The Bar Rodeo in Deep Ellum Locked Out by Management
We’re ready to deliver—but we need the resources to do it right. If the Dallas Observer matters to you, please take action and contribute today to help us expand our current events coverage when it’s needed most. Rodeo Dallas bucked its way into Deep Ellum in the...
Morton H. Meyerson, Dallas philanthropist and business leader, dies at 87
This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Morton H. Meyerson, a business magnate and the namesake behind Dallas’ symphony hall, has died at age 87. Meyerson had been battling prostate cancer since 2020, according to the The Dallas Morning News. The Fort Worth native became a...
Frisco’s Luke Colton Earns Spot On 2025 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team
L uke Colton, a rising senior at Frisco’s Wakeland High School, earned a coveted spot on the 2025 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team, solidifying his status as one of the nation’s top junior golfers. Colton will join 11 other standout athletes (six boys and six girls) on the coed team heading to New York from Sept. 23 to 25,...
Lazy Dog introduces new $15 Fireside Favorites
Lazy Dog Restaurants has launched its new $15 Fireside Favorites, weekday meals that include a handcrafted entrée and a personal-sized S'more Brownie Sundae, available at all locations nationwide.
Judge limits public comments in trial over teen’s stabbing death
A Texas courtroom fell silent this week as Judge John Roach Jr. imposed a sweeping gag order in the high-profile murder case against Karmelo Anthony, preventing all parties from discussing the case publicly. According to The Daily Caller, the Collin County judge issued the order to maintain integrity in the...
Deanna Cook’s 911 Pleas Were Ignored, Then A Nightmare Unfolded: How A System Failed...
“Are we going to be able to get my daughter out of there?” The haunting question posed by a mother who had… The post Deanna Cook’s 911 Pleas Were Ignored, Then A Nightmare Unfolded: How A System Failed One Woman And Almost Failed Another appeared first on Shine My Crown .
Texas mailman rushes to adopt dog from daily route after his veteran-owner passed away
When Floyd's owner passed away, the 70-pound dog was surrendered to the City of Denton Animal Shelter with no one to take care of him. But one morning, before the shelter even opened, someone who had known him for years was already waiting to take him home. That someone was Ian Burke, a mailman from Destin, Texas,...
3 men face capital murder, federal charges in Garland motel shooting
According to Garland police, the three men devised a scheme to rob prostitutes, believing the victims would be less likely to report the crimes.
Fisher’s Addition, West Dallas
I’ve never seen this postcard before, and I’d never heard of Fisher’s (“near Dallas”). W. R. Fisher’s Addition was in West Dallas, possibly bordered by what is now N. Edgefield, Fort Worth Avenue, Sylvan, and West Commerce (just below the old T & P railroad tracks). …I think. Lots of real estate transactions were...
Five Dallas-area women killed in fiery crash North of Austin
Five women from the Dallas area were killed in a fiery crash last Friday on U.S. Highway 281, just north of Austin, while traveling for what family members described as a girls trip.