It’s not clear why a Hurst police officer was arresting the 17-year-old shown in the above video, or how much the he was resisting. What is clear is that the he didn’t pose much of a threat when a second cop — who IDs himself as Officer Arnold — sprinted…
Thanksgiving and Cowboys football: Two shamefully gluttonous traditions that go hand in hand. As you load another heap of green bean casserole onto your plate, Romo throws an interception directly to Deangelo Hall. You muster a little hope for your waistline as you spoon a little “lite” Cool Whip on…
It’s something of a head-scratcher why the Texas Legislature decided in 1905 to entrust the Daughters of the Republic of Texas with the care and preservation of the Alamo, site of one of the fiercest — and most pivotal — battles of the Texas war for independence. The DRT is…
The last time Tom Corea was in Judge Michael Snipes’ Dallas County courtroom, he had just finished trashing his former Design District office and drawing amateurish penis graffiti on the walls in permanent marker. For that, Snipes revoked Corea’s bond and sent him back to jail. Corea, who stands accused…
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, which means we probably should be explaining to you the proper basting technique or giving you tips on deep frying a turkey without setting your neighborhood ablaze. But we don’t know really know what “basting” is, and we’re not very good at not setting stuff…
Earlier this year it came to light that DeVry, the Illinois-based tech school giant, wanted some students from its Caribbean medical school to complete their training in Texas. The plan was modest, a maximum of 20 students from DeVry’s American University of the Caribbean placed in Texas hospitals for third-…
America let out a collective sigh of relief on Monday, when Hostess and its striking union, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International, agreed to mediation talks, staving off liquidation — and the possible but not very likely demise of the Twinkie — for at least a day…
Two weeks ago, Anna Merlan schlepped down to the Dallas Police & Fire Pension Fund’s headquarters for a “technical update” on some of the solutions to the ever-simmering Museum Tower-Nasher dispute. The takeaway was that the louver system being peddled by the Nasher crowd as the only solution to the…
On Friday, when the county posted the agenda for today’s commissioners court meeting, I took note of Item 11, which concerned a request by Dallas County Clerk John Warren to kick out all occupants of Room 333. This sounded like it could be interesting, if, say, Maurine Dickey’s furs had…
This afternoon I attended a media event in the Old Red Courthouse Museum to announce plans for the 50th. Don’t ask 50th what. “The name is simply the 50th,” Mayor Mike Rawlings said firmly at the beginning of the thing. See also: – Dealey Plaza Redo: Beware the Goon Squads…
Officer J.D. Tippit came home for lunch on November 22, 1963. He rarely ever had time to leave his patrol long enough to do that, and his wife, Marie, scrambled to fix him a turkey sandwich and set the table. “I got to see him one last time,” she said…
It was 2010 when developer Dave Spence sat down with hipster-vist Jason Roberts at Cafe Brazil to hash out exactly what to do with the stretch of Bishop Avenue between Colorado Boulevard and Davis Street. The road’s four lanes acted as a kind of moat, which clashed their shared ideal…
In October, Walmart associates in Dallas and elsewhere walked off the job in protest. But that was merely a prelude. OUR Walmart, the group that organized the October strike, is planning another one on holiest of retail days: Black Friday. The labor action will actually begin on Thanksgiving night, since…
Sometimes the Dallas police have to deal with stupid shit. Often said shit’s not quite stupid enough to merit its own story, but at the same time seems a shame to not mention at all. That said, here are a few highlights from the beats of Dallas’ finest. 2 p.m.:…
Danielle Dawn Smalley was with her boyfriend at her Kaufman County home in August 1996 when a spark from her father’s truck ignited a cloud of butane escaping from a corroded pipeline. The explosion killed the 17-year-old couple instantaneously. Smalley’s death would ultimately lead a jury to order Koch Industries,…
The weirdness surrounding disgraced attorney Tom Corea has several levels. There’s the obvious one, in which he was sued by several former clients who said he’d stolen their settlement money; indicted for felony theft by the Dallas County District Attorney’s office; had disbarment proceedings initiated against him by the State…
Pablo Mora was last seen alive on September 30 as he was leaving his home in Oak Lawn. Two weeks later, his car was found at Ray Roberts State Park in Pilot Point. Dallas police sent out an alert around that time looking for information on the whereabouts.of Mora, a…
Donna Pulkrabek’s job with UT Southwestern Medical Center was to ensure that the dogs, goats, pigs, sheep, rabbits, guinea pigs, frogs, rats and mice researchers use for medical experiments were treated humanely and in compliance with federal guidelines. When she allegedly discovered that wasn’t happening, she complained. According to her…
Hostess went to a bankruptcy hearing in New York today for what, judging from the run on Twinkies and a general sense of mourning, would be the final blow to the struggling snack cake maker. The company filed a petition Friday asking for permission to liquidate, closing its manufacturing plant…
I had one of my newspaper moments yesterday. I have them every so often, usually when the Giants win the World Series and I get all trashed on nostalgia, looking up all the front pages of my hometown rags. Yesterday’s was different. Yesterday’s moment was of the Serious Journalism bent,…
It was one year and 10 days ago that Governor Rick Perry took the stage in a CNBC primary debate and promised to “do away with the Education, the, uh, Commerce, and, let’s see. I can’t. The third one I can’t. Sorry. Oops.” It made us embarrassed to be from…
This morning on my ride to work, I couldn’t help but notice that a portion of the new bike lane on Main Street is now green. This caught my attention both because of the hue — a loud, glowsticky neon — and the fact that this wasn’t the case when…
