As protesters across different states demand that their respective governors put an end to imposed business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders, some North Texas businesses are taking things a bit further than holding up “I want a haircut” signs. One Fort Worth music venue, The Basement Bar, announced Tuesday night that...
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Most politically active artists belong to the pop, hip-hop and rock genres; historically, country artists haven't exactly been known to voice their political opinions, especially when those opinions contradict the core beliefs of the majority of the country music fan base. While Johnny Cash advocated for Native Americans and prisoners,...
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas' restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Properly cooked rice mixed with well-seasoned protein, a flavorful sauce and a medium egg may be the comfort food we could all use right now. This was recently...
Dallas County confirmed on Thursday that the teenager who died late last year as a result of vaping was 15. That makes the teenager the epidemic's youngest victim, underscoring North Texas' outsize role in the nationwide outbreak of vaping-related illnesses. The state has reported the most hospitalizations in the nation,...
Any student athlete hoping hoping to return to athletic activities on Southern Methodist University's campus this summer will be required to sign a waiver absolving the school of potential liability should the student contract the novel coronavirus, according to documents first obtained by The Dallas Morning News. The waiver, anonymously...
The Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission got busy last weekend. Last Wednesday, it issued a warning to businesses that weekend plans included “strictly monitoring bar and restaurant activity” to ensure compliance with the state’s protocols. They warned they would take swift action and suspend liquor licenses for 30 days for first-time...
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Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas' restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. “Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” In his 1999 play Boston Marriage, playwright David Mamet gave one of his characters that quotable line. After months...
It’s noon on a sunny Monday when Elena Davies calls the father of one of her Very Important Titty Seers (VITs). “Hello?” answers the dad from what sounds like a gas station.
U.S. cities are experiencing budget shortfalls amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Congress has greenlit about $3 trillion in coronavirus relief, Arlington Mayor Jeff Williams said most American cities have been left behind. "Cities have been on the front line of the battle, and we are being hit hard," he said...
Stephan Courseau had to consider what to do with his three restaurants last March. These were not three locations of the same menu, but three different concepts on the western side of Knox-Henderson. Le Bilboquet, Up on Knox and Georgie by Curtis Stone closed in March. Bilboquet reopened (later than...
As many restaurants close permanently during the coronavirus pandemic, others pivot and find new ways to stay open, and some are leaning heavily into social media. For brothers Juan and Brent Reaves, owners of Smokey John's Bar-B-Que & Home Cooking, social media has been vital in surviving the pandemic. “There's...
While some former loyalists walk away from the Republican Party, the Texas GOP continues its rightward drift.
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First it was one, then it was two, then it was more than a dozen. Kevin Betts, owner of North Texas' Novel Coffee Roasters, said that over the past three weeks, numerous shipments of his company’s fresh-roasted coffee were either delayed or lost in the mail. Customers have been understanding,...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott really wants you to wear a mask. The governor isn't ordering Texans to do so, he said at a press conference Tuesday, he just thinks that they should. "COVID-19 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in Texas and it must be corralled," Abbott said. "We...
Some school districts already had a tough time recruiting substitute teachers, and the coronavirus pandemic may make it even trickier. Thursday, Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa announced the district will offer virtual-only courses from Sept. 8 until Oct. 6, with the option of tacking on another four weeks. After that,...
Good to go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas' restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Chef Tiffany Derry opened Roots Chicken Shak in 2017, serving all manner of things (chicken and fries, mostly) deep-fried in duck fat. A recent flurry of chicken sandwiches...
Wednesday, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff solved Gov. Greg Abbott's riddle and lit the path for his fellow municipal leaders. Thursday, counties around the state, cautious over the spread of the novel coronavirus but wary of Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's wrath, began following Wolff's lead, crafting orders...
Collin County health officials have identified a Frisco man as a "presumptive positive" case of the novel coronavirus. The man, who is in his late 30s, had recently traveled to California, where 114 cases of the virus have been confirmed, said Collin County Judge Chris Hill. The man is in...
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Back in the good old days of restaurant dining, the idea of leftover barbecue was a little strange. You’re sitting at a long wooden table with a tray full of spectacular smoked meat, and you can’t finish it? How Texan are you? But in the time of coronavirus, the very...
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Dallas County continues to rise, but the city's two drive-thru test sites are set to lose federal funding at the end of the month. Texas is one of five states — the others are Illinois, New Jersey, Colorado and Pennsylvania — to have this funding cut,...
Since its premiere in 2016, the sitcom Search Party has developed a cult following. The dark comedy tells the tale of the disappearance of Chantal Witherbottom and a group of friends who suddenly find themselves involved with the mystery. In the most recent season, characters Dory Sief (Alia Shawkat) and...
Eduardo Flores was looking forward to next. He was looking forward to getting his cap and gown and sitting in a roomful of his friends, hearing his name called, walking across the stage and getting his diploma. He was looking forward to having proud family members take his picture. Flores,...