Civic Announcements

The beloved country musician lost his two-year battle with cancer on October 9; he was 65 years old.

The Tenth Street neighborhood is considered Oak Cliff’s most important African-American neighborhood.

Dr. Roosevelt Griffin and his wife began St. Mark Baptist Church in April 1976 in a story-front building on First Street in Garland.

Friends and family will gather at Lola's on 6th on Sunday, September 13 to remember the "loveable curmudgeon."

Volunteers picked will visit schools on Oct. 15.

WRR provides 24-hour classical music broadcast in Dallas / Fort Worth. It also is used as the city of Dallas' public medium.

The city does not endorse companies or their products, and residents should be cautious of anyone making such a claim.

Pohl was credited with several improvements on the UNT campus and has a student recreation facility named for him.

Baron was best known as an asbestos plaintiff's attorney, but was also a major Democratic donor.

Long before Central Market opened, Hamilton Rousseau sold Dublin Dr Pepper with real cane sugar, making Oak Cliff an over-the-river destination.

Longtime Dallas activists are among relatively few from North Texas planning to wed following gay marriage approval in California.

Hazel Harvey Peace was the first black woman in Texas honored with an endowed professorship at a state school, the University of North Texas.

"The activity and advancement seen in Farmers Branch during 2007 has been outstanding."

In the final day of our look back at 2007, we recall the lives of locals lost this year.

Ridgell McKinney is great-great grandson of Collin McKinney, for whom both McKinney and Collin County are named.