The Trinity Trust Foundation, now calling itself the Trinity Park Conservancy, has posted a job notice (see below) for a construction manager, citing among the club’s previous accomplishments the construction of the Margaret McDermott Bridge that carries Interstate 30 across the Trinity River downtown. I thought they might want to…
Terrell Owens is too flashy, too cocky, too disruptive, too loud, too much, his critics say. Last year, the committee that selects who goes into the National Football League Hall of Fame spent more time deliberating about T.O. — whom they deemed a great player but a bad teammate —…
In less than two months, Dallas workers’ rights advocacy groups pushing for a citywide paid sick leave ordinance collected more than 110,000 signatures from Dallas residents in support of a referendum on the issue. If about half of those signatures — 60,000 or so — are verified by the Dallas…
After a number of high-profile dog attacks, including the summer 2016 mauling death of Antoinette Brown in South Dallas and an April attack near Fair Park, Dallas is prepared to strengthen its dangerous-dog ordinance and establish criminal penalties for owners whose dogs attack. Under a proposal from Dallas Animal Services,…
We all have that certain little what-the bell that rings in our heads when things don’t add up. What-the bells must have been ringing all over town last week when people saw the news story saying that the new Dallas chief of police, U. Renee Hall, slapped her boyfriend eight…
When Dallas City Attorney Larry Casto walked into his new, seventh-floor office at Dallas City Hall in October 2016, a pair of swords dangled over his head. Dallas faced two existential threats, both with roots going back decades. Either could have bankrupted the city. Less than two years later, thanks…
Less than a month after being released from Tarrant County jail, Tonya Couch is a wanted woman again. Thursday night, Tarrant County authorities arrested Couch after revoking the affluenza mom’s $75,000 bail. Couch, just as she was in March, is accused of failing a urinalysis, violating the portion of her…
Dallas City Council meetings, long a haven for politicians, lawyers, journalists and others who can’t find honest jobs, could be getting a little more open, pending a Wednesday council vote. Like many big cities, all four of Dallas’ council meetings are held in the morning. Beginning at 9 a.m. on…
The staff of Prosper High School’s student news website Eagle Nation Online has racked up an impressive number of awards and a reputation for reporting on more than just pep rallies and school events. The students dig deep for sources on stories such as a report on how teachers “strongly…
It’s how I remind myself what a hick I am. Whenever something really embarrassing happens in Dallas, I immediately check to see if The New York Times has got it up online yet. Who cares? The self-conscious hick in my bathroom mirror, that’s who. So this week’s New York Times…
For nearly a year, West Dallas state Rep. Eric Johnson has tilted at a 50-something-year-old windmill, hoping state leaders would finally take down a plaque emblazoned with the “Children of the Confederacy Creed” that sits in Austin’s Capitol building. This week, his campaign received a boost from outgoing Texas House…
“Keep America American,” says the bold-face red font on the flyers dropped in an Arlington neighborhood this week. Some were also found in San Antonio late last month. Police in Arlington do not know who distributed the flyers — which call immigrants criminals and encourage people to report them to…
It looks like Dallas’ bike-share regulations are going to get in just under the wire before the City Council’s July recess. The council agreed Wednesday to a June 27 vote on the rules the city will impose on the bike companies that have been operating in the city without regulation…
Depending on what General Manager Jon Daniels does at the trade deadline in July, this week could be the biggest of the Rangers’ season. With meaningful baseball almost certainly done in 2018 and the Rangers unlikely to contend in 2019, the kids the team has picked in the Major League…
The worst accusation against West Dallas landlord Khraish Khraish is that he took advantage of poor people who don’t speak English and tricked them into one-sided financial deals. If that’s true, he should be brought to justice. But what if his accusers are the ones bamboozling poor non-English speakers? A…
Why aren’t Dallas Pride Month events in June? It’s not because of the weather, a common go-to answer. Y’all know it’s still hot in September. Besides, Austin has its LGBT Pride celebration in August, so clearly more than Texas heat explains why Dallas’ LGBT Pride Month events are in September…
It’s a common refrain, one you’ll hear often if you’re unfortunate enough to attend many Dallas City Council meetings. When one of the council members wants to talk at length about something with city staff, he or she will often request to do so “offline.” That means the council member…
Again Monday morning, President Donald Trump made it clear that he’s willing to use one of the few absolute powers belonging to him as president in ways that benefit him as he fights special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into his campaign and administration. Trump has pardoned political lackeys who kept…
Despite the best efforts of the city of Dallas and the Citizens Homeless Commission, the city’s homeless population is up almost 10 percent from 2017-18, with the number of unsheltered homeless in the city increasing even more, by 23 percent, over the same period. In order to quickly address the…
Students in the halls of McKinney North High School were placed on lockdown at about 11 a.m. Friday after a student died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an empty classroom. Two days later, in a parking lot next to the school’s sports building, hundreds gathered to sort out their…
People in the Oak Lawn/Cedar Springs area were already on alert from a recent spate of assaults and robberies that hit Dallas’ gayborhood within about a month. Then came Memorial Day weekend. Early in the morning of May 26, a mugger assaulted and tried to rob a man behind the…
This could come as a shock from the newspaper that offended so many snowflakes with its claim that Globe Life Park and the Rangers are North Texas’ safe space for conservatives, but the Observer sincerely believes that you should stick with the Dallas Cowboys this season. Despite controversies that have…
