Federal prosecutors’ seemingly endless case against Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and his executive assistant Dapheny Fain hit another bump in the road Monday afternoon. Just after jurors were sent home for the day, lead prosecutor Walt Junker admitted to U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn that the government had,…
The FBI calls it a “virtual kidnapping,” and typically involves callers who contact victims via telephone and demand a wire transfer of money for the return of a “kidnapped” family member or friend. Sometimes they represent themselves as a members of a drug cartel or a corrupt law enforcement officials…
Looks like the mayor loses this one. He has been maneuvering to stall the evictions of hundreds of poor families in West Dallas, probably hoping the hard hammer would not fall on these poor souls until after the May 6 City Council elections. But it will fall this week. Khraish…
During an impromptu press conference at Dallas City Hall on Monday morning, Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax revealed that the hack that caused weather warning sirens around the city to go off early Saturday morning came via a radio frequency, not a computer network. “Our system is not software related…
A local mayor organized a group of transgender people to position themselves in front of bathrooms at the state capitol on Thursday as the House of Representatives met to vote on the budget bill. The protesters said the budget bill is littered with amendments that they claim target the transgender community…
Last week, with his shock announcement that he’d be joining CBS No. 1 broadcast team rather than signing on with another NFL team, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo joined a long line of Cowboys who’ve taken the soft landing of broadcasting. The reactions to Romo’s hiring have been mixed. While…
When sirens unnecessary sounded across Dallas late Friday night and Saturday morning, one couple could have raged against the noise. Instead, Russel Shaw and Hadden McFadin made it part of their wedding story. City officials are blaming the blaring sirens on a hacker who managed to repeatedly activate the Dallas…
No matter who counted, Sunday’s “Mega March 2017” wasn’t anywhere close to as well-attended as organizers anticipated. The last time Dallas’ Latino leadership organized a march of this intended scale, in 2006, attendance was estimated at somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000. This time, even before the march, organizers guessed attendance…
Firebrand conservative TV personality Tomi Lahren is suing her former employer, Glenn Beck. Her lawsuit, filed Friday in Dallas County District Court, accuses Beck and his online and TV network, The Blaze, of wrongfully terminating Lahren after she made a controversial appearance on ABC’s The View. During her March 17 guest…
This week of testimony, the sixth in the United States’ corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and his executive assistant Dapheny Fain, was not a good one for federal prosecutors. As the government neared the end of its case, prosecutors provoked U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn by…
On Thursday morning, Hyperloop One detailed 11 U.S. routes it is considering for its high-speed, tube-based transport project. The presentation, made at the Newseum in Washington D.C., was heavy on Texas, which plays a prominent role in two of the proposed hyperloop lines. According to Hyperloop One officials, their passengers…
The staff at the Dallas Zoo named their newborn lion cub Behati Moja, which means “lucky one” in Swahili. The cub, the first African lion born at the zoo in 40 years, earned the name. We spoke to Lora Baumhardt, a mammal specialist at the zoo, about the cub and her mother, about the dramatic late March delivery and the careful plan to introduce Behati to her father.
One of the tangential issues to come up repeatedly during the 2016 Presidential Campaign was the fight over the 63-year-old Johnson amendment, which bans religious organizations from contributing to or endorsing political campaigns. During the campaign, Donald Trump and Dallas mega-church pastor Robert Jeffress called for killing the law during numerous public…
A local mayor has organized a group of transgender people to position themselves in front of bathrooms at the state capitol today as the House of Representatives meets to vote on a budget. The protesters say the budget bill is littered with amendments that they claim target the transgender community…
An 8-year-old in Dallas County died recently from complications from the flu, Dallas County Health and Human Services reported Thursday, the first Dallas County child to die from the flu during the 2016-2017 season. Officials are not releasing the child’s identity due to confidentiality and privacy laws. DCHHS Director Zach Thompson…
Just before 5 am Wednesday, the Dallas Police Department received a call from woman, telling them that she broke into the Golden Chick at 3071 W. Northwest Highway According to Assistant Police Chief Thomas Castro, when officers arrived at the restaurant, the still-unidentified woman was still inside. Soon, Castro said, she left…
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…
Maybe there was a line in the sand once between people who thought the Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund was well run and those who disagreed. That line has disappeared under a whole bunch of footprints. In fact, two full years have passed — dating from March 2015 when…
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…
