Tuesday, after a couple dozen kids came home sick on Monday, DISD cancelled school at Lakewood Elementary. Areas at the school — specifically an art classroom — contained high levels of carbon monoxide, enough to make kids in the class complain of stomach aches and dizziness. A retired teacher who…
Yesterday, it rained on and off for the whole day. And today, it appears that the rain is here to stay all day. Look for that text about your kid’s school closing. It’s only a matter of time. Upon hearing that school districts were considering closing early due to “heavy…
A teacher at Dallas ISD’s Oliver W. Holmes Middle School, identified by students as Sgt. Griffin, is in trouble after a student recorded his highly motivational rant about his students’ test scores and lack of decorum in the classroom. He says “fuck” a bunch of times, and the whole thing…
With the recent closing of Deion Sanders’ Prime Prep Academy over a $700,000 debt, it seems fitting, in retrospect, that the first Prime Prep employee to publicly accuse Sanders of assault was the finance guy. Kevin Jefferson was hired by Sanders’ co-founder/nemesis, D.L. Wallace, and worked as the chief financial…
SMU announced on Tuesday that George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, is going to give its 2015 commencement address. It’s G-Dub’s second time to get the gig at the school — he regaled grads as governor in 1999 — a first for SMU. Given Bush’s track…
If the National Weather Service is to be believed, Dallas will receive further proof that climate change is a lie created, just like the internet, by former vice president Al Gore. After an arctic front moves through North Texas overnight Tuesday, rapidly dropping temperatures will be accompanied by freezing rain,…
The most progressive plan yet to fix Texas’ backwards marijuana policy has come from, of all places, a Longview Republican. A new bill from State Rep. David Simpson would control pot just like any other plant. “I am proposing that this plant be regulated like tomatoes, jalapeños or coffee,” Simpson…
Christina Morris disappeared on August 30, 2014, after walking into the Shops at Legacy garage where she’d parked her car with Enrique Arochi. After police found Morris’ DNA in Arochi’s trunk, he was arrested and charged with kidnapping 23-year-old Morris. He’s been sitting in Collin County Jail since December. Now,…
David Campbell should have thought this one through. When you and your buddies have, as DeSoto police believe Campbell did, stolen a monster truck and hidden it deep into the woods, it’s not the best idea to try to claim a reward offered for the trucks safe return. People are…
Anecdotes of civil forfeiture abuse in Texas abound. The most egregious example from recent years probably comes from the tiny East Texas town of Tenaha (population 1,160), where the district attorney and local police teamed up to shake down innocent out-of-town motorists for cash and other valuables worth millions. Near…
Nina Pham, the Texas Health Presbyterian nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola in the United States, is suing the hospital. Pham was among the first healthcare workers assigned to treat Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian national who was exposed to Ebola in West Africa before being diagnosed…
Some things are just begging to be made fun of. Texas naked-bongo player in chief Matthew McConaughey’s 2014 Rust Cohle-channeling Lincoln ads are one of those things. It’s not a hard thing to parody. Still, the officers at the Cedar Hill police department deserve credit. Their spoof is perfect…
Even among the staunchest critics of Dallas ISD superintendent Mike Miles, trustee Joyce Foreman stands out in her relentless pursuit of his head. And lately, her anti-Miles advocacy has targeted the basic needs of schools and schoolchildren: She’s voted against things as mundane and necessary approving monthly financial statements and…
According to Leviticus, if a woman has an issue, and that “issue in her flesh be blood,” then she is unclean. She must present a priest with two turtle doves or young pigeons in order to make things right. At the Eagle Mountain‐Saginaw Independent School District, if an employee is…
Lest you have any illusions about Dallasites’ becoming less car dependent or more adept at driving in winter weather, here’s the Google traffic map for the city as of about noon (the red is bad, very, very, bad). And heaven forbid you think about taking an Uber. As of writing,…
Lee Lemons still doesn’t know the name of the tow truck driver who killed his son, Lance. If he did, he’d want to ask the driver why he used deadly force over something that may have been a misunderstanding. “Why was your initial impression shoot first?” Lee Lemons said in…
As foretold by Saint Delkus the Wise’ Monday prophecy, Dallas is going to get some more shitty weather, starting this morning. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for most of North Texas, including Dallas County, that predicts up to two inches of snow on Friday, then…
Texas became a majority-minority state — one where whites makeup less than 50 percent of the population — sometime between 2002 and 2004. There are still more white people than any other ethnic group in the state, and whites still accounted for 57 percent of eligible voters in 2012, but…
Again, a story is developing around Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant that creates more questions than answers, and again it stems from the work of NFL.com reporter Ian Rapoport. In November, Rapoport reported on six incidents — the most recent occurring in November 2013 — that resulted in DeSoto police responding…
Natalie Degraffenreid and Cory Teague’s wedding is in 37 days, and, according to the couple’s website on TheKnot.com, it’s going to be perfect. She’s a nurse, he’s a firefighter; the Hallmark Channel couldn’t have cast it better. The ceremony will be at The Milestone, an idyllic plantation-style house outside Denton…
It’s no surprise that the Dallas City Council voted Wednesday to fix a loophole in the city’s code that allowed elected officials to take unlimited funds for an officeholder account, then use that money on their campaigns. It’s a surprise it did it before May’s council election, preempting months of…
Why did a few thousand immigrants imprisoned in South Texas riot last week against the nice private prison corporation that was housing them? Management and Training Corp.’s version of events is that its inmates “refused to participate in regular work duties or attend breakfast early Friday morning,” which certainly seems…
