9 Vanishing Diner Foods Texans Still Talk About
Texas is widely credited with inventing the drive-in restaurant and the carhop, then it spent the next century letting most of them close. Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio all built their own version of the roadside diner. Almost none of the originals are still standing today. These are the...
Pappas Bros. Steakhouse to support North Texas Food Bank
DALLAS (KDAF) — Pappas Bros. Steakhouse is offering $59 and $99 three-course dining menus that benefit the North Texas Food Bank. The steakhouse was named one of the 2026 Star Restaurant Groups after ranking as a top fundraiser during the 2025 DFW Restaurant Week. The restaurant is donating $12...
Texas School Ratings: Check your school and district’s 2026 grade
DALLAS - Texas school districts got their grades today. The Texas Education Agency released its annual A-F accountability ratings to give parents a snapshot of how their district is performing. TEA Accountability Ratings. What we know:. The 2026 grades were released on Friday morning. You can search for your school...
Grand Prairie crash kills driver, juvenile when Suburban hits parked trash truck, police say
Police said witness accounts and surveillance video showed the SUV traveling at a high speed before the impact.
MAP: Costco’s rival warehouse chain targets Texas with latest store. Here’s where
Texans looking to buy in bulk will soon have a new place to shop.
More than 20,000 Texas students gave up their school vouchers.
Read this wild ProPublica story about a General Dynamics factory in Mesquite. ProPublica’s story about a General Dynamics artillery factory in Mesquite that won a no-bid contract to make artillery shells for Ukraine begins, “A robot was on fire. Again.” It details how the company allegedly blew through eight deadlines
50 Years & Still Smokin’: The Legacy of Dallas Barbecue Icon Smokey John’s
The moment you walk through the front doors of Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que and Home Cooking on West Mockingbird Lane, you’re hit with the glorious smell of wood-smoked meats and the sight of smiling employees eager to get customers through the cafeteria line and fed well. Both the food and culture at this family-run restau
Dallas’ Mariano’s is ‘best place to order a margarita’ in Texas
Specifically: Texas’ best marg comes from Mariano’s Hacienda on Skillman Street, near Dallas’ Lake Highlands, it said. While it would be impossible to have sipped all the margaritas in our great state — though fun to try — Chowhound’s choice is a safe one. In 1971, Mariano’s owner Mariano Martinez invented the frozen m
Illegal Alien Accused of Shooting Dallas Policeman Who Gave Him a Ride
An illegal alien is accused of shooting an officer with the Dallas Independent School District (ISD) Police Department who had given him a ride, an affidavit alleges. On August 6, Dallas ISD police officer Justin Jones, a 16-year veteran of the force, received a call about a man walking on the median of a nearby highwa
Plano ISD votes to fire principal following teacher’s arrest, abuse allegations
Plano ISD placed Brinker Elementary Principal Jennifer King on leave in July, and board members voted to terminate her employment on Thursday evening. A civil lawsuit claims King received at least one report of teacher Paul Campbell inappropriately touching a student but failed to investigate or notify law enforcement.
