Update 12:15 p.m.:Amber Joy Vinson, the second Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital nurse diagnosed with Ebola after helping treat Thomas Eric Duncan, is being moved to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced at a news conference late this morning. The first Presbyterian nurse diagnosed…
Last we checked, Mark Cuban was in “no rush to do anything” with the block of five estates he’s bought up over the past quarter century behind Ebby Halliday’s little white house at Preston and Northwest Highway. But something’s changed in the past eight months. In September, Cuban closed on…
In the past few months, Dallas activists have been working to raise awareness about the number of black men police have killed over the years. The Huey P. Newton Gun Club has taken to the streets armed with rifles, and Dallas Communities Organizing for Change has analyzed data on police…
Update: DAS wants Observer readers to know that any goods or money donated on behalf of Bentley will, for the most part, go to DAS animals. “Someone has apparently misunderstood. The [Amazon] wishlist is for the shelter dogs, it’s not for Bentley. There are a few items on there for…
As Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital becomes the epicenter of the American Ebola scare, Texas Woman’s University announced yesterday that all “non-essential personnel” had been suspended until further notice from the East Dallas hospital. The university referred specifically to the 90 TWU students this decision would effect, but the announcement of…
Dude Perfect, the guys behind the 500-foot basketball shot from the top of Reunion Tower, have a new video out featuring Dallas Stars stalwarts Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn. It’s undeniably cool. The top-line duo bowl a strike with a hockey puck from near center ice, take out targets around…
God’s reign of terror against the region continues Tuesday afternoon with an all-timer of a traffic jam on U.S. 75. The freeway is closed in both directions at Forest Lane because of downed power lines on 75 proper and the service road. According to reports, a utility pole caught fire,…
Marquis on Gaston is one of those faux-luxury apartment complexes plopped by one of Dallas’ cool neighborhoods (in this case, Deep Ellum), advertising itself with descriptors such as “gated community,” “suburban living in an urban environment,” “luxurious pool area,” “French patio doors,” “distinguished community” and the claim that “Marquis on…
According to multiple reports, Dallas Cowboys backup running back Joseph Randle was arrested by Frisco police after being seen attempting to shoplift underwear and a bottle of cologne on an in-house camera at the Stonebriar Centre mall Dillard’s. Randle was detained by Dillard’s loss prevention officers who called Frisco police…
The problem, according to City Council member Philip Kingston, is that red light cameras seek to fix a problem that doesn’t exist. “[Red light cameras] are based on two fallacies,” Kingston says. “The first is that there are a bunch of people out there who intentionally run red lights. Those…
The news Sunday was disturbing. A Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital nurse — confirmed Monday to be 26-year-old Nina Pham — had contracted Ebola. Pham was not one 10 people being monitored for close contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, nor was…
If you’ve driven up I-35 to Denton in the last month, you may have seen one of the many billboards popping up around town. The billboards loudly proclaim the economic damage that a city ordinance banning natural gas and oil drilling could cause to the city, and encourage residents to…
You heard it here first: Former Dallas City Council member Linda Koop next month will waltz to victory in her Texas House race. We know this not because Koop is running as a Republican in a North Dallas district that, aside from an anomalous Democratic victory in the pre-Tea Party…
Our transportation overlords at the North Central Texas Council of Governments have been accused of massaging numbers to justify letting a company called the Texas Turnpike Corp. build a tollway from Dallas to Greenville that no one who lives in the way seems to want. The council of governments, aka…
If you hear the word “sanctuary” and think of the scene in The Hunchback of Notre Dame in which Esmeralda pleads with the cathedral priest for shelter (or, be honest, you think of Logan’s Run), you might be surprised to learn that actual sanctuaries are a growing movement in many…
It happened again. The Cowboys dominated the first two-thirds of a game, just as they did against Tennessee and Houston, and found themselves in a fistfight to the finish. This time it was against the Seahawks in Seattle, a presumably impossible task, but the result was the same. The Cowboys…
According to reports from multiple news outlets and the Centers for Disease Control, a healthcare worker — reportedly a nurse — who was in contact with Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for the Ebola virus. The test was performed by the Texas Department of State Health Services and is…
As Brantley Hargrove extensively reported for Unfair Park over the previous two years, Energy Future Holdings, the largest electricity generator in Texas, is a mess. Facing $40 billion in debt, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April and is in the process of selling off one of its…
Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S., had a fever of 103 degrees during his first visit to Presbyterian Hospital, The Associated Press reports. The Centers for Disease Control lists a fever of greater than 101.5 degrees as one of the potential signs…
Four-and-a-half years ago, Mayor Tom Leppert stood overlooking the old Trinity River channel, now a forlorn muddy course that snakes through the Design District, and unveiled Turtle Creek Plaza, a handsome semi-circle of concrete adorned with a red water fountain that very much resembles a fire hydrant and a blue…
It’s a cliche, sure, but in the case of West, Texas’ high school football team, it appears to be true. “The old saying is, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” says David Woodard, West High School’s head football coach. “Our kids have gotten mentally stronger and physically stronger and…
Two weeks ago, the Vickery Meadow neighborhood was known as the United Nations of Dallas — a hodgepodge blending of immigrants and cultures from all over the world. Now, since this country’s first Ebola patient was taken ill in the neighborhood, the world associates it with “Patient Zero,” the epicenter…
