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Mosquito Spraying Working in Dallas County
Dallas County Health Department director Zachary Thompson told commissioners that ground spraying is working in Dallas County. He said where they have sprayed the number of mosquitoes has been cut by about 60 percent. The region was the epicenter of the national outbreak last ...
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Youth Minister Among 4 Killed in Fort Worth Crash
Tonight a family and a community is in mourning. We have learned among the 4 victims killed in Saturday night's crash in Fort Worth, was a mother and daughter and also youth minister (insert) Brian ...
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Electrical sign short blamed for fire that destroyed part of Lunas Tortillas
a two-alarm blaze destroyed the bakery of Luna's Tortillas on Harry Hines Boulevard. One day later, Dallas Fire-Rescue has released what’s at least a preliminary cause: a short in the sign. The fire has been ruled accidental. The owner of the landmark Dallas eatery doesn’t take issue with the fire department’s findings. But when reached for comment Tuesday morning, ...
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Arlington commuter bus gets final OK from The T ahead of August launch
DART will operate the buses in the Arlington commuter bus service that's now set to launch in August. But the Metropolitan ArlingtonXpress buses will look different that the typical DART bus, such as this one arriving in Mesquite in March ...
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No sudden big changes for now-privately owned Dallas Farmers Market
The group that's taken over the downtown farmers market says it's working to make Justin Fourton's Pecan Lodge an anchor of the new Shed ...
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Inside Report Cuban continues to make sales pitch to free agents
DALLAS -- While he continues to weigh his options on what to do with the No. 13 selection in the first round of the NBA Draft on June 27, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has also maintained his focus on the start of free agency. Continuing to make his radio rounds to express his sales pitch to free agents before they hit the open market July 1, Cuban made it clear that the Mavericks will ...
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Jesse Ventura wants to direct American Sniper defamation lawsuit at Chris Kyles widow
Chris Kyle over an incident in Kyle’s best-selling autobiography did not end with the Navy SEAL’s death in February. Now, the man formerly known as The Body wants to take ...
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Woodrow Wilson Sunset top Dallas ISD high schools making big academic gains
Woodrow Wilson and Sunset high schools made the biggest gains on STAAR end-of-course exams in comparison to other non-magnet Dallas ISD campuses. In assessing passing rates in reading I, writing I, algebra I, biology and world geography, Woodrow gained 49.4 points. Sunset High School came in second with a gain of 26.5 points, followed by Bryan Adams High School with a 23.4 gain. These ...
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Downtown Dallas Thanksgiving Tower getting closer to a sale
(DMN files) An investment group led by Dallas real estate exec Jonas Woods is trying to swing a deal to purchase downtown’s 50-story Thanksgiving Tower. The 31-year-old glass high-rise at 1601 Elm St ...
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Rain tapering off as cold front passes through Dallas-Fort Worth with hot and dry conditions due to return
For a moment early this morning it looked like Dallas-Fort Worth would spend another morning with a good, soaking rain. But what remains at this hour is a storm that’s a shadow of a shadow of its former self as it makes its way across Dallas County thanks to a cold front now south of the area. And what you see now is likely all we’ll get for the next long while as a ridge of high ...
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Rangers aim to keep momentum going behind Darvish
Despite coming into Monday's series opener against the A's with a six-game losing streak and an uncharacteristically silent offense, the Rangers weren't dwelling on their recent struggles. "I don't think it's frustration, it's part of a long season," right fielder Nelson Cruz said before Monday's series opener. "Unfortunately we're in a bad ...
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Rangers have perhaps one of the biggest moments of season as they break six-game losing streak
– Perhaps one of the biggest moments of the Rangers season took place Monday night at Rangers Ballpark and, no, I’m not talking about my appearance with Jim Knox on the Fox Southwest broadcast (but, really, does it get any bigger than that?). Desperate for runs, the Rangers proved that, yes, indeed, the offense still lives. And then, after RHP Nick Tepesch failed to hold the lead, ...
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Dallas fashion revolutionized at Circuit 12s ANOTHER Fashion Party
Dallas has seen its fair share of fashion events and parties--most centered around a charitable theme while others being thrown "just cause." While the usual fashion affairs in Dallas are widely attended by those hip to the social scene, a longing for something creatively different has been brewing in the ...
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Dallas police looking for man accused of running over killing girlfriend
Patrick Adger (Denton County jail records) Police have issued an arrest warrant for a 39-year-old man who they say killed his girlfriend in April by running her over with a car. Patrick Adger, 39, is wanted in connection with the slaying of Demetrious Matthews, 36, who was found dead late at night on April 30 inthe 2400 block of Dowdy Ferry Road in southeast Dallas. Her body had beendumped in ...
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Dallas Starts Mosquito Spraying
The city of Dallas has scheduled spraying for mosquitoes, while mosquito samples collected in Flower Mound have tested positive for West Nile ...
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Private developers officially take over Dallas Farmers Market
Patrons sample the pralines at the Louisiana Praline stand at the City of Dallas Farmers Market on North Pearl Street in Dallas on April 6, 2013. (File photo: Sonya Hebert-Schwartz/The Dallas Morning News) The Dallas Farmers Market is now in private hands and redevelopment could start as soon as this winter, the market’s new owners announced Monday. DF Market Holdings, LLC — ...
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SWAT team captures Mesquite man suspected of shooting another man in the leg
One man was hospitalized and another man was taken into custody by a SWAT team after a shooting Monday afternoon in Mesquite. Mesquite police responded to a shooting call at 2 p.m. in the 1600 block of Hickory Tree Road. Two men, whose identities haven’t been released, had apparently been in an argument over an alleged theft, and one was shot in the leg. The victim was taken to a ...
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Legislative response to West blast begins with plans for registry of businesses with dangerous chemicals
Rep. Joe Pickett, D-El Paso AUSTIN - The state plans to compile a registry of businesses with dangerous chemicals so citizens can learn about hazards like the fertilizer plant in West, where a fire triggered a massive blast of ammonium nitrate. The online database is among a handful of proposals, aired at a hearingMonday, that legislators said would not involve new laws or regulations, or ...
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Profar becomes youngest Rangers DH
Email ARLINGTON -- Manager Ron Washington's efforts to get Jurickson Profar into the lineup led to a bit of trivia being created on Monday night. Profar, who is 20 years and 117 days old, was batting leadoff as the Rangers' designated hitter. Profar is the youngest player to ever be used as the designated hitter in the leadoff spot since the position was created by the American League ...
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Rangers rest Berkman for second straight game
Email ARLINGTON -- Designated hitter Lance Berkman was out of the lineup for the second straight game on Monday as the Rangers try to get him back as physically strong as possible. Berkman had two operations on his right knee last season and four total in his career, and there is a concern that has taken away some of his power at the plate. Berkman, a switch-hitter, said he is still not able to ...
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Shoulder discomfort still limiting Ogando
Email ARLINGTON -- Alexi Ogando remains limited to throwing on flat ground while waiting for the discomfort in his right shoulder to subside. Ogando last pitched on June 5 in Boston and is eligible to come off the disabled list on Friday. But the Rangers aren't going to let him throw off a mound until the discomfort completely goes away. Ogando was on the disabled list from May 16 to June ...
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Soria nearing rehab assignment
ARLINGTON -- Joakim Soria, who has not pitched in the Major Leagues since 2011, is getting ready to go on a rehab assignment. Soria threw approximately 30 pitches of live batting practice on Monday without any issues, and the next step could be pitching for Double-A Frisco as early as Thursday. "I feel good, my arm is ready to go," Soria said. "I feel consistently good. … ...
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Police ask for help finding Buckner Terrace Family Dollar burglar
Dallas police are asking for the public’s help identifying and finding a person who broke into a Buckner Terrace dollar store and made off with two prepaid cell phones and food. Police released a video Monday of the May 31 burglary of the Family Dollar in the 3900 block of S. Buckner Boulevard. The video shows the burglar using a bike pedal to break a hole in a front glass door. He then ...
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Netflix locks in original TV deal with DreamWorks
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Netflix said Monday that it would offer new TV shows from DreamWorks Animation starting in 2014 in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run ...
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2 men face animal cruelty charges after starving pony seized from Springtown property
Achilles needs surgery but is in no shape to survive it, veterinarians say. Parker County authorities arrested two men last week after seizing a malnourished Shetland pony from a Springtown property. Jesse Ray Cross, the owner of the pony, and Franky Lynn Hatcher-Cross, the caretaker, face animal cruelty charges. Both men were released Sunday after posting $2,500 bond. "This is a shameful ...
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Texas sees important new realty development
Natural Development LCC is a local real estate company in Texas that has bought over 400 acres of land adjacent to Onion Creek and the Colorado River and between the Texas 130 and Texas 71 with plans to turn it into a small town with over 1000 homes and business and thousands of residents.
Natural Development LLC is an Austin-based developer with big plans for Watersedge, the unlikely name of the high-class community to be created on the Greenfield site near the Texas 71 and Texas 130. Read more
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