What you see above is the LBJ Express project’s sneak preview of the lane closures about to hit LBJ Freeway this weekend, as the Joe Ratcliff Pedestrian Walkway meets its maker at 1 a.m. Sunday. (No, really. One in the morning.) But before that, beginning at 7 Saturday night, eastbound…
OK, so we know now that whatever Rick Perry is readin’ this summer, it ain’t a science book. Because until 142 percent of all scientists agree on something, science is just theories, and people don’t need theories right now. They need jobs. Jobs and provocative rhetoric. Oh, and dead prisoners!…
Last week we glanced at the Dallas Convention Center’s schedule of events and noted one of interest scheduled to begin September 15 and run through the 17th: Omni Job Fair. Doors open at 9 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.; the city says it expects up to 5,000 people during…
According to Forbes magazine, your Cowboys are the NFL’s most valuable franchise at $1.85 billion. Second-wealthiest team on the planet behind only English soccer’s Manchester United. They are also, in case you haven’t noticed, in disarray. Chaotic. Disjointed. Injured. If not in a rebuilding mode, then certainly one of transition…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about the Cowboys’ fantasy prospects, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , and Rob Ryan swearing his $%&# off, as well as a…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about Tony Romo, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , as well as a week-by-week breakdown of the Cowboys’ mediocrity. Give or take,…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about the Cowboys’ fantasy prospects, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , and Rob Ryan swearing his $%&# off, and Tony Romo’s make…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about Tony Romo, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , and Rob Ryan swearing his $%&# off, and Tony Romo’s make or break…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about Tony Romo, gambling, as well as a week-by-week breakdown of the Cowboys’ mediocrity.Jason Garrett is never concerned. He doesn’t get anxious. And by no means does he worry about the future…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about Tony Romo, Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , and Rob Ryan swearing his $%&# off, and Tony Romo’s make or break year. The Cowboys were perfect at home last…
Fair warning: So what is it about Big Tex? Is he the devil, or are we just dumb? How does that tall, black-haired State Fair icon tempt us back to Fair Park year after year, though we know pretty much exactly what we’ll get? It’s not that we don’t love…
Waste as opportunity, or waste as the perpetuation of racial and economic inequality? Unfair interference in the trash-hauling free market or the forward-looking future of refuse? Both sides have been hashing it out for a while now, but the Dallas City Council’s black members will get back to you on…
For the past six days, the Dallas Independent School District has been hosting “community meetings” on campuses deemed academically unacceptable by the Texas Education Agency — 33 in all, based, of course, on last school year’s TAKS scores. Tonight’s meeting will be held at North Dallas High School, one of…
Remember, way back in January, when then-Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief and the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were in a huff — a downright tizzy! — over Rick’s Cabaret’s plans to take off its top but a hop, skip and lap dance away from American Airlines’ HQ on the south…
This morning, the city council got its first formal look at the just-completed redistricting map proposal, Plan 16d, presented by redistricting chair Ruth Morgan and vice chair Billy Ratcliff. And during her presentation, Morgan mentioned something rather interesting: During the final stages of the redistricting process, several private meetings between…
Yesterday afternoon, the city’s gas drilling task force heard presentations (slideshows here) from three experts who explained the impact of drilling on noise levels, geology and real estate values. Which was exciting as it sounds: The meeting was moved from City Hall’s sixth floor to a lower-level auditorium, where the…
Among the 38 let go from the Dallas Morning News yesterday was Lee Hancock, who said her goodbyes on the DMNCuts website: “I am grateful for the fun it’s mostly been. I hope for better, happier days for all who remain.” It wasn’t so long ago that the newspaper ran…
The city-run Stevens Park Golf Course, the crown jewel of Oak Cliff, closed in December for renovations — not just a tiny redo, either, but a wholesale makeover that cost upwards of $8 million (using ’03 and ’06 bond money) and was intended to deal with erosion along Combs Creek,…
As we speak I’m told University of Texas president Bill Powers and athletic director DeLoss Dodds are planning an informal lunch with state power brokers at Barton Creek Country Club in Austin to discuss the feasibility of the Longhorns becoming a football independent. Hello, Notre Dame of the South? The plan goes thusly:…
With the decade anniversary of 9/11 almost here, there’s been a run of stories in every media outlet, major and minor, about both the September 11 attacks and the decade that followed. A few of those pieces, including a recent Associated Press report making the rounds, have focused on September…
No doubt Kenny Rogers is the Rangers’ best all-time left-handed pitcher. But is C.J. Wilson already No. 2? He further helped his cause Tuesday night in Tampa, somehow resisting his stupid, “instinctive” urge to bare-hand comebackers long enough to shut out the Rays in a complete-game, 8-0 victory. Combined with…
Spend this morning learning how to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen — by filtering it through algae, duh. Thanks, Param Jaggi! No, seriously. Thanks. The Plano East Senior High School senior’s a genius. Says so right here, in the latest issue of Popular Science, in which he was named one…
