data package updating the current state of voter turnout in the United States. For the state of Texas, the news contained within the most recent report is abysmal. Texas, according to data released last week, had the 49th worst…
For most of the afternoon Friday, Southern Methodist University’s men’s basketball team looked on par with the 2016-2017 season; in other words, one of the very best teams in the United States. Led by star wing Semi Ojeleye and athleticism, the Mustangs leveraged into a 53-43 lead with 11:36 remaining…
