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Smokey John's Reaves got it's start on Lemmon Avenue, but has been at its current location since 1999. Brothers Brent and Juan Reaves, owners of Smokey John’s, are one improv class away from running a comedy club. Sometimes they’ll get going on a bit, and play off each other like they’re arguing about who’s on first. A

Smokey John's Bar-B-Que is turning 50, and the Reaves family is marking the milestone with a free block party at its Mockingbird Lane restaurant on Saturday, capping off a Customer Appreciation Week that runs through the day of the event. Dallas-area residents are invited to celebrate five decades of a barbecue busines

Big Tex has been a North Texas icon for decades, but this year he’s taking a fashion cue from Beyoncé and Grapevine’s own Post Malone: Levi’s jeans. The 55-foot cowboy is getting a custom pair of 501s fitted ahead of the 2026 State Fair of Texas.

An acclaimed Dallas chef is striking out on his own. Aubrey Murphy, who most recently was executive chef at SER Steak + Spirits, is opening his own restaurant on Greenville Avenue. Called Brute, it'll be a contemporary American spot located at 1802 Greenville Ave. #110, in the cute storefront previously occupied by Swi

A Plano restaurant remained closed after a second health inspection found a roach infestation and other serious violations, according to the city’s inspection reports. The reports compiled by the Star-Telegram contain data on health violations from 232 inspections between Aug. 2 and Aug. 15. Plano’s health inspections

An Irving police officer shot a woman who authorities said advanced toward officers with a knife during a domestic disturbance Saturday evening. Officers responded about 5:50 p.m. to the 300 block of Rolston Road, where they found the woman standing in the street, holding a knife and making threats, the Irving Police D

The department said it believes two groups of people met at Watson Park, and at some point, gunfire erupted.

Residents in a Mesquite neighborhood have spent the day without electricity - no air-conditioning or lights - since around 2 a.m. after a transformer caught fire. Neighbors are trying to figure out how to stay cool. The area is near Terry Middle School, which actually had power as of 11...

A prisoner's hands inside a cell wing - Source: Getty Billy Chemirmir, a Kenyan-born man who lived in North Texas, was convicted of killing two elderly women and was suspected of involvement in numerous other deaths between 2016 and 2018. He gained access to elderly victims under a variety of guises, including posing a

Unpaid parking fines in Dallas are prompting local authorities to deploy innovative immobilization technology to target chronic violators. The controversial enforcement program utilizes the heavy duty Barnacle device to lock windshields securely, replacing immediate towing for over 3 citations accumulated within a sing