Even the most veteran Dallas police officers have never heard of a crime like the one a fellow officer encountered over the weekend. John Lewis Johnson, 18, tried to carjack a Dallas police sergeant who was driving a marked patrol car with its emergency lights on. picked by equinox 10 months ago

Kwaku Twumasi had been out of work for seven months when he decided to try a new approach to job hunting. He said to himself, "How can I get myself to be noticed? I don't need 50 jobs. I just need one." So he began driving around Dallas in his '98 Tahoe until the cost of gas became too expensive. Now he chooses spots of high visibility and parks for a few hours at a time. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A man stripped naked inside a Dallas County courthouse and tried to grab a weapon from an officer who attempted to subdue him. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

In Dallas, a high school is using GPS to track truants, and the program has shown amazing results. picked by 7mmantle 1 year ago

Tell me something I don't know! Dallas drivers SUCK big time. But do you know who rounds out the top 10 for rudest drivers? You will now! picked by icepigs 5 months ago

Dallas police were called to an apartment to investigate a noise distubance, but... picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

Sean Avery is a Dallas Star. The Stars has signed the free agent left wing to a four-year contract that will pay him a total of $15.5 million ($3.5 million next season, and $4 million in 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12).

Avery rubs some guys the wrong way, even guys in his own dressing room. And (Stars General Manager) Brett Hull is OK with that. picked by icepigs 1 year ago

The top municipal judge in Dallas faces calls for his resignation over a racially charged column he wrote in a weekly newspaper. picked by smarty1052 8 months ago

So - how long will he be in Dallas before they fire him, too? picked by icepigs 2 years ago

Years after being advised by a state agency to stop, the Dallas Independent School District continued to provide foreign citizens with fake Social Security numbers to get them on the payroll quickly. picked by jhordie 1 year ago

Police in Dallas, Texas say a woman and her live-in boyfriend locked three of her children inside a hotel bathroom for nearly a year with little food.
The stepfather, 37-year-old Alfred Santiago, also faces charges of aggravated sexual assault and continuous sexual abuse.
*from the 'people suck' dept.* picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

"It includes personal letters to and from former District Attorney Henry Wade, a gun holster, official records from the Jack Ruby trial, letters to Ruby and clothing that probably belonged to him and Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, said Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. And conspiracy theorists will rejoice over one find: a highly suspect transcript of a conversation betw... read full post picked by lynxears 2 years ago

It reads:
"That's Not Hip-Hop That's Flip Flop. Pull 'em up!"

They couldn't come up with something, I don't know, say... good? picked by proverb 2 years ago

Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, may end up just like Martha Stewart. picked by JoshSF49 1 year ago

A 24-year-old Dallas woman allegedly made up a story that her baby was inside a stolen car in an attempt to get police to start an all-points search for the vehicle. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Cowboys now have a full blown quarterback controversy picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

The principal and other staff members at South Oak Cliff High School were supposed to be breaking up fights. Instead, they sent troubled students into a steel utility cage in an athletic locker room to battle it out with bare fists and no head protection, records show. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Read full story for latest details. picked by icepigs 3 years ago

The Dallas Stars and the Tampa Bay Lightning make the biggest splash (so far) before the deadline as Conn Smythe winner Brad Richards heads to Dallas. picked by icepigs 2 years ago

Carter Albrecht - a former member of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - currently of the local band Sorta was accidentally shot and killed at a neighbors home early Monday morning picked by icepigs 2 years ago