After Thursday night’s preseason game against the Seahawks, it seemed like the Cowboys, and Tony Romo, had gotten away with one. Despite Romo’s getting knocked out of the game three plays in by a Cliff Avril hit, the injury to Romo’s back wasn’t serious, according to Romo and Cowboys Head…
Jeremy Jeffress did not make an appearance in the Rangers 9-0 win over the Indians on Thursday, but he had a long night nonetheless. Early Friday morning, Dallas police stopped the right-handed reliever in Uptown after he made a lane change without signaling in the 2500 block of Maple Avenue…
As far as protest bits go, the one thought up by the University of Texas at Austin’s anti-campus carry contingent was a pretty good one. Wednesday, in order to combat what many students and staff viewed as the unnecessary hyper-masculinity of carrying a gun around a college campus like Yosemite…
It’s a small win, and one neighborhood business owners aren’t too happy with, but Dallas urbanists picked up a significant victory from the Dallas City Council Wednesday. Knox Street is going from four lanes to three, acceding to the vision laid out for the popular retail and residential stretch that’s…
At about 9:45 Wednesday morning, a Dallas Police Officer shot and killed a man in the 3600 block of West Davis in Oak Cliff. It was the first fatal officer-involved shooting of the year. DPD says the man got out of his gray Nissan Sentra during a traffic stop and…
Josh Hamilton, the most talented player to ever wear a Rangers uniform, has been released by the team, effective Tuesday afternoon. Hamilton’s second stint with the Rangers ended with his being placed on unconditional release waivers following his not playing a game in 2016 due to injury. The move ensures…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is not going to quit fighting against Texas’ transgender community. Tuesday, Paxton filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Franciscan Alliance, a religious hospital network, against the Obama administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in an attempt to block HHS from…
The Dallas Police Department’s Child Exploitation Squad and Internet Crimes Against Children Unit arrested Javier Echeverria, 22, for the possession and distribution of child pornography, a third degree felony, on Sunday. Echeverria was arrested following a tip submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about the sexual abuse of an…
Dallas is waiting for the seemingly inevitable local transmission of the Zika virus, but in the meantime there is preparation to be done. When someone in the city of Dallas contracts the birth defect-causing disease from a local mosquito, Dallas County — home to 30 residents so far who’ve caught…
Friday night, finally, the Next Generation Action Network cancelled a rally. Friday’s event was cancelled, officially, because of rain. Still, at the time the cancellation happened, Free Speech Friday had just 22 RSVPs on Facebook. The advocacy group’s “Free Speech Friday” event at Belo Garden would’ve been its third protest…
The case against Jerry Jones is easy to make. Through admitted hubris, Jones destroyed the greatest Cowboys team of all time when he fired Jimmy Johnson after the 1993 season. He’s meddled constantly, ruining drafts and playoff chances more times than one can count on two hands. Jones might have…
The ugly fight between the Cowboys’ superstar wide receiver Dez Bryan and his former mentor and attorney, state Senator Royce West, comes down to money. The pair are suing each other, claiming financial harm on both sides. “Royce West is literally out of pocket $66,000 for the damage that was…
A new batch of documents posted to the Army’s public records portal reveals the details behind the investigation that got Micah Johnson sent home from service in Afghanistan in 2014, two years before the shooting downtown. Here are 5 details of note from the more than 130 pages of released…
Wednesday morning, a woman came into an Arlington pharmacy, demanded narcotics and then shot the pharmacist when he turned her down. At least that’s what Arlington Police said at first. By Wednesday afternoon, the story had changed about what happened at Remco Pharmacy on Division Street. As is apparent from…
Bishop Kevin Farrell, head of Dallas’ Catholic diocese for nearly a decade, is leaving North Texas for Rome. Farrell announced Wednesday that he’s been invited by Pope Francis to head the Roman Catholic Church’s new department for laity, family, and life. Farrell will take over the job on September 1 and…
When Mark Montgomery beat incumbent Wade Emmert to become the chair of the Dallas County Republican Party, it was widely viewed as a fluke. Montgomery’s short stint at the head of the local party drove the point home. The unknown Tea Partier proved unable to raise money and resigned earlier…
The Dallas City Council Housing Committee may not agree on the best way to disperse affordable housing throughout the city, but they are on the same page when it comes to what they don’t want. No one wants Texas state lawmakers in Austin to tell the city of Dallas what…
The most important takeaway from the Dallas Cowboys’ 28-24 loss to the Los Angeles Rams Saturday night is simply that football is back. The result doesn’t really matter, although it had to feel good for the nearly 90,000 fans who crammed into the Los Angeles Coliseum to celebrate the return…
In a big first step for the city of Dallas’ nascent battle against the thousands of loose dogs believed to be roaming the city, the Dallas Police Department made its first ever felony arrest of a dog owner for an attack by their dog. Alicia Hernandez, 64, is in Dallas County…
The NFL will not bend its rules, not even to let the Cowboys support the beleaguered Dallas Police Department. Since the beginning of training camp, the Cowboys have sported a sticker on the back of their helmets signaling solidarity with the department after the ambush and slaying of 5 officers…
After more than three months, Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk is retaking her post. Hawk announced Thursday morning that she has returned to her office following recent stints in mental health facilities in Houston and Tucson. Since taking office in 2015, Hawk has sought in-patient treatment for major depressive…
Dallas police and activists, thrown together to make nice during the aftermath of the July 7 killing of 5 officers, are having a very hard time balancing the right to assemble with security concerns. Wednesday began with a couple dozen members of Dominique Alexander’s Next Generation Action Network showing up…
