Highland Park News

Posted on November 5th, 2009 12:30pm by Jason Heid Filed under Business , Local News , Media Sorry we didn't have this up last week, before "Doc" Gallagher was one of the featured speakers at the Jewish Community Center of Dallas' Senior Expo .

Jesuit junior Jordan Spieth, the top-ranked junior golfer in the nation, was named to the Rolex Junior All-America first team for the second consecutive year.

They know the truth: Even looking at the possibility of maybe someday thinking about eventually enacting some sort of voluntary conservation ordinance to preserve houses in one of this area's most historic neighborhoods, that alone will cause home values to plummet.

More than 1,000 protesters stood in the rain Wednesday morning outside New Brunswick High School and Rutgers Hillel to voice opposition to the message of six members of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church.

The Centennial Marching Festival for North Texas high school marching bands will be 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium, 6950 Stadium Lane in Frisco.

Let me start off by saying, I'm not affiliated with SMU's Greek system. Let me follow my previous statement up by saying, I love Greek life here at SMU.

More students than usual transferred from private schools to the Highland Park school system this year, in what may be a sign of belt-tightening in the Park Cities.

Posters of snow-capped castles, Oktoberfest revelry and Albert Einstein decorate the walls of Claudia Keller's classroom in Frisco.

Wallace Swanson wrestled with the decision to close Camp Wolfgang for months. With donations dwindling and adoptions down, his haven for abandoned German Shepherds was slowly eating away at his personal savings.

Cynthia Martinez, the University Park mother charged with prostitution last month, was arrested again today.

Just popped on the market, 5337 Edmondson is more than a diamond in the rough. First of all, you get location: smack dab in-between the Dallas North Tollway and Inwood Road on Edmondson in West Highland Park - minutes from anything, well inside the loop.

By KIRK DOOLEY Kirk Dooley is a University Park writer. It takes a village. Solving the mystery of the naming of Wentwood Drive in University Park has become a team effort and I think we have our answer.

On Tuesday, October 6, Fairfax Park will look like a mini fairground as the Community League, Crime Watch and Department of Public Safety celebrate America's Night Out Against Crime with Highland Park residents.

Move over, minimalists: Ornate Victorian design is the focus of this weekend's 31st Semi-Annual Antique Elegance Show , Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Richardson Civic Center.

Cliff Yeary hasn't been seen in pants for eight years. The kilt-wearing blacksmith of historic downtown Milford marches to his own drummer.

David R. Davidson, director of the Dallas Symphony Chorus and director of music and arts at Highland Park United Methodist Church, died Saturday.

Share + Aug 31, 2009 9:30 pm US/Central Reporting J.D. Miles NORTH TEXAS A new state law, taking effect September 1, is supposed to make the streets safer for children, but CBS 11 News has learned that it could actually put them more at risk.

Everyone knows the area in and around Dallas' gay entertainment district can be a dangerous place - especially at night.

By ALAN PEPPARD / The Dallas Morning News apeppard@dallasnews.com apeppard@dallasnews.com Flying Fish owner Shannon Wynne does not propose marriage like most men.

Prison Over Embezzlement from TX, OK Health Clubs 9/2/09 Associated Press September 2, 2009 Lubbock, Texas - An ex-bookkeeper for a company with health clubs in Texas and Oklahoma must serve 41 months in prison in an embezzlement case.