RoboChargers win state championship

RoboChargers win state championship

EMMETT J. CONRAD HIGH SCHOOL From Dallas ISD Staff Reports For the first time in school history, the Emmett J. Conrad High School RoboChargers have been crowned UIL Robotics State Champions, after competing with 80 of the highest-ranked teams in Texas. Despite an initial tournament record of 8-4, the RoboChargers rallied for a 10-match winning streak […]

Exhibit explores old and new identities

Exhibit explores old and new identities

By Blanca Reyes “Self Unfixed: Picturing Identity” is the new art exhibition at the Bath House Cultural Center.  “This show is about how the artist sees herself or himself from different points of view, not only [the] color of their skin, [but] their cultural identity, their gender identity. The different types of identity are being […]

Rigatoni with Boursin and Tomatoes

Rigatoni with Boursin  and Tomatoes

2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 garlic cloves, minced 4 cups halved grape tomatoes 1/2 cup chicken stock 1 package (5.2 ounces) Boursin cheese 1 pound rigatoni, cooked to al dente according to package directions Chives, for garnish Salt and pepper In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add garlic and cook just until […]

Lost lives remembered

Lost lives remembered

By Rosanne Lewis The Dallas County Child Abuse Prevention Coalition (CAPCO) and its partners hosted the Dallas County child abuse prevention awareness event Monday, April 10, in the parking lot at Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). The event honored the seven children who lost their lives due to abuse or neglect in 2022 and […]

Book advocate to visit Dallas

Book advocate to visit Dallas

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK By Mary Wilonsky John Chrastka, one of the country’s leading experts on and advocates for public libraries, will be visiting Dallas as part of National Library Week activities in April.  Chrastka, the founder and executive director of EveryLibrary, will speak at a public event on the challenges and opportunities facing our libraries.  […]

Crime Watch — Vol. 14, No. 15

Crime Watch — Vol. 14, No. 15

April 4 — 1:25 a.m. 8800 Block Park Ln. (75231)  Discharge of a Firearm in Certain Municipalities: Suspect was seen firing shots near apartments. April 4 — 7:15 p.m. 5600 Block SMU Blvd. (75206)  Attempted Car Theft: Complainant reported that an unknown suspect damaged her car door while attempting to steal the vehicle. April 5 […]

Nicholas “Nick” Ramos

Nicholas “Nick” Ramos

February 12, 1945 — March 27, 2023 Nicholas “Nick” Ramos passed away March 27, 2023 from natural causes. The son of Nicholas and Jane (Lozano) Ramos, he was born February 12, 1945 in Waco, Texas.  Nick attended and graduated from La Vega High School and attended Hill Junior College on a music scholarship. He was […]

Nonprofit isn’t fooling around with S.T.E.A.M.

Nonprofit isn’t fooling around with S.T.E.A.M.

By Shari Goldstein Stern It’s not just any day that a circus pitches its tent in a pristine, two story, suburban shopping mall in the heart of a metropolis like Dallas. At the junction where NorthPark Center meets Park Cities meets Lake Highlands meets Greenville Ave. meets White Rock and merges with DART, Dallas’ Shops […]

Club welcomes award-winning coach

Club welcomes award-winning coach

Local rowing club White Rock Rowing — the only Dallas rowing crew to hold multiple national youth championship trophies (2014, 2021) — has bolstered its coaching staff with the addition of Caitlynn Crouch (pictured) as the new assistant coach of the men’s youth varsity. With more than 15 years’ experience in the sport, Crouch signed […]