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A few years back, there was much hoopla over a girls basketball game in which The Covenant School of North Dallas beat Dallas Academy of the White Rock area 100-0.

The publicity even resulted a funny stunt by a The Ticket radio team to play a basketball game against the Lake Highlands High … more

Good news. The long-awaited Bicycle Cafe at Northwest and Lawther is open.

Well, it was open and it will be open again Tuesday. Looks like Monday might be the closed day. But the rest of the week, they are keeping lengthy hours. According to the website, they are as follows:… more

It seems a real estate developer wants to put apartments, townhomes or lofts — about 350 units — near the White Rock DART station.

A representative from Winston Capital, an investment and real estate development firm, has applied for a zoning change to property at the northwest corner of Northwest … more

Lakewood resident Tonya Meier has been working hard to help struggling Dallas families.

Meier recently chaired the fourth annual Stewpot Alliance Soup’s On Luncheon.

Proceeds from the event benefit the programs and services offered by The Stewpot Alliance in downtown Dallas.  Annually, The Stewpot Alliance raises up to $250,000 for … more

… that’s a paraphrase, by the way.

This happened outside our typical East Dallas coverage area, in Casa View, but the story is so amusing and amazing, we had to share. At about 11 p.m. last Wednesday, a guy rammed his car into a covert police officer’s vehicle, a black … more

Canal Clothing, formerly the staple dress and accessory shop at Salons in the Park at Skillman and Northwest Highway, has moved to Hillside Village at Abrams and Mockingbird.

The boutique temporarily is located next to Romano’s Bakery, but they are remodeling a larger space just to the right of Stein Mart, … more

The Dallas White Rock Marathon last week hosted the awards ceremony for the winning relay teams from December’s SMU Cox Corporate Relay Challenge, which took place at the White Rock Marathon. Winning teams’ prize money was donated to the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in the winners’ names.

Sewell dominated the competition, … more

The Dallas Arboretum announced yesterday that a mega exhibit of Dale Chihuly’s legendary glass sculptures is coming to the Dallas Arboretum May 5 through Nov. 5.

I’ve seen the Chihuly Hart Window at the Dallas Museum of Art. It’s beautiful, but until yesterday’s announcement I guess I didn’t comprehend the … more

Seems like just yesterday Colleen O’Hare and Jeana Johnson were slinging tacos out of the back of an Old Lake Highlands gas station. Sure, it was a contemporary, organic-y, biodiesel gas station, but, still, a gas station.

A year or so later, after enjoying much good pub from many a media … more

This Lord of the Rink, who hasn’t missed a day of work in about 40 years, has kept the place looking and feeling just like it did in the ’70s.