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Fair Park has been under the city’s control following a tense split earlier this year with Oak View Group and nonprofit Fair Park First. The city now has to decide what to do with the park after the separation, which occurred after nearly $6 million in misspent donor funds were revealed.

Dallas works to revitalize Fair Park after taking control amid management struggle
Dallas wants to revitalize Fair Park and increase its offerings after city staff took over the site’s management.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 7h
A rising boot brand is making its way to Dallas — and for just its second store.

Stivali New York is opening a retail spot in Knox-Henderson this month that will cover about 1,500 square feet. The only other store is in the same place where it’s based, New York City.
New York City ‘attainable luxury’ boot brand is opening its second store in Dallas
Stivali New York, a rising luxury boot brand, is making its way to Dallas — and for just its second store. It is opening a new retail spot in Knox-Henderson...
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 8h
Fuel Fest is a celebration of car culture, its inspiration drawn from a goal to create a fun event that would be not only be sustainable, but able to donate a portion of proceeds to organization Reach Out Worldwide. The organization was founded by Cody Walker’s late brother, Paul Walker, in 2010.
Festival for car lovers at Texas Motor Speedway adds Halloween flair in 2025
Live-action motorsports. A car show. Appearances by 'Fast and Furious' cast members. Add Fuel Fest to your fun fall activities in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 9h
New East Dallas bagel shop Bagel Bros will officially start selling breakfast on Garland Road on Oct. 11, 2025.

As the name suggests, the shop is run by brothers Johnny and Ruben Gomez, who are Casa Linda residents.
New bagel shop now serving breakfast near Dallas’ White Rock Lake
Bagel Bros is a family-owned business near the Dallas Arboretum and White Rock Lake.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 10h
Nancy McMillan Dedman, widow of renowned Dallas entrepreneur Robert H. Dedman Sr., matriarch of the Dedman family and an icon in her own right, died peacefully Wednesday morning in her University Park home.

Dallas civic and philanthropic icon Nancy Dedman has died at 97
She co-founded ClubCorp, traveled the globe and studied at the finest culinary schools.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 10h
Dallas-Fort Worth hasn’t seen a drop of rain in two weeks.

It’s led to a lot of dry brush across the area, and coupled with lower humidity over the weekend, the dry conditions brings a chance of wildfires. Here's when the risk is highest.
Continued hot, dry weather brings potential wildfire threat to North Texas this weekend
The weather service recommends avoiding outdoor burning on Sunday to limit the fire risk.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 11h
A 42-year-old McKinney man was indicted on a murder charge for stabbing his wife to death in July, Collin County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

McKinney man indicted on murder charge for fatally stabbing wife in July
Authorities found Eslam Mohamed's wife, Kubra Zafer, dead in a closet with a stab wound to her neck.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 11h
Several months into a whirlwind of federal policy shifts, the U.S. economy has noticeably cooled, and recent data suggests cracks have also started emerging in long-roaring Texas.

But the Lone Star State is still likely to continue performing better than the country as a whole, economists say.
Cracks emerge in Texas’ economy as job growth slows
Unprecedented new tariffs. A sweeping immigration crackdown. Widespread federal jobs cuts. Several months into a whirlwind of federal policy shifts, the U.S....
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 12h
Hundreds of residents at the Mercantile on Main building have received move-out notices, just a week after a broken water line caused widespread damage to one of Downtown Dallas’ most iconic buildings.
Residents of Downtown’s Mercantile Building get 30-day notices after massive flood damage
Widespread damage at one of Downtown Dallas' most iconic buildings will leave residents displaced.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 13h
Thursday night’s Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert was something of a travelogue — and a set of orchestral showpieces — except when it wasn’t. With music director Fabio Luisi conducting, the exception was What do flowers do at night?, by DSO composer-in-residence Sophia Jani.
Review: A Dallas Symphony concert of Respighi and Saint-Saëns showpieces
A recent work by composer-in-residence Sophia Jani supplied evocative contrast.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 15h
Finished homes continue to sit empty in North Texas, and homebuilders have slashed housing starts by nearly 20% as demand fell in this year’s third quarter.
New homes in North Texas sit empty as builders slow pace
Finished homes continue to sit empty in North Texas, and homebuilders have slashed housing starts by nearly 20% as demand fell in this year’s third quarter.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 16h
The Nobel committee likened MOFs to “rooms in a hotel” that tiny molecules can enter and leave. Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi, who won the award, established the field in the late 1980s.
Nobel Prize 2025: Dallas-area scientists expanding on research that won chemistry award
Scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas are using metal-organic frameworks for cleaning air and water and delivering vaccines.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 17h
The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.
Budget office says ‘substantial’ firings of federal workers have started amid shutdown
Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X that the “RIFs have begun."
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 17h
On Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott called upon the Texas Department of Transportation to remove “any and all political ideologies” from the streets.

The announcement has raised uncertainty about the fate of the rainbow crosswalks and drawn particular rebuke from LGBTQ residents of Oak Lawn.
‘We will not be silenced’: Oak Lawn residents react to possible rainbow crosswalk removal
Gov. Greg Abbott has told the Texas Department of Transportation to ensure counties and cities remove “any and all political ideologies” from the streets,...
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 18h
Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s self-driving feature after dozens of incidents in which the cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and causing injuries.
Feds open probe in Tesla over crashes involving vehicle’s self-driving feature
Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s self-driving feature after dozens of incidents in which the cars ran red lights or drove...
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 19h
A 26-year-old man has been identified as the victim of a fatal stabbing that happened Monday in Fort Worth, according to online records from the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.

26-year-old man identified as victim of fatal stabbing in Fort Worth on Monday, records show
Officers found the man with multiple stab wounds to the torso in the 8500 block of Camp Bowie West Boulevard.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 20h
Base Power, an Austin-based battery and energy startup co-founded by Zach Dell, the son of tech titan Michael Dell, has raised $1 billion in recent fundraising, the company announced on Wednesday,

Texas energy startup co-founded by Zach Dell raises $1 billion
Base Power, an Austin-based battery and energy startup co-founded by Zach Dell, the son of tech titan Michael Dell, has raised $1 billion in recent...
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 21h
Hepola | Growing up at the State Fair was magic. Stepping into her father’s shoes and overcoming a violent ordeal that happened as a young woman — that was the trickier part.
Hepola: How Amber Fletcher became the Corny Dog Queen
Growing up at the State Fair was magic. Stepping into her father’s shoes, and overcoming a violent ordeal that happened as a young woman — that was the...
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 22h
One of college football’s great rivalries returns to Dallas on Saturday, and the weather is likely to keep being hotter than normal for mid-October.

Just how hot will it be for the Texas-OU game? Possibly a little cooler than you’d think
Very low humidity is expected to help the air feel a little cooler than the thermometer says.
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 23h
A defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group was tossed out Thursday by a federal judge who said the lyrics in Kendrick Lamar’s dis track “Not Like Us” were opinion.
Judge tosses Drake defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’
A defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group was tossed out Thursday by a federal judge who said the lyrics in Kendrick Lamar’s dis...
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Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi, 37, has built a career out of turning systematic struggles into words of art. The Dallas-raised poet’s debut full-length collection, Dream for Earth, was released this month by Dallas independent publisher Deep Vellum.
Dallas poet Fatima-Ayan Hirsi on motherhood, grief and her collection ‘Dreams for Earth’
Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi’s new collection, Dreams for Earth, spans over five years weaving together motherhood, climate grief and community.
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Wilonsky | A fixture on local airwaves since he and Jim White rode shotgun on Q102, Roberts was unceremoniously fired by iHeartMedia Tuesday.
Wilonsky: Dallas radio icon Bo Roberts offers the goodbye he wasn’t allowed to say on air
Bo Roberts was on the radio Tuesday morning, as he had been almost every weekday morning since the second year of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, when he received...
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Free student admission to the State Fair of Texas will now include the final two weekends of the annual festivities in Dallas’ Fair Park. Tickets previously have only been valid on weekdays.
Students can now use free State Fair of Texas tickets on weekends
Free student admission to the State Fair of Texas will now include the final two weekends of the annual festivities in Dallas’ Fair Park.
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The council voted 14-1, with council member Maxie Johnson as the sole dissident in a debate that boiled down to restrictions set by a federal law, the promise of bolstered electrical services and the fact the residents weren’t from Dallas.
Dallas City Council approves Oncor’s 200-foot tower near homes of Irving residents
The council voted 14-1, with council member Maxie Johnson as the sole dissident in a debate that boiled down to restrictions set by a federal law, the promise...
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Some Republicans in Texas believe gender transitioning is physically destructive and causes more confusion for people who are hurting. To them, adhering to the Christian belief that there are only two genders is important for a healthy society.
Why many Texas Republican leaders are concerned about gender transitions
Many of Texas’ Republican leaders say they’re concerned about people changing their bodies as part of a gender transition.
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