Khloe and Mayor Mike: BFFs.Presumably, anyway, after news broke this morning that her business partner, former basketball star Lamar Odom, has "parted ways" with the Mavericks, which is an elaborate way of saying he got his ass fired for being inexplic... »
The City Council's getting briefed this week on "community policing," the Dallas Police Department's ongoing effort to get residents involved in preventing crime in their neighborhoods. This last came up in December, when Chief David Brown and McGruf... »
Photo by Anna Merlan If you happened to stumble upstairs at the Londoner last night, you might have wondered just what the hell was going on. Why were so many of these men wearing suits to the bar? Is that a sweater vest in the corner? Everyone's thro... »
Photo by Anna MerlanLet's just call it: Everyone in town is running for Congress. Okay, not everyone, but the race for the newly-created, much-argued-over Congressional District 33 has gotten very, very crowded, especially on the Democrats' side. Last... »
Photo by Anna MerlanMayor Mike Rawlings prepares to fight any crime in his immediate vicinity. The Dallas Police Department's downtown patrol is about to get a whole lot more, well, motorized. That much we can safely say. DPD announced yesterday that ... »
I thought for a moment about making the item just below this one my Unfair Park farewell -- just a few drops of pigs blood, then adios. But, no, not when I've been saving this: Radiohead at the Music Hall at Fair Park on March 29, 1998. For those who a... »
Photos by Anna MerlanThe giant puppet head of Victor Considerant keeps an eye on Gail Thomas.The first thing we need to remind you about the impending Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge Celebration this weekend is that there will be "mammoth puppets." If this ... »
Photo by Anna MerlanBandele Tyehimba, who, with his wife Akwete, owned Pan African Connection, a 23-year-old South Dallas art gallery and meeting space, died in his sleep Wednesday night. He was 58 years old. We wrote about Tyehimba and Pan African ju... »
Photos by Anna MerlanPearl Davis, at left, served as a flight nurse during World War II. And she rather liked the coin Eddie Bernice Johnson gave her some seven decades later."When do we get to go home?" Alice Gossett inquired, a little irritably. She... »
Photo by Anna MerlanRawlings at his GrowSouth presentation in the Cedars on MondayIf you need a new benchmark to measure just how broke you are, try "asset poverty." Asset-poor households would be unable to survive for three months at the federal pove... »
Anna MerlanRecent protests have not been quite this well attended.A week ago Monday, two people picketed outside Diamond Shamrock Kwik Stop on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. "Don't Stop, Don't Shop," and "They're Using the 'N' Word," their signs re... »
Photo by Anna MerlanHendrix Scott, left, and Jennifer McCluskey celebrate Valentine's Day by not being able to pick up a marriage license from Dallas County.The bride wore a strapless dress in shades of blue and white. The other bride wore a battered ... »
Photos by Anna MerlanFor months, Mayor Mike Rawlings has made it clear that he's got his eye on Southern Dallas. This afternoon, as promised, was the first of three public presentations he'll give on his Southern Dallas Economic Growth Plan, which pla... »
Photos by Anna MerlanA map, posted last night on the wall of the Deep Ellum Foundation offices, showing all the properties potentially affected by Uplift's move into the neighborhoodAt this point, Deep Ellum could easily star in its own Rocky-style fr... »
Photos by Anna MerlanDaniel Cates of GetEQUAL, who got angry with the mayor for not signing the same-sex marriage pledge. He was not alone.Mayor Mike Rawlings has a closed-door, no-press-allowed meeting this morning with 25 LGBT community leaders to d... »
