When the shooting occurred in June, it merited but a few paragraphs in a crime brief headlined, “19-year-old fires on gang officers, Dallas police say.” Today, though, the U.S. Attorney sends word that a federal jury found Rene Salazar, a member of the East Side Homeboys, guilty of two counts…
Took, oh, ’bout four months, but I see the city finally got around to posting The Official Convention Center Hotel Groundbreaking Video, which I’ve embedded after the jump. Good timing, though: Chris Heinbaugh, Mayor Tom Leppert’s chief of staff, sends word that at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, the mayor will pay…
It’s no secret Tony Romo grew up in Wisconsin idolizing Brett Favre. The fact that they’re facing off Sunday in the NFC Playoffs is as delicious as it is ironic. Since his three-interception game in the Cowboys Stadium opener against the Giants back in September, Romo’s been almost flawless. He’s…
But, don’t worry, there won’t be too many of these left: Michael Amonett, president of the Old Oak Cliff Conservation League, sends word (and pictures) today that Ponce Construction Co. is yanking out the windows and hustling up with the teardown. “Won’t be long now, I guess,” writes Amonett, who’s…
That’s right. Wanna know why Johnny Gomez thinks he’s got a shot against incumbent Gary Fitzsimmons? Or why lawyer Clay Jenkins has been anointed by nearly every Dallas politico (including Fitzsimmons) as Jim Foster’s replacement? If so, the Preston Hollow Democrats (which are in desperate need of a Web site…
Back in August of ’08, Sam wrote about the case of the Dallas Police Department’s Roosevelt Holiday, who claimed at the time that he’d been pushed out of his job as a crime scene detective by higher-ups who didn’t like the color of his skin. Holiday, who’s black, initially filed…
T. Boone Pickens’s latest ad for his Pickens Plan begins airing today; that’s it above. A story on the front page of today’s The New York Times’s business section wonders what the Dallas billionaire’s up to with the spot, in which he underscores national security concerns in an effort to…
Just a quick follow-up about Code 58, the FOX buddy-cop series set to shoot here beginning January 26 with Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks. Yes, yes, as the great Ed Bark noted yesterday on something called LocateTV.com, some of the series will be shot at Fair Park (the historic locale…
I was there in February 1999 in Seattle for rookie Dirk Nowitzki’s first points as a Dallas Maverick. Still can’t believe I was at American Airlines Center last night for his 20,000th. Shortly after then-general manager Don Nelson acquired Dirk in a draft-day trade for Robert “Tractor” Traylor in ’98, the German…
All’s fair: Well now, that hardly seems fair. Those wily Dallas County Republicans are out soliciting campaign contributions, and they’re landing some really low blows to do it. They’re accusing county Democrats of behaving like, gasp!, Democrats—that is, being blindly loyal to their own party members whenever they’re not busy…
Jerry Jones has had better teams. But not many better moments. Minutes after his team’s 34-14 shellacking of the Philadelphia Eagles last Saturday night in an NFC Wild Card Playoff Game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, the Dallas Cowboys owner triumphantly marched toward the victorious locker room. On one arm,…
Diane once considered herself above other prostitutes. In nearly 20 years working highway truck stops, downtown street corners and even a brothel in Nevada, for the most part she’d managed to shower often, avoid beatings and stay in motels or with regulars, some who called her ma’am and bought her…
The Professional Convention Management Association closed out its national gathering at the Dallas Convention Center this afternoon with a slick keynote luncheon that telegraphed to the hundreds of event planners: Watch closely, this is how it’s done.The food presentation, set design and eight big projection screens all made for an…
Everything I know about the Dallas Texans hockey team comes from The Handbook of Texas History’s Dallas Stars entry:Professional hockey in Dallas dates back to 1941, when the Dallas Texans joined the minor-league American Hockey Association. The debut occurred at Fair Park Ice Arena on November 6, 1941, when the…
Fan of The Sopranos? Mad Men? Andy Richter Controls the Universe? Um … Becker? Then you are already familiar with the name Matthew Weiner, good for you. But how you’d like to see the creator of Mad Men in person? Tomorrow night, no less, at the Casa Mañana Theater in…
Friend of Unfair Park The Big Guy just shot us an e-mail with the subject header “Mary Kay > Christopher Columbus.” Also contained within his missive: a link to this Associated Press story about the brewing battle over State Board of Education’s new social studies curriculum standards, for which the…
Shooting starts January 26 on Code 58, the FOX series formerly known as Jack and Dan that will star, among others, Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford. Unlike ABC’s The Deep End, which premieres January 21 and turns Dallas into Los Angeles, this one will be very local. As in, per…
We admit that of the 14 contested primary races for Republican precinct chairs in Dallas County, the odds are that you aren’t paying attention to any of them, even if you live in those precincts. Heck, we hadn’t planned on it either until we discovered an intriguing battle up North…
The National Association of Broadcasters has announced the latest inductee into its hall of fame: the former Irving Harrigan, as he was known to listeners of KLIF waaaay back in the day. The One-Time Voice of KVIL, inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in ’02 (and again in…
As Brad Sham noted toward the end of yesterday’s presentation of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee’s “Century in the Making” list at Woodrow Wilson High School, the thing ran a bit long — more than hour, and folks got a big fidgety. Shame. Because at the end…
While we’re on the subject of embarrassing videos, let’s take a peek at the one above, posted by the Dallas Police Department a few days ago. In it, a man breaks into a DPD bait car to steal the GPS device, and the department’s asking if anyone knows who’s responsible…
Since I predicted the Dallas Cowboys would win a playoff game this year, to me they haven’t over-acheived. Merely achieved. At 12-5 with an NFC East championship and a playoff win for the first time since 1996, is it enough? Two questions:…
