Months of relentless and often divisive debate over proposed school boundary changes in Plano are likely to come to a head tonight, when school trustees are expected to approve districtwide attendance zone plans. Full Story »
In a sample of cases, the police department's tally of aggravated assaults would have been at least 50 percent higher if it followed FBI guidelines. Full Story »
Four Dallas high schools will have to show improvement this school year or risk losing most of their staffs and at least half of their students. At worst, they could be closed. Full Story »
According to Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse, a Dallas police spokesman, the impostor was a white man in his mid-30s who used a dome-shaped removable red light on the top of his car, an unknown color Ford Crown Victoria, to signal the victim to pull over. Full Story »
VERNON BRYANT/DMNSgt. Kristopher Giuranna is among 17 mentors who followed Snowball Express, an annual charity event, to the Dallas area. Full Story »
A judge in Houston cleans his gun during a murder trial. A Dallas judge fails to file campaign finance forms. A Waco appeals court justice unlocks his colleague's office and reads papers without permission. Full Story »
The ads are the most conspicuous part of a local campaign launched by Bishop Kevin Farrell to woo lapsed Catholics. "When I travel around the diocese, I have so many people tell me that their wife or husband or parents or kids have abandoned their church and faith," said Farrell, who oversees the Diocese of Dallas. "They're always asking me what we can do about it." Full Story »
Educators are taking extreme measures to get kids back into the classroom. In the Dallas school district, the mayor and the superintendent went door to door to find high school no-shows, a scene that played out in other districts across the state this fall. Full Story »
Construction began in October, and the most visible activity is where the old railroad trestle used to span Garland Road near the Grand-Gaston intersection. Workers are building the foundation for a new bridge to accommodate the 12-foot-wide paved trail, said David Recht, the project manager with the city Public Works Department. Full Story »
Cool got bought by corporate marketers and sold back to us until it warmed up and died out, Ted Gioia says. It was taken from the underground into the full light of day and withered in the heat. Blunt earnestness, he says, has made cool obsolete. Full Story »
"I love soldiers," John P. Galligan says. Jutting his chin and squinting through thick glasses, he speaks of their sacrifices. Justice depends, he contends, on fair treatment even for soldiers accused of the most horrific crimes. "We owe them." Full Story »
At Panten San Rafael cemetery, victims and villains are buried side by side, and the many nameless, unidentified victims have their own section - fosas comunes, common graves - where 38 freshly dug graves await new arrivals. Full Story »
STEWART F. HOUSEAlmost one in seven parents say grown children have moved back in this year because of the economy. Full Story »
Developers complain of roadblocks even as they try to carry out Dallas' goal of opening 700 apartments for the homeless by 2014. Public financing, political will and neighborhood cooperation are all in short supply. Full Story »
After releasing years-old audits at the final hour, the Garland Chamber of Commerce secured enough confidence to extend its 15-year economic development partnership with the city this week. Full Story »
Manuel Benavidez spent years as an often lonely loud voice criticizing the political leaders in Irving for their treatment of Latinos. He doesn't hesitate to call the city's power structure racist. He knows he's viewed as a troublemaker. He ran for the school board twice and lost. Full Story »
What had been billed as a debate between the Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, and the Rev. William Frey, retired Episcopal bishop of Colorado, yielded much common ground and no outright conflict on the identity and meaning of Jesus. Full Story »
Fort Worth finished third on the list, and Dallas was 12th. Plano was ranked 50th out of the 100 systems, and Houston was the sixth-worst among cities with populations of 250,000 and up, according to the study. Full Story »
Promotions for the act declare it's the "greatest show in hell." Hellzapoppin showcases rock music and wild acts from performers covered with tattoos. And don't forget the titillation - burlesque dancers strip down to pasties. Full Story »
Federal agents in Dallas have grounded a helicopter that they say Italian aircraft brokers were planning to ship from North Texas to Iran in violation of U.S. trade sanctions. Full Story »
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. The answers will probably be made available to voters. 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 »
The charge against Bradley Glenn Thompson, 26, stems from complaints by a girl in the Anna school district, where Thompson previously worked. Full Story »
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