Irving ISD superintendent is one of three finalists for North Carolina job

The Board of Education of Wake County, North Carolina, Public Schools announced today that Irving ISD Superintendent Dana T. Bedden is one of three finalists for the position of superintendent. They are still interviewing the finalists and I do not expect a decision until sometime in ...

Former State Bar of Texas employee pleads guilty to theft after $500000 loss

The State Bar of Texas’ former membership director has pleaded guilty to felony theft for misappropriating funds. Kathleen M. "Kathy" Holder, 52, of Austin, was sentenced to "shock probation." Holder, who also served as a deputy clerk of the Supreme Court of Texas,will spend 180 days in state prison and be on probation for ten years. Holder took money from an account ...

Solar Impulse airplane set for trip to Dallas if weather allows

Paul Johnson, of Tempe, Ariz., takes a photograph of the Solar Impulse airplane during a May 7 open house at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse plane is due to set out Wednesday on the record-breaking second leg of its solar-powered trip across America, from Phoenix to Dallas-Fort Worth, as long as the weather is acceptable."Although the flight has been ...

DeMarco Murray sidelined with hamstring injury during Cowboys OTA

IRVING — DeMarco Murray’s injury history has been well chronicled. A sprained left foot forced him to the sideline for six games last season. A fractured right ankle ended the Dallas Cowboys running back’s rookie campaign prematurely. Now, Murray is bothered by a tweaked hamstring that forced him to miss the Cowboys’ first organized team activity Tuesday. ';We ...

McKinney man sentenced to 33 years in prison for fatal shooting in 2011 at Frisco Wal-Mart

Raymond Washington A Collin County jury sentenced a McKinney man on Tuesday to 33 years in prison for a fatal shooting in 2011 during a drug deal in Frisco that turned bad. Raymond Anthony Washington, 22, had been charged with capital murder in the death of 30-year-old Andre Currier, but jurors found him guilty Monday of the lesser charge of murder. During the trial, testimony showed ...