Last month we noted that the Turtle Creek Association had bumped up the long-running Easter in the Park from April 24 to April 17 and cut from the schedule of events the beloved Pooch Parade, not to mention an appearance by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The reason: The TCA wanted…
If the Dallas Cowboys have a training camp this summer, they’ll spend it in San Antonio’s Alamodome. That’s great news for critics who reasoned that last year’s 1-7 start that got head coach Wade Phillips fired was a product of a marketing campaign of a preseason that saw them play…
Not that we care too much, considering the Mavericks are on the verge of the playoffs and the Rangers are in panic mode, but I’m not exactly sure why the Dallas Stars fired head coach Marc Crawford yesterday. Did the Stars underachieve in 2010-11? They amassed 95 points and were in playoff…
Speaking of disputes between Texas Rangers ownership past and present …Courthouse News has the lengthy lawsuit filed Monday in Tarrant County District Court, in which the current ownership team (Rangers Baseball Express) is suing the former owner (Tom Hicks’s Ballpark Real Estate) over 11,679 parking spaces around the Ballpark in…
10. With Josh Hamilton it’s always when, not if. And now you know why a lot of us were cringing and complaining when we saw him sliding on the rain-delay tarp in Baltimore last Friday night. He’s one of the best players in baseball, but also one of the most…
Mike Rawlings was the first candidate for Dallas mayor to address the Dallas Independent School District when, at the end of March, he unveiled his Education Plan. Said the former Pizza Hut CEO when discussing forming myriad partnerships and alliances with the district, “Some people will say education is not…
No doubt you recall the show Mayor Dwaine Caraway put on April 1 in front of the Luxury Inn on S. Buckner, where he was joined by the Dallas City Hall All-Stars to proclaim the motel closed due to its myriad “unpleasantries,” with rampant prostitution and drug-related crimes high on…
By week’s end, District 2 council candidate Billy MacLeod expects to file in state and federal court a lawsuit over the city’s decision not to remove Esperanza “Hope” Medrano Elementary School from its list of polling locations for the May 14 election. As you’re no doubt aware by now, MacLeod…
At tomorrow’s meeting, the city council is expected to approve a tax abatement estimated at approximately $1.7 million and an economic grant of $250,000 for Dean Foods. Pete Schenkel, a consultant for Dean who previously served as vice chair of its board, says the nation’s largest dairy producer will proceed…
… but instead, he’s running for mayor. Above you’ll find the spot set to premiere on local TV tonight, which is good timing — Sam’s cover story about the Dallas mayoral race is set to hit newsstands tomorrow. And in it, he discusses when and why “bringing businesses to Dallas”…
There’s a 3 p.m. presser scheduled with local media members. Till then, this and only this is all the Dallas Stars’ front office has to say about the immediate adios of head coach Marc Crawford, who yet again couldn’t get his team to the post-season:Head Coach Marc Crawford Relieved Of…
It’s been, what, four whole months since last we visited 508 Park Avenue and the surrounding properties, which remain in limbo at this late date. (Though better that than a heap of bricks.) First Presbyterian Church of Dallas acknowledged way back in August 2010 that it wants to buy the…
From the beginning of last night’s forum at the Avalon at Kessler Park, questions from the crowd of nearly 100 District 3 residents focused squarely on natural gas drilling and incumbent city council member Dave Neumann’s ties to the industry. Neumann said the city is monitoring the results of several…
While the NFL lockout storms toward mediation, the Dallas Cowboys are proceeding with business as usual.At least when it comes to business. Season-ticket holders this month were mailed invoices for the 2011 season, requiring balances paid in full by May 1. The bill comes with a caveat, of course: “In the unlikely event…
If police have any new leads in that statewide run of Dr Pepper truck thefts, they’re not saying much — days of phone messages left with Fort Worth PD spokesmen and detectives have gone unanswered. (As if they’ve got more important things to do.)I was, however, able to reach Sherman…
Jason Terry is lying. Watched Mavs 98, Rockets 91 last night at a local watering hole in McKinney’s downtown square, and it’s obvious that he thought the score was tied when he stepped to the free-throw line with 1.5 seconds left in regulation. Problem: It wasn’t. Dallas actually trailed by…
Two weeks ago, Bravo announced that among its new slate of shows is one titled Most Eligible: Dallas, which promises a peek at the dating lives of Dallas’s beautiful people … or something. You let me know how that works out. Now comes this, from the Style Network: Big Rich…
On Friday, Patrick Michels noted that Deep Ellum denizens didn’t exactly greet the city’s long-talked-about plans to two-way Commerce and Elm with open arms. But new streets aren’t exactly around the corner; they’re part two of a three-step makeover that has but the first phase funded. Nevertheless. For those who…
The Rangers are 9-1, their best start in franchise history. They’ve outscored their opponents a ridiculous 60-26. They’ve beaten the aces of Boston (Jon Lester), Seattle (Felix Hernandez) and now Detroit (Justin Verlander). They’re hitting homers, getting immaculate starting pitching and winning despite slow starts by sluggers Adrian Beltre (who’s…
As evidenced by the photo above, Friend of Unfair Park Noah Jeppson espied quite the light show last night coming from Our Convention Center Hotel downtown. Wrote Noah in his midnight-thirty email, “I saw that Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel was testing their LED lights on the back side of…
Been trying to reach council member Jerry Allen ever since yesterday; no luck so far. But we know where he’ll be at 3 today: in the Flag Room at Dallas City Hall, standing beside Dr. Frederick Haynes and Rev. Gerald Britt at an anti-payday lender press conference on behalf of…
On Thursday, the Department of Defense issued a release stating, simply, that Marine Staff Sgt. Jeremy D. Smith — a 26-year-old Arlington native — died on Wednesday “while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.” The official release offered no cause of death and said only that “this incident is…
