The Texas Big Freeze of 2021 made history with some of the coldest consecutive days the state has ever experienced. In addition to massive power outages and deaths resulting from below-freezing temperatures, the snowstorm also came close to erasing an important piece of local history. Most people visit Dallas' Fair Park...
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It's great! No wait, it sucks! Now it's great again! Thus has been the critique of Saturday Night Live for the last 46 years and counting.
There was a moment in time this February when America's favorite pastime might have been in jeopardy, but alas, baseball season is upon us.
Dallas ISD teachers say last year's COVID-19 challenges could inhibit learning in the upcoming semester.
If the Denton City Council won't approve an ordinance decriminalizing possession of misdemeanor amounts of weed, activists say they'll work to get the issue put on the ballot for voters to decide.
With Thanksgiving behind us and the leftovers finally hitting the trash can, it's time for North Texas to gear up for the holiday season.
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State lawmakers and teachers' advocates are calling for the end of STAAR testing.
The Dallas County District Attorneys office obtained a warrant for Dallas Police officer Melvin Williams who is accused of shooting a protester in the face with a "less lethal" round. The shot fractured the protesters cheek, knocked out several teeth, and left him with only 40% vision in his left eye. Williams' warrant is for misdemeanor assault.
In their efforts to remove Shingle Mountain, the result of Dallas' racist zoning practices, activists are faced with more racism.
With spring in the air and COVID-19 protocols diminishing, it's starting to feel like the good ol' days again when you could just go be in a crowd and enjoy a show from some band, no matter who they were. With the Deep Ellum Arts Festival returning to its normal...
It happens every year. You don't remember it's Halloween until about two hours before dark. So you race to the store hoping they have something with enough sugar in it to placate your neighborhood kids dressed up as ghosts, witches and what appears to be a bear but may be...
Since the start of 2020, at least 62 sanitation drivers have voluntarily quit the job, according to the city’s data. Another 37 were fired.
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Daniel Miller, president of the Texas Nationalist Movement, announced last week that he's running for lieutenant governor.
For a city of its size, Plano should have more barbecue options. Sure, we're still fans of Lockhart's in downtown, and Winners BBQ is still humming on Plano's eastern side. But a quick Google search for Plano barbecue returns results that are overrun with chain options. Plano is home to...
The Denton Black Film Festival (DBFF) is officially online this year, but it's just as inspired as ever. In fact, without worrying about getting here and there, it might be even easier to experience more of the feature films, docs, shorts, animations and more along with the panels that span filmmaking, naturally, and action-motivating social justice dialogue.
The pandemic created a surge of side hustles as people looked for ways to make extra money while quarantined at home.
The summer season may have ended, but Suburban Yacht Club is looking to bring sunny beachy vibes to North Texas all year round. Opening just after Labor Day, Suburban Yacht Club is the latest addition to the Boardwalk at Granite Park,
Music streaming has made a lot of things easier, particularly when looking for obscure music picks.
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Earlier this month, three new exhibitions opened at the artist-run cooperative 500X Gallery, located in a former tire factory in the Tin District. Featuring abstract, conceptual and textual works by four local artists — including a 24-year-old painter who graduated from the University of North Texas two years ago and...
Thanks to the work of local activists, the Sherman courthouse is one step closer to receiving a historical marker describing the 1930 riot.
While the nation watched in horror, Courtney Brooks got to work. On Jan. 6, the day Congress met to certify the results of the November presidential election, outgoing President Donald Trump spoke to a sea of supporters, urging them to “fight like hell” or risk losing their country. They did,...
Almost a year ago, former Dallas police Chief U. Renee Hall announced the city's plans to expand Starlight, an initiative that equips local businesses with high-tech surveillance cameras feeding back to the city's "fusion center." The program was so successful in driving down crime in those locations, police claimed, they...