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Top Stories: ➊ – UT student divestment calls: What does it mean? How much funding is at stake? (Friday), ➋ – Spring Dresses & Other Recent Faves (Friday), ➌ – Each Moment Matter’s Keynoter Christy Cashman To Share Her “Unbridled” Story Of Coping With Loss (Tuesday), ➍ – Preservation Park Cities Launches “The Houses Of The Park Cities” Highlighting The Area’s Historic Architecture (Friday), ➎ – Atlanta firm takes wraps off first southern Dallas County industrial project (Thursday)

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Dallas City Council approves bringing professional women's soccer team to Cotton Bowl

CBS DFW 5/8 7:03A Julia Falcon

DALLAS Another professional women's league is coming to town. During the Dallas City Council meeting on May 8, the council approved a plan that will bring a women's...

Neighbors Celebrate Retirement of Joking, Joyful, and Kind Postman

Peoples Newspapers Community 5/6 2:30A Sarah Hodges

When a package of family memorabilia didn’t arrive at Kevin Smith’s house, letter carrier Edward “Eddie” Cosme went to the post office after work, found the package, and...

UT student divestment calls: What does it mean? How much funding is at stake?

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 5/3 8:25A Tahera Rahman

North Texas students have joined the national pro-Palestine movement across college campuses, and the call for their universities to divest. Among other demands, student protesters are calling on...

Atlanta firm takes wraps off first southern Dallas County industrial project

Dallas Business Journal 5/2 9:45A Plamedie Ifasso

Stonemont Financial Group has more than 2 million square feet of development in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro. Read about its latest project — and first in southern Dallas...

Finding a way: Spotlight on 5 small businesses in DFW

Dallas Business Journal 5/2 8:40A DBJ Staff

A luxury handbag company works its way into the Galleria. A craft beer maker expands into a new brewery. An ice cream shop and a bar in Fort Worth struggle to overcome the...

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Del Rio’s William Beckmann Proves That Even Twentysomethings Can Be Cowboy Crooners

Texas Monthly 5/8 8:26A Kaiya Little

With all the earnestness of a love letter, country singer William Beckmann sings classic country tales of pining for the one that got away, for the red-dressed women from the bar. Over the sounds of...

Family Gateway Is Shifting From A Lunch “Opportunity” To Dancing With “Denim And Diamonds”

My Sweet Charity 5/8 6:31A Jeanne Prejean

Denim and Diamonds with Neal McCoy* Unlike years past, when Family Gateway held its Gateway to Opportunity featuring such speakers as former First Lady Laura Bush , her daughters Jenna Bush Hager and...

What Azerbaijan Wants From Texas Politicians

Texas Monthly 5/8 6:02A Christopher Hooks

It s harder to be a moderate in Washington, D.C., than ever before. Nobody knows that better than the veteran centrist Democrat Henry Cuellar, who faces prosecution from the federal government for his...

LA23 BBQ Is Doing Texas Right in Plaquemines Parish

Texas Monthly 5/8 4:00A Daniel Vaughn

Texas is the motherland of barbecue, and if somebody says it s not, they re just an idiot, Bobby Monsted III told me. Monsted is co-owner of LA23 BBQ in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. It s a small place...

Texas Parents Are Terrified for Another Triple-Digit Summer

Texas Monthly 5/8 3:43A Saba Khonsari

No more than ten minutes! I yelled after my eleven-year-old daughter as she darted out the back door. It was late on an August evening, and the temperature in Houston continued to hover over 100...

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Hillcrest Responds to Antisemitic Bullying Allegations

People Newspapers 5/6 9:59A Maria Lawson

Hillcrest High School is partnering with the American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League, and Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum following allegations of...

Freshman To Compete in International Science, Engineering Fair

People Newspapers 5/6 3:00A Sarah Hodges

A Highland Park High School freshman has found a way to detect the most prevalent and costly type of hospital-acquired infection before symptoms start. And her method only...

Fashion-Forward Friends Find Way to Swap More Affordably

People Newspapers 5/6 2:30A Grace Chandler

Ursuline Academy senior Livia Lange aims to make a difference for her fashion-swapping peers with a new resale website, LivToBe.com.

Lance Currie Elected New Dallas ISD Trustee

People Newspapers 5/5 7:46A Maria Lawson

He was elected to represent District 1, which represents northwest Dallas and parts of Preston Hollow, on the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees with 3,128 votes.

MAPS Students Bring NASCAR Action to HPHS

People Newspapers 5/3 12:07P Sarah Hodges

Students brought a bit of Daytona — complete with the scent of burning rubber, big wrecks and a dramatic finish — to Highland Park High School on May 3 during the Moody...

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Something New at Dive Coastal!

Crave DFW 5/8 8:29A Steven Doyle

This staple seafood destination, Dive Coastal , nestled in Snider Plaza presents a diverse selection of delicious, healthy offerings, ranging from shareable plates to sandwiches to handcrafted drinks,...

Malai Kitchen Features Tequila Cocktails for the Month of May

Crave DFW 5/7 10:06A Steven Doyle

Malai Kitchen , the Thai and Vietnamese restaurant with four DFW locations, is offering specialty tequila drinks for the month of May with a feature cocktail each week! The first week in May...

Canada Family Vineyard Grower Profile

Texas Wine Lover 5/7 12:09A Jeff Cope

The majority of Texas grapes are grown in the Texas High Plains. For those vineyards that have been supplying grapes to wineries for many years, those vineyard names become as well known as the...

How Ready-to-Eat Meals Reinvent Dining for Busy Wine Enthusiasts

Texas Wine Lover 5/6 9:25P Guest

Wine and food go together like nothing else if you can get the combination right, and you’ve got the time to dedicate to making meals to pair with your favorite tipples, or the funds to splash on...

Bread Winners Café & Bakery Hosts Memorial Day Weekend Patio-Pawty

Crave DFW 5/6 10:32A Steven Doyle

Quarter Bar and Bread Winners Café & Bakery are spoiling guests with a paw- fect Memorial Day Weekend with brunch, cocktails, and pups! Guests can kick off the weekend with happy hour and ...

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BREAK OUT THE SUMMER DRESSES // FEATURING JULIA AMORY

The Middle Page 5/4 4:53A Cathy Williamson

BREAK OUT THE SUMMER DRESSES // FEATURING JULIA AMORY Hello, ladies! I hope you have had a fantastic week! Mine has been a whirlwind! I left last Sunday for Scottsdale, Arizona, on a retreat with the...

TEN OF THE BEST SPRING SHIRTS

The Middle Page 4/27 4:49A Cathy Williamson

Hi, ladies! I hope you have had a great week! It s been a hectic one for sure around here! I am running a few errands today and packing because I head out tomorrow for a week. I am flying to...

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Cowboys bring in a WR with family ties for a visit, end comeback of Martavis Bryant

Dallas Cowboys News Yahoo! Sports 5/8 9:15A Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Zay Jones was born in Dallas and is the son of Cowboys Super Bowl champion linebacker Robert Jones.

Here’s why Cowboys had such a lackluster UDFA haul in 2024

Dallas Cowboys News Yahoo! Sports 5/8 4:37A Cowboys Wire

A look into why Dallas UDFA haul was a lot less heralded than many are used to. | From @KDDrummondNFL

Texas Rangers score 10 runs in second inning, beat Oakland Athletics 15-8

Spectrum Local News Sports 5/8 1:17A Associated Press

Texas’ 15 runs matched a season high, and its 19 hits set a new mark.

Gilgeous-Alexander has 29 points to help Thunder roll past Mavericks in Game 1 of West semifinals

Spectrum Local News Sports 5/8 12:35A Associated Press

Gilgeous-Alexander had 29 points, nine rebounds and nine assists to help Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 117-95 on Tuesday night.

Avalanche got legs under them in another comeback to beat fading Stars in 2nd-round opener

Spectrum Local News Sports 5/8 12:04A Associated Press

Colorado had its first three-goal comeback in a playoff game since 1997.

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Real Talk: Phillip Geheb

People Newspapers Real Estate 5/3 2:30A William Taylor

Preston Hollow attorney Phillip Geheb spent nearly a decade with Munsch Hardt, becoming a go-to counsel for Matthews Southwest.

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Dallas-based Steward Health Care files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 5/6 10:48A Ryan Lynch

The for-profit, physician-owned system — and 166 of its affiliated debtors — filed May 6 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Latticework brings in $345M for health care investments

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 5/3 9:25A Holden Wilen

Latticework Capital Management, which focuses on making control investments in lower-middle market health care companies, has closed its second major fund. Read on to learn...

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Molecule responsible for robbing Venus of its water may finally have been identified

Live Science 5/8 9:43A

Scientists have identified a water-loss mechanism on Venus that could explain how the once water-rich world became completely parched. In the newly identified process, linked...

Pioneer executives get big payday from Exxon Mobil deal

Dallas Business Journal 5/8 9:39A Holden Wilen

Former CEO Scott Sheffield and other executives were in line to receive a total $141.4 million in so-called "golden parachute" payments in connection with the transaction,...

Remains of vast 7,000-year-old farming settlement found in a 'huge void' in Serbia

Live Science 5/8 9:38A

Going off a local tip, archaeologists searching in a remote area of Serbia have discovered and fully mapped the remains of a vast 7,000-year-old settlement, experts told Live...

Prime Data Centers eyes Garland for potential site

Dallas Business Journal 5/8 9:30A Plamedie Ifasso

California-based data center operator and developer Prime Data Centers was founded in 2017 and has two facilities in Dallas.

Linda McMahon confirmed as Dallas Economic Development Corp. CEO

Dallas Business Journal 5/8 8:11A Plamedie Ifasso

The Dallas Economic Development Corp was formed in 2022 and aims to support local businesses, promote economic development and enhance infrastructure in Dallas.