Three times since his 1979 rape conviction Cornelius Dupree Jr. has tried to get the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to re-hear his case, and three times he was denied. His most recent appeal came in September 2005 — a pro se plea for help in which, once again, he…
Garrett Top. Unless of course, Jason Garrett pulls a Cliff Lee and spurns the metroplex. Make no mistake, the Dallas Cowboys’ interim head coach is suddenly a hot commodity as other NFL teams’ permanent head coach. In the wake of a 5-3 second half he has some real leverage now. How’s…
Here you’ll find a list of how many slots are available at each of the Dallas Independent School District’s elementary vanguards, middle-school academies and magnet high schools for the 2011-’21 school year. Might wanna glance at it, hard, if you’re trying to get the wee one into one of the…
The previous Dallas Bike Plan public hearings have been jam-packed. No reason, then, to think it’ll be any different on January 20, when the city hosts another in the Dallas City Hall Flag Room. No times have yet been set; so far, these are the only details available:At the meeting,…
If you’re anything like me, and I should hope not, then you too can’t wait for the first Trinity River Corridor Project Committee meeting of 2011. But, sorry, we’ll have to wait till two weeks from tomorrow per the city calendar, now available for download and featuring more than a…
How about a nice round of applause for Sam Merten? Nice job, Sam. Splendid actually. Thank you. And with that … we now return to your regularly scheduled Sportatorium. 10. A year ago the Cowboys finished the regular season with a win over the Eagles. This year the Cowboys finished…
We close out the holiday with a look at the Dallas Police Department’s look at how Dallas spent the New Year’s weekend, per a series of stats-filled missives sent out by Senior Corporal Kevin Janse. First, for those wondering whether the threat of a mandatory blood draw works, there were…
The e-mails began arriving in the Unfair Park in-box at around 10 this morning. They said: Frank Campagna has died, referring to the longtime muralist and beloved owner of the Kettle Art gallery in Deep Ellum. But, no. It was not Frank. It was his son, 24-year-old Frankie, frontman for…
I know just where my folks were on October 24, 1987 — sitting in the fifth row for Frank Sinatra’s concert at Reunion Arena, as Mom boasted only this morning. And so we wrap this year with a sound track perfect for any New Year’s Eve wingding. Or maybe I…
Not sure how much longer I’m here today — still need to head out and stock up on celebratory shotgun shells and kegs of Natural Ice, and I’m guessing most of you are in the same solar-powered water taxi. Still, there is some remaining bidness to wrap up, such as…
Two minutes and 13 seconds. That’s all it took for the San Antonio Spurs to turn a two-point lead against the Dallas Mavericks into a 16-point lead with nearly nine minutes remaining in the second half. After George Hill and Jason Terry traded jumpers to open the second quarter, Gary…
Everything I’ve learned about the more-n-likely-to-happen Kabletown … pardon, Comcast-NBC merger I’ve learned from 30 Rock. Well, OK, not everything: This morning’s New York Times alters our attention to a December 23 letter Comcast’s veep of Regulatory and State Legislative Affairs sent to the Federal Communications Commission that suggests the…
For those following along, it seemed all but inevitable that Gov. Rick Perry’s appointees to the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission would sign off next Tuesday on Harold Simmons’s license application to bury 36 states’ nuclear waste out in West Texas. The commission — consisting of six…
Couldn’t sleep a few cold nights ago and spent a few wee small hours looking for something to listen to — something, ya know, just right. One things leads to another leads to another, and next thing I know it’s June 17, 2005, and we’re back at the Gypsy Tea…
For the last eight months, I’ve lived within earshot of La Grange, this year’s Observer winner for Best Bar 2010, and have come to know owners Rob and Stephanie Schumacher through the drunkest of times and the soberest of times. Their foray into revitalizing their historic Deep Ellum block, along…
Victor Vandergriff tells the Star-Telegram: His father, former Arlington mayor Tom Vandergriff, died at 3 p.m. today at the age of 84. Longtime locals are well familiar with Vandergriff’s myriad contributions made during his 26 years (!) in office, chief among them his convincing Bob Short to bring the Washington…
If it’s a major holiday likely to involve a drink or two or 12, it’s time for … you guessed it: the Dallas Police Department’s No-Refusal DWI Initiative! Let’s not waste time recapping the what-the-whats. Release the release!The No-Refusal Initiative will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, December 31, 2010,…
For the last few weeks, Brother Bill Holston’s been on me to write about longtime Friend of Unfair Park Harvey Lacey’s save-the-world project — which, till Tuesday morning, wasn’t completely clear to me, as it were. But earlier this week, Harvey, who lives up in Wylie, sent me a handful…
Is it time for Jerry Jones to step aside as general manager of the Dallas Cowboys, or do the three Super Bowl wins under his tenure validate his decision to remain in that role? The debate will continue until Jones either hands over the keys to his son Stephen or…
Some grim news with which to close out the year, almost …The day after Christmas, Bradley Eyo was found shot to death on Barnes Bridge Road near Lake Ray Hubbard. But Dallas homicide detective and Garland police discovered during their investigation that Eyo, whose friends have made him this tribute,…
Patrick Michels is really our expert on the subject of XTO Energy’s application for a specific use permit to drill at Hensely Field in far west Oak Cliff, which the City Plan Commission denied back in late October. But since Patrick’s out of pocket at the moment, I’ll direct your…
While everyone’s looking back at 2010, let’s glance ahead at the first meeting of the Landmark Commission in the new year, which takes place Tuesday. There you’ll find the results of that so-called “courtesy review” First Presbyterian Church of Dallas asked for in advance of its decision to purchase 508…
