Unlike Sean Spicer and Sarah Hauckabee Sanders, the usual suspects sent to the White House Press Room podium, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, the former Texas governor, looked like he was having fun, at least. Perry, given the mic to promote the Trump administration’s energy week, regaled the press corps for…
It’s been six months since the Observer last spoke with Erica Tucker. She recently agreed to a plea bargain with the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office. She pleaded guilty to five counts of felony endangerment to a child in exchange for no prison sentence.
Dallas Cowboys legend and NFL Hall-of-Famer Emmitt Smith announced Tuesday that he’s leaving the real estate brokerage he helped start in order to start — get this — a new real estate company. Four years ago, Smith founded E Smith Realty Partners with partners Sharon Morrison and Brant Landry. Landry left the…
Liberty Grace isn’t sure why the Walmart in Weatherford started requiring proof of an insulin prescription before selling her syringes. When she was still shooting up methamphetamine, she could get needles at the Walmart in the small town of Graham, about 58 miles away, with little trouble. “You just walk…
Just after 3:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, a caller reported that a sailboat had capsized on White Rock Lake, near Garland Road and E. Lawther Drive. The boat tipped after being hit by a strong gust of wind, dumping a man and a woman into the water. A nearby boat pulled…
It’s that time of year again. Early July brings with it one of the deepest lulls on the sports calendar — the days surrounding the MLB All-Star Game are the most barren of the year for sports fans. The only relief is ESPN revealing the athletes they chose for their…
On Thursday afternoon, the Observer had the chance to sit down for the better part of an hour with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings. Rawlings, fresh off losses by several of his allies in this spring’s City Council election, talked with us about the changing council, a changing city and the challenges…
After years of expectant waiting, rumors and City Council sessions, ground has finally been broken on Beck Ventures’ much-anticipated “city within a city,” Dallas Midtown, at the site of Valley View Mall. Scott Beck, the company’s president and CEO, called the development a renaissance and “Dallas’ most critical transformation project…
After the Dallas Mavericks’ worst season in 19 years, the team had a top 10 pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday night. The Mavericks didn’t get cute with their selection, either, opting to stay at No. 9 and select the best player available rather than trading their pick, as…
By no means is it all bad news at Dallas City Hall. At least we learn from our mistakes. I offer in evidence an idea that popped up in the most recent City Council briefing on the upcoming bond program, which I call the new rule of “no money, no…
Dallas’ next police chief, no matter who he or she might be, faces a tough task right off the bat. Rank-and-file Dallas police officers are frustrated with pension cuts and ongoing attrition issues, crime rates have ticked up slightly after reaching historic lows earlier this decade and the Dallas Police…
A Dallas County grand jury indicted former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver on Thursday on two counts of aggravated assault by a public servant. The new charges for Oliver, the fired officer who shot and killed Jordan Edwards earlier this year, are not related to the events that led to…
A Dallas County grand jury has indicted Christopher Hess, an officer for the Dallas Police Department, in the January death of Genevive Ann Dawes. Hess is charged with aggravated assault by a public servant, a first-degree felony. Hess, a 10-year DPD veteran, killed Dawes, 21, in January at the Five Trees…
On Wednesday Jerry Jones met the Pope. He was one of a group of NFL Hall of Famers who met Pope Francis in what the Pro Football Hall of Fame is calling The Vatican Huddle. The photos and social media coments are vintage Jones. “Teamwork, fair play and the pursuit of…
Following months of complaints from employees, Dallas-based American Airlines announced in a letter to employees Wednesday that it is seeking a new uniform vendor for flight attendants. Since the new uniforms debuted last September, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants received more than 3,500 complaints from American employees, blaming the uniforms for…
Tuesday night, nearly three days after a woman reported being sexually assaulted near the Baylor Medical Center DART station in Deep Ellum, Dallas police released a photo of a man they’ve identified as a person of interest in the assault. Police say the man in the photo is Latino, about…
8i Everybody’s for civility now. So am I. Newly elected Montana Rep. Greg Gianforte called for civility shortly before seeking a soft sentence, which he got, for assaulting a man who had asked him a question he didn’t like. Aging rocker Ted Nugent called for civility after the recent congressional…
Tonya Couch’s freedom may be short lived. The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office filed a motion Tuesday seeking to revoke the “affluenza” mom’s probation on hindering apprehension and money laundering charges. Prosecutors say Couch drank alcohol June 16. Couch gained notoriety after her son, Ethan Couch, received 10 years probation…
Mexican authorities captured a high-ranking Beltran Leyva Cartel leader who is known as “El Mora” last week during a drug operation. He’s accused of ordering the hit on two Mexican police officers and financing the murder of Juan Guerrero Chapa.
This week’s National Geographic features a fascinating deep dive into the horrifying 2011 massacre in Allende, Mexico, a small town just across the U.S.-Mexican border. As the magazine painstakingly reports with help from ProPublica, the destruction of the town, carried out by a Zeta cartel bent on revenge, wouldn’t have…
Just before 5 p.m. Monday afternoon, Dallas police responded to an “active shooter” call in Pleasant Grove. Soon the suspected shooter would be killed by police and a woman in his house had been taken to the hospital with multiple injuries. Assistant Dallas Police Chief Randy Blankenbaker said Monday night…
