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Dishcrawl Dallas goes upscale Tuesday May 28 2013
The Dishcrawl dining craze has now officially taken Dallas by storm like it has the rest of the country. This fabulous dining concept gives diners a chance to sample great food and mingle with great people at the same time. Much like a progressive dinner or pub crawl, diners are treated to a four-course meal from four upscale restaurants for one price. All of the restaurants on the venue are ...
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Senate votes to restrict use of drones in Texas
Use of drones to capture photographs and video images on private property without permission of the owner would be prohibited under a bill passed Friday by the Senate. Supporters of the ban say it is needed because of the increasing incidence of indiscriminate surveillance by unmanned drones. "This will provide new safeguards as drone usage in Texas continues to increase," said Sen. ...
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83-year-old suspected in fatal shooting of son grandson who were found dead in Fairview home
Two Fairview men, a father and son, were found shot to death in their home Friday, Fairview Police Chief Granver Tolliver said. A third man, the father and grandfather of the dead men, has been taken into custody. Tolliver said that police were called to the home on Red Oak Trail shortly after noon by another family member who had tried to check on the occupants of the house. Police could see a ...
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Residents of Rancho Brazos subdivision near Granbury will get limited access to homes Saturday
(Eva-Marie Ayala/The Dallas Morning News) Seeing the tornado-damaged Hood County was personal for Gov. Rick Perry, who represented the area in the late 1980s as a legislator. Too many familiar places and familiar faces were hit hard, said Perry, standing in the middle of the Rancho Brazos subdivision where dozens of homes were flattened. Homes were flattened. Trees were uprooted. Debris ...
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Dallas to Receive Maritime Museum
Dallas may be more than 250 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, the closest body of salt water, but that's not stopping a foundation and city officials from announcing plans for an $80 million maritime ...
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Dirk Has Class - James and Wade Dont MAY 05
The mocking of Dirk's illness is just one more example of the classless act that James and Wade represent. For basketball and the sake of decency in the NBA, I hope the Mavs send this embarrassment to an ignominious defeat in game ...
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Child dies after being left in car at Dallas ISD school
A child died this afternoon after being being left in a car on the parking lot of an elementary school in Pleasant Grove. The toddler was taken to a local hospital where the infant was pronounced dead. The baby is believed to be about one years old. Authorities say the incident began about 1:20 p.m. when a teacher’s aide noticed that a child had been left in a car at Frank Guzick ...
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NBCs Rock Center to air segment on Dallas woman murdered while on the phone with 911
news about the economy NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams will dive into domestic violence in Dallas tonight at 9 p.m. CT. The segment will tell ...
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NBA Combine Day 1 Groups 4 5
SHOOTING GUARDS CHICAGO -- During the 2012-13 season, the shooting guard position was an area of strength for the Mavericks. But, with O.J. Mayo set to enter free agency this offseason, the 2-guard position may have become one the Mavs look to address during the draft. To finish Day 1 of the NBA Combine, the Mavericks got a look at some of the top prospects at the 2 as Groups 3 and 4 showcased ...
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Texas lawmakers close to passing state gun manufacturer bill
A Senate bill that would provide economic development incentives for Texas firearm manufacturers is closer to passage. A Senate bill to provide economic development incentives for Texas firearm manufacturers passed favorably out of a House committee this week and now only needs a vote from the House to reach the governors desk. Senate Bill 1467, authored by State Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita ...
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Allegiance Capital prepping for fracking boom in South Korea
Allegiance Capital Corp. has a legal representative in South Korea ready to help companies there acquire knowledge, technology and companies here that have perfected unconventional drilling and fracking techniques. Allegiance Capital Corp. is preparing for the next fracking boom, this time in South Korea. David Mahmood, founder and chairman of Allegiance Capital Corp., told me today the company ...
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Sacramento officially keeps Kings MAY 17
Sacramento Kings have been sold by the Maloof family to a local investment group led by Vivek Ranadive for a record $535 million, according to Tony Bizjak of the Sacramento Bee. That shatters the $450 million spent by Joe Lacob and Peter Guber to purchase ...
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Atlanta Hawks talk to Ettore Messina about head coaching gig MAY 17
Hawks have not yet fired head coach Larry Drew, but he certainly cannot be very comfortable with the team. Atlanta has been interviewing a number of potential head coaching candidates despite no vacancy and they have added another name to the discussions. According to reports, ...
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Ullmans enthusiasm bolsters J.C. Penney stockholders
Mike Ullman told stockholders at a May 17 meeting his plans to bring customers back to J.C. Penney and make the struggling retailer profitable. Mike Ullman told stockholders Friday how he plans to make J.C. Penney Co. Inc. a profitable company again. At the annual stockholders meeting in Plano, he said the key to success was increasing the number of visits by customers and to curb their ...
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Fussing over how Texas will spend $134M in foreclosure funds
Some $2.5 billion in cash payments were made to 49 states and the District of Columbia to settle charges that the five largest banks in the U.S. engaged in fraudulent lending practices, resulting in illegal foreclosures nationwide. It appears lawmakers plan to use $134 million that the state received as part of the 2012 National Mortgage Settlement for general state funding instead of using the ...
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Texas lawmakers seek to protect U.S. military bases from cuts
This file photo shows Navy mine warfare coutermeasure ships docked at Naval Station Ingleside near Corpus Christi. The base closed in 2010 as part of the previous round of military base realignments and ...
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Severe weather expected for counties just west of areas hard hit by tornadoes
Two days after 16 tornadoes tore through parts of North Texas, killing six and injuring dozens, there’s another chance of big weather later this afternoon and into the evening hours. But according to the National Weather Service, that increasing chance of isolated tornadoes, massive hail, strong winds and heavy rain is likely to remain well west of Granbury, Cleburne and Dallas-Fort ...
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Dallas County DAs office billboards lead to arrest of another defendant on the lam
There is some confusion — at least by me — about what Pina was wanted for. The DA’s office website says Pina was wanted for continuous sexual abuse of a child. But court records show Dannt Pina was wanted for not registering as a sex offender. There is a Danny Pena (different spelling and a different age) who is charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child. Will update ...
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As LBJ Express hits halfway mark officials hope lane reduction will actually make life better
they’ve reached the 50-percent-finished mark . But don’t get too excited: There’s still more than two years to go, as they’ve targeted December 2015 as the completion date for the rechristened LBJ Express that stretches from IH-35 to just past N. Central Expressway. But Trinity Infrastructure, the project’s contractor, also announced today ...
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Dallas city core development hindered by roadways
The Dallas freeway loop is a series of highways that wrap round the center of Downtown Dallas, built at a time when the inter-connectivity of neighborhoods was not yet appreciated, but with changing attitudes, a series of projects are underway to enhance the appeal of downtown.
Downtown Dallas, it’s the heart of the city, which is the commercial hub of Dallas County and the third largest city in Texas and the ninth largest in the entire United States. Yet, this area’s full potential has been hindered by a zoning decision in the 1980s that saw major freeways routed through the city and created a complex ring of highways (the Dallas freeway loop) around the core downtown area. Read more
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