Channel 11 had a piece last night about the breastfeeding mom and the party of 12 greeted by a New Year’s Eve stray bullet coming through their bedroom ceiling. That footnote, as you’ll no doubt recall, was part of DPD’s crime-stats round-up yesterday. Today we get the DWI numbers, which…
Speaking of the Dallas County Commissioners Court (or at least I was, to myself, since you’re probably doing something far better with your last holiday-break day off) …Late last night Cecile Fernandez sent word that she wants to replace back-to-BBQ Maurine Dickey as the commissioner for the new-look District 1…
Twice in November the Dallas County Commissioners Court approved requests from reality-TV crews to film inside the county jail — first from Brits bearing 3D cams, then from the National Geographic Channel. But tomorrow, Dallas comes to Dallas County: Per the commissioners court agenda Warner Horizon Television, which is behind…
We all knew it when we saw it, with 14 seconds to go in the first half and the Dallas Cowboys down 21-0 to the New York Giants: That Sunday Night Football shot of owner and general manager Jerry Jones, his head buried in his hands, would become the defining…
The Dallas Police Department sends word this morning: It guesstimates 30,000 turned out for last night’s Big D NYE in Victory Plaza, otherwise known as the Dallas Stars’ post-game party that filled a few hours of Channel 8 airtime in between all that Dick Clarking. And while DWI numbers aren’t…
Tomorrow we’ll get back to bond-package and alley-repair city council briefings and the business community’s interest in fixing the DISD; meet the new year, same as the old. But here’s a nice way to kick off 2012 — with Boston Globe features editor Katie McLeod’s recap of her recent visit…
Schutze said it the other day: Gov. Rick Perry’s probably just a few days away from crawling back to Austin with his tail tucked between Anita’s legs. We’ll know more tonight at 7, when the Des Moines Register releases its all-important Iowa Poll, and Happy New Year to you too…
Yesterday our new New York Times contributor offered eight ways the Dallas Cowboys can win the NFC East tomorrow night, each one a thoughtful, stat-driven how-to. The New York Daily News counters this morning with one of those (yawn) things-we-hate-about lists, which, as you can see, even graces the the…
Whenever I drive down this stretch of IndustrialRiverfront, which is often, I think about what used to be there: the Three Teardrops Tavern, the honky-tonk that served as home-away-from for old-timers (Boots Bourquin was a regular), newcomers (Ed Burleson got his start there) and those in-between (Ronnie Dawson, then taking…
Whilst doing some housekeeping before heading out for the new year, I came across this gift you see above. It was dispatched by our new friend Ron Hart, the Atlanta photographer who earlier this month was kind enough to send us that never-before-seen color photo of the giant Santa who…
If your New Year’s weekend plans include a destination in Tarrant County and you have a nasty and terribly irresponsible habit of driving drunk, your boozebaggery and bad decisions can make you famous — which is to say, infamous. The Tarrant County District Attorey’s Office will publish the names of…
There’s just one thing that will get us out of bed the day after the editorial staff’s holiday party, on what is (ahem) supposed to be a day off: a City Hall press conference concerning organized retail theft. Mayor Mike Rawlings, Dallas Police Chief David Brown and Dallas County District…
Forthcoming: Anna’s account of a morning presser with Dallas PD Chief David Brown about a crime-ring bust-up and Leslie’s chitchats with Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and a Tarrant County ADA about drunk-driving initiatives over the holiday weekend. Happy New Year! But first, the most … ineffective, let’s say,…
Editor’s note: Jonathan Bales is the founder of DallasCowboysTimes.com and occasionally writes for The New York Times. We thought it’d be fun to have him break out the Xs and Os and Oh Shits before Sunday’s big game. We apologize in advance for the nerdiness. While the “play-in game” that awaits…
I mean, hell, if Schutze could do the Electric Daisy, no reason I can’t go to Lights All Night at the Dallas Convention Center, which starts tonight and lasts through the break of New Year’s Day dawn. At least I have some Girl Talk, Diplo and MSTRKRFT on the iPod…
As conceptual renderings are my kryptonite, here’s one that landed in the inbox late yesterday — a look at what Wood Partners says it will build on that vacant lot at 1836 W. Davis, not so long ago the site of the Cliffwood Apartments. The address, of course, is familiar:…
Four months ago I stumbled across a rough keepsake of The Who’s first-ever Dallas performance in July 1967 at Memorial Auditorium downtown; it’s a rumble of feedback and chatter, though buried somewhere beneath it all is The Greatest Rock and Roll Band of All Time roaring toward immortality. And now…
On May 12 of next year three Dallas Independent School District trustee spots will come up for grabs — those presently held by Bernadette Nutall, Bruce Parrott and Edwin Flores. (And, depending on which rumors you choose to believe about possible doings on the Dallas County Commissioners Court and the…
These days it seems as though both political parties are doing everything they can to disenfranchise one of the fastest-growing demographics in the country: Hispanics. While the GOP ratchets up anti-immigrant rhetoric and champions Arizona-style immigration legislation, the Obama administration racks up record yearly numbers of deportations amid promises for…
Doesn’t seem all that long ago that Edwin Cabaniss first told us about his plans for the old Kessler Theater on W. Davis; sweet fancy mayor, has it really been more than two years since Tom Leppert put his shovel into the dirt? From risky concept to necessity to institution…
We said it before: Downtown Dallas is starting to look a little like Lil’ Las Vegas. The subject spurred a little back-and-forth during a staff dinner last night, during which someone mentioned the story in yesterday’s paper about our even more illuminated skyline. Said urban planner Larry Beasley, it’s not…
Whilst you drink in the news that new-to-town Spec’s (where a 1.75L bottle of Old Fitzgerald runs $21.46, cheaper if you pay cash) is looking to buy Sigel’s (where the same bottle of Old Fitz costs $32), allow me to pour you another tall one the day before the day…
