Sitting on 19 acres of Collin County pastureland, Storybook Ranch is part nonprofit, part for-profit kids camp and dude ranch, with horseback riding, a petting zoo, and a faux-Western saloon — a place where exurbanites can indulge in their nostalgia for a simpler time. And that’s the feel the city…
The question of who shot and killed 28-year-old Stephanie Terlisner on Saturday evening did not go unanswered for long. This morning, Dallas police released an affidavit pinning the murder on 19-year-old Ka’Darius Demond Barrett. According to the affidavit, it was about 7 p.m. Barrett burst through the front door of…
When Google’s Street View car rolled by 422 Peavy Road in late 2011, it captured a spacious but ordinary four-bedroom, ranch-style home that was all but indistinguishable from its neighbors. No more. The structure that’s being erected in its place is a strikingly modern, 3,700-square-foot box whose third-story penthouse will…
At the Dallas law firm of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Bluenthal, LLP, diversity is important. Says so right here on its website. The problem, despite boasts of being “one of the first Dallas law firms to hire women attorneys,” is that it’s not very good at it. Out of 53…
Unless Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit gets in the way, Texas’ new abortion restrictions will require all abortion providers to become ambulatory surgical centers by September 1, 2014 or close their doors. But state regulators seem to be even tougher on abortion clinics than for your typical ASC. Until recently, it hasn’t…
Dallas ISD still won’t comment on the case of Cristy Nicole Deweese, the 21-year-old teacher whose Playboy-modeling past came to the attention of the Internet last weekend. The evidence, however, suggests that she was fired on October 10. Piece of evidence No. 1: There is a Facebook page calling for…
The man who walked into the Knox Street Apple Store with his family on Sunday afternoon was operating on a pair of assumptions. One was that no one would suspect the guy holding the small child of stealing a rechargeable iPhone battery. The other was that, if someone did, they…
Localizing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most confident, depressing predictions yet is no mean feat for journalists. Which is why it helps when actual experts do it for you. Texas Climate News sought out the state’s finest climatologists, oceanographers and public-policy experts. If nothing else, their responses make clear…
In the lead up to this weekend’s UT-Oklahoma matchup, there was talk that dispirited Longhorns fans weren’t all that interested in watching their team get pummeled by the heavily favored Sooners. The evidence? Tickets for the burnt-orange side of the stadium were going for a paltry $209 each on the…
Renting a place at the Cambridge Apartment Homes in Dallas won’t put too big of a dent in your bank account–the complex, on Northwest Highway just off of Greenville Avenue, advertises studios for as little as $515 a month. But you might not know it from the parking lot. That’s…
Senator Ted Cruz may be the pied piper of the government shutdown, but it’s the House Republicans following behind him like some sort of maniacal conga line who have actually thrown the wrenches in the gears. And none of them is congaing quite as maniacally as Tyler Congressman Louie Gohmert…
Whatever turns in Stephanie Terlisner’s life took her to the house at the end of Cool Morn Drive on Saturday evening, it was the wrong place and the wrong time. At about 7 p.m., an armed robber burst into the home and shot Terlisner in the chest, The Dallas Morning…
It’s possible that there is a perfectly innocent explanation for how bacon wound up in Nicole Queen’s straw during a recent visit to a TGI Fridays in Garland. Perhaps the line cook mistook her iced tea for one of the restaurant’s many bacon-laden menu options. Or maybe her server, operating…
Their teachers could tell something was off. The girls, six of them, all eighth graders at Texas City’s Blocker Middle School, were acting “zombie-like” and “delirious” at school on Monday, according to Houston’s ABC affiliate. School officials called an ambulance, but not before finding small pieces of paper wrapped in…
Even now, legions of fans are descending on the State Fair for the legendary (and lopsided) match-up between the Big 12’s bitterest rivals. But before the cries of “Texas Fight!” and the invalid moaning of “Boooomer” carom through the Cotton Bowl, the schools’ respective editorial boards traded some good-natured barbs…
Mavs fans know Chris Arnold as the vaguely obnoxious guy who appears during timeouts and halftime to emcee some ridiculous half-court shooting contest so spectators’ attention won’t drift too far away from the court. Listeners to KRLD-FM 105.3 The Fan know him as the host of GBag Nation, a midday…
Update at 2:45 p.m.: Deion has reportedly been unfired. Update on October 11: Prime Prep Academy, the charter school that Deion Sanders co-founded, has fired Deion Sanders. The announcement comes in a terse press release from superintendent Rachel King-Sanders. “Effective immediately, Deion Sanders is no longer an employee or representative…
During his four years as an undergrad at UT-Dallas, Ross Ulbricht earned a handful of mentions on the school’s website. His name appeared on a list of students at the NanoTech Institute, on a 2004 press release about students competing in an academic tournament, on a handful of research papers…
Deion Sanders has responded to allegations that he assaulted the chief financial officer of his charter school in what has become typical Prime Time fashion — by maligning his adversary and stressing his heroic, unwavering commitment to children. That’s the line he took when he accused his then-wife of assault…
Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings, the electricity giant taken private in the biggest leveraged buyout in history, has been teetering toward bankruptcy for some time. Over-leveraged, with too much debt and not enough revenue in a weak electricity market, sources close to the negotiations tell Bloomberg News that a bankruptcy filing…
To the political novice, a federal government shutdown sounds like an excuse to get crazy. Anarchy in the streets! Do more than the usual drugs in Deep Ellum! Operate a bandit taxi service from the same 1993 minivan you use to transport DISD students to school! But that’s not how…
Caine Smith, an 11-year-old from Haltom City, seems legit. He’s thoughtful, eloquent, and self-aware, moreso than many adults you’ll encounter. In spite of, or probably because of all that, he’s tormented daily by classmates, who push, punch, choke and otherwise abuse and humiliate him. So, he made a video for…
