Earth Angel
Twenty-five years ago, a kind and lovely young woman took a kick to the head. A sneaker print remained on her face 10 hours...
Defending Darlie
Like pretty much everyone else who watched the news on Channel 5 that evening back in June of 1996, I was dumbstruck at the...
Arlington Police: No Justice
On a sunny October day in 2011, Paul Balson watched out the window of his Arlington home as a car with three men in...
Grady Spears Last Shot?
Cowboy cook Grady Spears is opening a chicken-fried steak café in the Stockyards next month, and, since the joint holds only about 60 diners,...
Gangstalking
Stacks of folders, binders, and papers surround Michele Barton, forming a symbolic fortress where she has remained captive for nearly a decade. Barton sat...
Making the Cut at Colonial
The majestic course with its traps of white Florida sand and slick putting greens glistened in last Thursday's rain, which was coming down harder...
Flamed Out
A sign hanging on the fence that surrounds this East Fort Worth property warns trespassers to keep out – it also promises “amazing things.”...
Targeting Targeted Individuals
“All we can do, Scully, is pull the thread, see what unravels.” — Fox Mulder, The X-Files
Far on the outer fringes of Fort Worth...
Private Prisons, Public Pain
Reeves County straddles I-20 in West Texas, between Odessa and El Paso. Pecos is the county seat, anchored in cowboy mythology. Tiny homes, many...
Tequila and Tater Salad
The interior of Will Rogers Memorial Center went dark. A man in black walked hurriedly toward two empty stools that stood center stage. He...
