The proposed community park would replace parking lot 10A at Fair Park. Photo by Camilo Diaz Jr. On Wednesday, the Dallas ...

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Video by Camilo Diaz Jr. On a cold, windy Saturday morning, artist Theo Ponchaveli and several volunteers painted a mural commemorating the South Dallas community. Despite the gloomy day, vibrant oran ...

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This new “Neighborhood Connect Telehealth Initiative” — a partnership between Aetna CVS Health and the South Dallas Fair Park Faith Coalition, which Salem pastor Todd Atkins chairs — is intended to ...

Six candidates attended a forum to discuss public safety, affordable housing, economic growth, and more, with four of them declaring their support for a historic district in the Queen City ...

Dallas ISD invested in 40,000 hotspots last school year for families without reliable internet at home, but this year DISD plans to spend $18 million on at-home wired connections for its students.

Scottie Smith II is proposing a Sunny South Dallas Public Improvement District (PID) to generate $9 million over the next decade to pay for increased police patrols, landscaping, sidewalks and ...

The City of Dallas has launched Local Kitchen, a free eight-part course that teaches residents how to prepare nutritious recipes and grow their own produce, in an effort to address food insecurity and ...

A rendering of the future Forest Theater, provided by the Forest Forward team. For the first time in its history, the Forest Theater on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is owned by a Black-led entity.

The original Billy Earl Dade school sits at the corner of Malcolm X and Park Row, and has been vacant since 2013. Photo by Sujata Dand The original Billy Earl Dade Elementary School, a historic Black ...