When Gov. Rick Perry’s office confirmed last month that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating allegations of abuse and neglect at the Denton State School, Laura Albrecht, a spokesperson with the state’s Department of Aging and Disability Services, insisted, “We welcome the scrutiny.” Not sure she feels the same way…
You’re still No. 1, Ex-Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill! Breaking news this afternoon from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: Allen J. McGill — one of the 14 folks indicted in the City Hall corruption case that also involves former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill, State Rep. Terri Hodge and former city…
Thomas McGowan The most stunning thing about the Thomas McGowan case, as mentioned below, is “how normal it is,” says Jason Kreag, staff attorney with The Innocence Project of New York. Kreag just arrived in Dallas so he could appear with McGowan at a hearing tomorrow afternoon in the courtroom…
“By us, for us,” said Dallas Theater Center Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty at Monday night’s announcement of the theater’s 50th season programming. The 41-year-old Moriarty — who sat for an exclusive video interview with Unfair Park that’s above — has spent lots of time and energy since he arrived on…
Today is a great day. Because this season’s Cowboys disappointment officially becomes last season’s memory. And next season? It’s now this season. As for 2008, the Cowboys are again heating up trade talks for Pacman Jones (but really, how could they get any hotter?). They are licking their chops at…
Thomas McGowan Moments ago, Unfair Park received a media release from The Innocence Project that says tomorrow afternoon, Thomas McGowan — who’s spent the past 23 years behind bars after being convicted of rape and burglary in Dallas County — will be released from prison, as DNA testing has revealed…
The Yearning for Zion Ranch just outside Eldorado In two days, a San Angelo judge will decide the fate of 416 children who have been removed from a remote polygamist compound in West Texas and separated from their parents. It is the largest child custody case the state of Texas…
What, precisely, does a lonely traveling businessman get his travel agent as a thank-you gift when he discovers his hotel is hosting Playboy’s auditions for the magazine’s 55th Anniversary Playmate? Because, no doubt, there are at least a few dudes huddled somewhere at the Westin City Center on North Pearl…
Pillsbury Since October, we’ve been ever-so-anxiously awaiting the winner of the 43rd Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest, which just wrapped at the Fairmont Hotel downtown. And we need wait no more: A hearty mazel tov goes to Carolyn Gurtz of Gaithersburg, Md., whose six-ingredient Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies, pictured at right, are…
Bishop T.D. Jakes On his recently launched blog, Bishop T.D. Jakes of Dallas has responded sharply to a story by CNN correspondent John Blake that dismisses Jakes as a “prosperity pastor” who has shunned the message of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. “Prosperity pastors such as Bishop T.D. Jakes…
Because this NBA Playoffs promo, featuring Steve Nash and Jason Kidd, is freaking me out, man. –Robert Wilonsky…
The Monte Cristo — was it ever delicious? Public-relations move or public service — there is a very fine line, especially when it comes to so-so dining conducted amongst pieces of flair. Nevertheless. Last week it was free coffee; today through June 16, it’s a mere five bucks for lunch…
And by “George Bush,” of course, I mean Will Ferrell, who last night resurrected his Bush impersonation during the otherwise laugh-free Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit For Autism Education on Comedy Central. Toward the end of the clip, Ferrell discusses Bush’s plans for his SMU library –…
It’s been a week since Mitchell Rasansky was fitted for a muzzle. Turns out, though, he’s not the only one unhappy with his being shut out from the discussions surrounding the proposed convention center hotel. Enter Anne Raymond, who has worked for the Crow family (owners of the Hilton Anatole…
Marjane Satrapi On Friday night, I attended a lecture delivered by Marjane Satrapi, author of the comic books Persepolis and co-director of the 2007 Oscar-nominated film of the same name — the English-language version of which opened locally on Friday as well. Satrapi, who spoke at University of Texas at…
Bible Girl was all ready to wax indignant about the prospect of children being ripped from their mothers, and then I read about the bed. Which is to say: the bed in the temple in Eldorado, where dirty old men got their freak on with underage virgins. Yep, right about…
Following Herb Kelleher’s stand-up act in front of rhe House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure a few days back, The Onion today serves up a “news” story that’s so not funny I initially thought it was a news story: “Southwest Airlines Now Taking Passengers To Destinations By Shuttle Bus.” And,…
Dallas Stars OK, sure, we believe, already. For now, anyway. After spending their first and only day over .500 in the Ron Washington Era, the Texas Rangers got swept at home by the Toronto Blue Jays over the weekend. Even more humiliating, they found a pitcher worse than Chan Ho…
View Larger Map Reports GlobeSt.com this morning, a high-rise abutting Stevens Park Golf Course has a new owner, a Boston-based investment group, which plans on turning Wedgewood Tower into the far sexier-monikered Indigo. From the sound of it, the mixed-use development will be a little bit of everything — including…
At first he wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy; then, the Dallas Cowboys kinda-sorta wanted him to be a Dallas Cowboy. Then it seemed like the prospect of Adam “Pacman” Jones becoming a Dallas Cowboy had diminished and disappeared altogether. Only, comes word out of Tennessee today that, well, if…
Mesa Energy main man T. Boone Pickens sits down today with the U.K. Guardian to discuss his investment in 500 Panhandle wind turbines, which cost, oh, ’bout $2 million each. And even the Dallas billionaire, who’s about to turn 80, is mighty impressed with his $10 billion investment in the…
The University of Texas at Dallas provides a sneak peek at “False Space and Time of the Apartment,” the first exhibit to occupy Centraltrak — the school’s gallery and artists’ residency opening Saturday in the spot formerly occupied by the Fair Park Post Office. The obvious draw at first glance?…
