For the First Time, And the Last Time
The graduation ceremony for Hillcrest High School started with a poignant — and a little startling — pronouncement by principal Joseph Sotello.
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Author: Bethany Erickson
Lee Kleinman City Council Exit Interview: Not Exactly Retired
We had the chance for an exit interview with soon-to-be retired Dallas City Council member Lee Kleinman. See what he said about about the Dallas Midtown project, the crime rate, his biggest regrets of his tenure, and more.
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Thomas Jefferson Seniors Slay ‘Dragons’ to Graduate
No other Dallas ISD graduating class this year could claim a tornado, a winter storm, and a pandemic as their hurdles, but the seniors of Thomas Jefferson said those things were never excuses.
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What Is Juneteenth?
Most, if they paid attention in history class, can tell you that the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved Black people in 1863. But what many don’t know is that not everyone was emancipated on that date.
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Boy Scouts, Dallas ISD Employee Arrested on Child Porn Charges
Law enforcement officials Tuesday said they arrested a 63-year-old Dallas ISD employee on multiple child pornography charges.
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W.T. White Graduates Class of 2021 in ‘Strangest Year’
Graduation may have been a limited crowd, and might have been a little later than usual, but the Class of 2021 at W.T. White High School can check one more milestone off the list of milestones that happened during a very strange senior year.
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See (Or Even Own) a Piece of Dallas Cowboys History
If you have about $3 million, a yen for a large wooded lot, and a deep and abiding love for the Dallas Cowboys in their glory days, you may want to pencil in some time Sunday afternoon to take a serious look at one Preston Hollow property.
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The Book They Blamed
Anastasia Higginbotham had no idea that her book had caused such an uproar that it was blamed for legislation passed by the Texas legislature, thousands of miles away from her home base in New York.
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Massey to Move On From Thomas Jefferson
It wasn’t an announcement that Thomas Jefferson faculty was expecting from their principal, but it was one that made them sad — and proud — at the same time.
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Follow Along for June Runoff Election Results
It’s been acrimonious at times and has lit up NextDoor and neighborhood group chats like Christmas, but the campaigning ends tonight for candidates facing off in June Dallas City Council runoff elections.
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REEX Offers High Schoolers Chance to Experience Real Estate
Rising high school juniors and seniors can take part in a virtual program that will introduce students to careers in commercial real estate, as well as expose them to top-tier universities.
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