Disaster in Waiting
Southeast of Dallas lie two major reservoirs that provide 80 percent of the drinking-water supplies in and around Tarrant County. Below each of those...
Billy’s Oak Acres: Open Wide
Given the popularity of a show like Diners, Drive-ins & Dives, it stands to reason that a good way to get people into your...
Blood-Curdling
In preparation for the 1999 reissue of Tod Browning’s classic horror film Dracula, Universal Studios commissioned Philip Glass to compose a soundtrack. The result...
City Discounting Rain Barrels and Compost Bins
Where's Billy Mays when you need him? Oh yeah. What about the Sham-Wow guy? Yikes. I guess I'll pitch this deal myself, at my...
The Biggest (Lovable) Losers: Western Hills Cougars
You’ve probably heard the story by now, since it’s making web headlines: A Western Hills High School parent filed a bullying complaint against football...
R.I.P. Ronald Shannon Jackson … and Fort Worth Jazz?
Legendary free-jazz composer and drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson died of leukemia on Saturday. He was 73.
In 2003, Fort Worth musician and writer Ken Shimamoto...
Joe Palazzolo Changes Attorney
In a press release, Dallas attorney Victoria Neave announced she will replace Jason Smith as Joe Palazzolo's attorney in his whistle blower case against...
Obamacare Enrollment Workshops in Fort Worth
State Rep. Lon Burnam, a Democrat from Fort Worth, has organized what he calls Obamacare enrollment workshops in Fort Worth. The series of neighborhood...
Acro-Cats’ Power, Activate!
The thing that makes cats so great is their utter “undogness”: They don’t take orders, they don’t love unconditionally (not at first sight, anyway),...
Nolan Ryan to Retire Oct. 31
Today on its website, the Texas Rangers announced CEO Nolan Ryan will be stepping down, effective Oct. 31.
"This is the right time for me...
