Mayor Tom Leppert and council member Ron Natinsky confirmed that the Statler Hilton's owners have approached City Hall about drawing up a restoration plan that would preserve the building's well-known facade. Leppert said engineers and architects are looking at scenarios for the building, and City Hall expects to see plans in early 2010. Full Story »
Republicans filing to run in the March primaries are being asked, but not required, to take a party-platform purity quiz. Local party leaders say they will probably make the answers available to voters. Full Story »
COURTNEY PERRY/DMN Carl Anderson, a.k.a. Santa Claus, uses a dragon puppet to tell a story at NorthPark Center mall.The quintessential twinkle-eyed, white-bearded grandfather type, Carl Anderson moonlights as a psychology professor at the University of Texas at Austin. But it's his annual transformation at NorthPark that has shaped his identity for 20 years. Full Story »
Seven women filed suit today alleging sexual abuse by a Catholic priest during his years at churches in Arlington and Bedford. Full Story »
The proposal could lower interest costs, making it easier to finish State Highway 161 in Dallas County and build Southwest Parkway in Tarrant County. Full Story »
Growth in population and college enrollment accounts for much of the increase in state employment, according to an audit. Full Story »
Jesus Cisneros, who has been with the Police Department since September 2001, may have been under the influence of alcohol, officials say. Full Story »
Four apartments were destroyed Friday night by a blaze that began when a resident tried to start a fire in a fireplace using gasoline, a fire official said. Full Story »
No longer able to sustain the Pate Museum of Transportation, the descendants of A.M. "Aggie" Pate will shut it this month. Full Story »
An FDA-cleared treatment is helping those with depression that does not respond to medication. Full Story »
The Denton City Council on Friday agreed to extend an expiring agreement with the Denton County Transportation Authority, allowing construction of the A-train passenger rail line to continue through mid-March. Full Story »
DRC/Al Key Cancer survivor Allie Ciulla is shown at her home in Denton Thursday in front of a quilt made of T-shirts from marathons.Allie Ciulla can't remember her first Christmas season, spent in a hospital fighting leukemia. She's in her 15th year of remission now, but she hasn't forgotten that others have not been so lucky, and on Sunday she will help raise money for the cause by running the ... Full Story »
Local music minister John Priddy wrote nine songs for his latest work, a Christmas cantata called Hodie. In this latest composition, he dives headlong into Christmas mythology. "How can you get past it?" Priddy said. "This is a story full of mythology. You have the annunciation, a virgin birth, the wonder of having animals present at the moment of that miracle." Full Story »
Someone took a joy ride in a man's sport utility vehicle while he was asleep and returned it with a big dent in the right-side door, the man told Denton police recently. The man said he picked up his roommate from work and took him to the roommate's girlfriend's home - a trailer in the 100 block of Massey Street. They stayed awhile and visited with another woman who lived there. Full Story »
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Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points, Erick Dampier finished with 20 points and 17 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks added to Miami's home woes by beating the Heat 106-93 Friday night. Full Story »
Thirty state representatives, including several from North Texas, are calling for the U.S. Army to charge Fort Hood shooting suspect Major Nadal Malik Hasan with taking the life of an unborn child. Full Story »
With one brilliant display of brute force, Ndamukong Suh altered the Heisman Trophy race like no other player this season. In fact, it's doubtful that any one performance by one player has ever done more to determine who wins college football's most prestigious award. Full Story »
A 27-year-old woman was killed early Friday morning after a major car crash with an off-duty Fort Worth police officer. A press release issued by the Fort Worth Police Department identified the officer as 37-year-old Jesus Cisneros. He has been with the department since September 2001. Full Story »
It may just be the most perfect gift for Dakota Clark. For the first time in her life the 9-year-old will be able to hear in both ears. Today doctors will activate, or turn on, her cochlear implants at Medical City in Dallas. Full Story »
A Duncanville camera generated more than $1 million in one year, a news Web site reports. Full Story »
A Wylie school district football coach is accused of having a sexual relationship with a female student at Anna High School. Full Story »
Downtown workers complain taxicabs are hogging parking spaces meant for other drivers. Full Story »
Here's a daily list of recent activities drawing the attention of North Texas law enforcement. List compiled on Dec. 11, 2009. Full Story »
An investigation is under way after a woman was killed in a collision involving an off-duty Fort Worth police officer, police say. Full Story »
A truancy officer was behind bars Friday afternoon for allegedly fighting with a 16-year-old Lancaster student. Full Story »
A trip to the bank led to a major hassle for one North Texas man. All he wanted was cash. What he got was his identity stolen. Full Story »
For many this holiday season, the only gift they want is a warm home and some hot water. FOX 4's Melissa Cutler reports Santa could come in the form of stimulus money for them. Full Story »
Dallas police say college football’s best defenseman made a defensive move after hearing about a threat on a Dallas high school student’s life. Full Story »
A North Texas Marine said he was on the hook for cell phone fees while he was in Iraq – even though he terminated his service. Full Story »
AUSTIN - The Texas Department of State Health Services Friday announced it is opening up the state’s H1N1 vaccine supply to the general public. Full Story »
LYNDON, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ attorney general filed a revised capital murder complaint Thursday against a former Weatherford, Texas and Columbia, Mo., city official that now covers the shooting deaths in northeast Kansas of not only his estranged wife and their two daughters but her grandmother as well. Full Story »
WEATHERFORD — Parker County citizens showed their giving spirit as they pledged $1,700 to local organizations during this year’s Fantasy Forest Silent Auction. Full Story »
Entries are in for the 2009 Christmas parade, “A Classic Christmas,” set for 11 a.m. Saturday starting at the Weatherford High School Ninth Grade Center. Full Story »
WEATHERFORD — After a closed session at the start of its regular monthly meeting Thursday, the Weatherford College Board of Trustees announced the selection of Dr. Kevin Eaton as “the sole finalist” for the position of college president, dissolving the Presidential Search Committee appointed two months ago. Full Story »
"And love Creation's final law, Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw," wrote the English poet laureate Lord Alfred Tennyson in 1850. The line conjures images of predators stalking and slaying weaker creatures to soothe savage appetites and calm carnal desires. Full Story »
Devon Energy has announced the closing of the Decatur Land Office in March. Full Story »
A fire destroyed a mobile home in the 600 block of Newfield Lane in southern Wise County near the Parker County line early Saturday morning. Full Story »
County Judge Bill McElhaney plans to appoint an interim commissioner to the Precinct 3 vacancy immediately after the first of the year. Full Story »
A fire damaged a house in the 200 block of East Cottonwood in Decatur Monday evening. Full Story »
Human Resources JobNet is a networking group for HR job seekers, sponsored by the Fort Worth HR Management Association. Free. Thursdays, 8:45-10:00 a.m., Wells Fargo Building , (validated parking) www.fwhrma.org/jobnet.cfm . Contact Pam Stoker at 817.988.2223 or pstoker@stokerresources.com . Full Story »
Symphony Arlington will bring in the Holiday Spirit with the beautiful soprano voice of Meghan Mazur! Meghan made her debut with Symphony Arlington last season performing Catalani â âEbben? Ne andrò lontanaâ from Le Wally. Full Story »
For North Texas cities, building a seamless transportation system will create a competitive edge for economic development, and bring in stronger sales and property taxes, presenters at the “Tracks to the Future: Rail and Economic Development in North Texas” said on Dec. 11. Full Story »
Fort Worth and Arlington combined received $12.9 million in December sales tax allocations from the Texas Comptroller’s office, a 12.1 percent drop from collections of $14.6 million during the same time last year based off a weak economy. Full Story »
Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute (THBI) announced on Dec. 8 it has partnered with independent insurance and financial services firm Higginbotham & Associates of Fort Worth in a preferred broker service arrangement. Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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