Whether Prime Prep manages to stay open or not doesn’t matter to Emmanuel Mudiay. The kid who would have been king, the explosive, rangy point guard, is not going to SMU, whether he would have been eligible to play for the Mustangs or not. Athletic apparel company Under Armour –…
Governor Rick Perry today announced his intention to deploy up to 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border. While Perry cited criminal and cartel violence as his reason, the move comes following the recent surge of Central American children into Texas. Some 60,000 undocumented and unaccompanied kids are…
In the end, W.T. White alum Brent Herling never had to make good on his threat of a citizen’s arrest. The unhappy neighbor, who smeared beige paint across the funky, half-mile long Forest Lane mural Herling and a rotating corps of more than 100 volunteers were busy restoring, never returned,…
The Mary Kay convention has been gracing Dallas for the last 40 years, and by now the lipsticked ladies have become a staple of the Dallas summer, known for pumping millions into the local economy. The money just doesn’t spill into servers’ wallets. Over the decades, the Mary Kay attendees…
The first incident that set Jose Vela on the path to having front and rear dash cams installed in his car happened in 2009. He was visiting his old man in Alamo, and his 7-year-old son, who has Down syndrome, wandered off. Vela and his wife searched but couldn’t find…
Remember Brad Ward? He’s the guy we told you about last month who FedEx says scammed more than $70,000 in free shipping from the company using a series of fraudulent shipping accounts. At the time, Ward told us he had no idea what FedEx was talking about. Thursday, Ward submitted…
It’s been a few weeks since Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins’ startling announcement that Dallas would help shelter the influx of Central American kids. Initial reaction was, in general, positive if riddled with questions. Faith groups across the area have been busy raising funds and holding food and clothing drives…
Many homeowners on Swiss Avenue have been victims of patio furniture theft this summer. Exactly how many items of furniture were stolen, who the criminals are and who complained about it remain a mystery. There are no reports. We just know there were patio furniture thefts because people are saying…
Ahh, the post All-Star Break, post World Cup, post LeBron, post everything doldrums. The Wednesday and Thursday after the Midsummer Classic have been proven — by science! — to be, along with Christmas Eve, the deadest days on the American sports calender. Clearly, local athletes are just as bored as…
Well, it’s officially that time of year again. A Dallas resident in the Preston Hollow area has been diagnosed with West Nile fever, according to a city press release. “Nothing has changed as far as our mosquito surveillance is concerned,” Dallas County Health and Human Services public information officer Erikka…
One year ago yesterday, Governor Rick Perry signed into law one of the country’s most restrictive abortion laws. It’s been a little over a year since Wendy’s Davis’ landmark filibuster, and it would be another few months before the bill withstood legal strutiny in federal courts. But here we are…
Saying Texas takes high school sports seriously is like saying it can get a bit warm here in the summer. Contests between kids make adults do crazy things, like, say, letting a certain former football player open up a state-funded charter school. Or worse. Check out some of the low-lights…
The Dallas Morning News recently ran a story about local marriage proposal services available in Dallas. Here’s how it works, according to the story: The Yes Girls’ full Dallas Marriage Proposal Package — which includes the planning and execution of a proposal — goes for just under $3,500. More elaborate…
State regulators have revoked the charter of Prime Prep Academy, Deion Sanders’ troubled DFW charter school, over problems with its school-lunch program. Barring a successful hail mary from the school, Sanders’ days as a wannabe public educator are over, and it was byzantine federal grant rules that did him in…
Of North Texas’ 7 million residents, 1.5 million have asthma, lung disease, heart disease or diabetes. Simply by living here those residents suffer the risk of additional complications beyond those that would normally accompany their diagnoses. According to a report by the Texas Tribune, the Dallas region has ozone levels…
Republican Senator John Cornyn and Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar this week were heralded, by The Dallas Morning News among others, for their proposal to hire scores of new immigration judges to begin ruling on child migrant cases within a week or so of their arrival, as a show of force…
It all stems from a positive thing, really. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more people have health insurance. A lot more. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, the state’s largest provider of health and accident insurance, picked up 700,000 subscribers during the ACA’s first enrollment period. In the months…
Emma Tutt remembers perfectly the day police came to rip her family apart. She was standing outside their Duncanville home wondering at a flock of birds that had descended on the yard in front of her. It was a warm afternoon a week before Thanksgiving, and she thought it was…
I don’t know if you can analyze weather like what I can (I also type good) but if you’ve even glanced at one of those funny colored-in maps they have out there on those weather stations, you’ll be aware that tomorrow is going to look very bright. Bright in the…
Texas congressman Louie Gohmert is usually good for a sound byte or two (or three, or four …), and he gave us another one Tuesday when, with C-SPAN cameras rolling, he said the influx of immigrants at the border amounted to a war on women. Gohmert said the “criminal aliens”…
Last year, like so many years, Texas’ attempt to adopt new science textbooks was clouded by controversy, as creationists tried once again to cut out teaching of evolution. This year it’s social studies’ turn. And while experts say the state board, the elected and highly political body that governs textbook…
After listening to testimony from hundreds of speakers stretching past 2 a.m. this morning, the Denton City Council ultimately voted not to ban fracking, instead sending a petition asking for a ban to voters. But while most on City Council were hesitant about passing an all-out ban — it was…
