By Nancy George SMU will present the Dallas Literary Festival March 26-28 with a theme appropriate for the times — turbulence. Find the full schedule and register dallasliteraryfestival.org for the free, virtual program. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 26, with Alice Johnson, author of “After Life: My Journey from Incarceration to Freedom” […]
By David Mullen For the first time since moving to Oracle Park (nee Pacific Bell Park, SBC Park and AT&T Park) in San Francisco in 2000, the Giants will be wearing names on the back of their jerseys. Giants President Larry Baer, whom I knew in college, said the change was necessary primarily because of […]
Feb. 14 – 6:40 a.m. 9800 Block, Whitehurst Dr. (75243) Aggravated Robbery of an Individual: Two unknown suspects assaulted the complainant and stole his property. Feb. 15 – 5 a.m. 11800 Block, Abrams Rd. (75243) Burglary of a Business: An unknown suspect broke into a Taco Bell and stole money out of a safe. Feb. […]
By Nancy Black Frozen ink. That is why we didn’t print an edition of White Rock Lake Weekly last week. The ink at our printer was frozen, literally. ERCOT didn’t just stop the presses; they froze them. While our printer and so many other hundreds of thousands of people went without electricity last week, I […]
Dallas Academy is a widely-recognized leader in private school education for bright students with a range of learning differences. As such, the school always strives to grow and innovate in order to meet the diverse needs of the student population. When COVID-19 disrupted learning, instructors quickly realized a more advanced e-learning program would be a […]
Recognizing the importance of training the STEM leaders of tomorrow, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science will kick off Engineers Week with several days of buildable, makerspace fun, including engineering-themed activities, experiments, challenges, crafts and more now through Sunday, Feb. 28. From the gadgets and gizmos behind the world’s greatest innovations to robotics, games […]
By Dr. Beth Leermakers Your cat races around wildly before rolling onto her back, drooling, licking the catnip-filled toy and rubbing it on her face. She may look like she’s high after sniffing catnip, but is she really? Yes, according to a recent study. Catnip (Nepeta cataria) is a common herb that belongs to the […]
From DPD Staff Reports Officer Mitchell Penton of the Dallas Police Department was struck by a drunk driver and killed during the early morning hours of February 13. Penton was on duty, providing security for an accident scene when his patrol vehicle was struck. The impact of the crash caused Officer Penton’s vehicle to hit […]
Named by Southern Living as one of “The Best Places to See Stunning Spring Blooms Across the South,” the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden presents Dallas Blooms, the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest. Presented by IBERIABANK/First Horizon, the festival runs now to April 11. With the theme “America the Beautiful,” the spring festival […]
