Dallas Sun news Dallas Sun news Rss feed

  • Dallas fashion preview Ashlee Brooks Fashion for Compassion and much more

    Dallas will be the host to many fashion shows and events this spring and summer. The season will kick off with a fashion presentation by Ashlee Brooks, a charity fashion event called Fashion for Compassion and a poolside fashion event for Blaine's ...

  • Heres a map of the first eight liquor stores planning to operate in Plano

    stores in Plano are showing interest in selling liquor after the May 11 vote to allow package stores in the city. In the first two days that permit applications were available, eight stores turned in paperwork with the city. Others, including Total Wine and Spec’s, have shown interest. Here’s a map of those eight ...

  • Man dies after crashing into an overpass in Arlington

    A man died in Arlington late Friday night after losing control of his car on Interstate 20 and crashing into a concrete pillar on the Park Springs Boulevard overpass. Police said the man was likely driving more than 100 miles per hour at the time of the crash. The road was still wet from the night’s rain and the man drifted off the roadway and into the pillar. Upon crashing, his car ...

  • In far North Texas authorities are searching for a prisoner from Florida who escaped from a transport van this morning

    The search for an escaped prisoner out of Florida has spanned an enormous swath of North Texas this morning — from south of Wichita Falls all the way to Terrell, where police were briefly involved in the manhunt. But right now, according to Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Lonnie Haschel, the search for 33-year-old Michael Rimmer of Bay County, Florida, is concentrated in and ...

  • Mourners gather to say farewell to Dallas firefighter killed in condo blaze

    Dallas firefighter Stanley Wilson , who died Monday while battling a six-alarm fire that ravaged a condo complex, described him as a straightforward man, a loyal peer and a devoted family man. They are joining Wilson's family today at Park Cities Baptist Church to mourn the veteran firefighter during a funeral service that is now underway. Following the ceremony, Wilson will be buried at ...


cloudy
Dallas Weather
71.3°F Overcast
Winds: From the SSE at 9.2 MPH Gusting to 9.2 MPH
Sun
chancetstorms
84° 68°
Mon
partlycloudy
86° 68°
Tue
partlycloudy
86° 70°
Last Updated on May 25, 11:50 AM CDT
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

Mondo Cane

Any way you look at it, "Mondo Cane" (which is pronounced "car-nay") is a patently silly piece of cinematic junk masquerading as an important anthropological documentary of strange and exotic parts of the world. The dead give-away to its exploitative nature is the condescending, inflated narration that immediately clues the viewer in to the fact that the filmmakers have no respect for the cultures ... ...

On Facebook

  • College readiness rates for Dallas ISD high schools

    Amid the contentious debate over removing some principals, we cited college readiness rates for a few high schools. We noted that only 1.6 percent of Madison High School students scored at least a 24 on the ACT, a grade considered ';college ready.'; At Roosevelt, no students hit that mark. Below, I’ve embedded a spreadsheet that Superintendent Mike Miles has shared with trustees ...

  • Benefit concert event in Deep Ellum helps a little boy with a rare brain tumor

    benefit concert event Sunday, May 26 for a special little boy named Micah Creed with very adult health issues. ';Micah is only 7-years-old and was diagnosed Atypical Teratiod Rhapdiod Tumor,'; wrote Pierce in an email to me. ';ATRT is a rare brain tumor. Young Micah has undergone chemo and radiation treatments, and although currently in remission he now has many complications. He ...

  • Holland matches up with Felix in Seattle

    Their once-heralded future of the franchise has been sent to the Minors, and they've lost seven in a row. The Mariners have seen better days. How quickly they must forget if they're to move on from their 20-28 start to the season and begin a fight back up the standings in the American League West. "People have really short memories," said manager Eric Wedge. ...

  • Rain will not dampen March Against Monsanto protests in Dallas Fort Worth

    news reports , the U.S. Senate voted by a substantial majority, 71-27, against a bill which would have allowed states to make individual decisions on whether to require GMO labeling on foods. That decision was met with varying reactions from proponents, and its timing fueled the fervor ...

  • Tepesch ready Ogando getting close

    Email SEATTLE -- Nick Tepesch is ready to rejoin the Rangers' rotation, and Alexi Ogando is not far behind. Tepesch threw approximately 50 pitches in the bullpen on Thursday without any problems with the blister on the middle finger of his right hand. Tepesch was supposed to pitch on Wednesday against the Athletics but was pushed back because of the blister. He will start on Sunday against ...

More Dallas Sun news