Oak Cliff News

Because we can all use a palate cleanser now and then--and, also, because there's never a wrong time to listen to RTB2 --check out the clip above, featuring Ryan Thomas Becker and Grady Sandlin performing their song "Whistle" in the still-under-reconstruction Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff.

The noise is louder than a rock concert and is supposed to save lives, but some Dallas residents don't want a tornado siren in their backyard.

A shooting in a residential neighborhood of southeast Oak Cliff left one man dead and another injured Saturday afternoon.

A Seagoville man was murdered late Friday night at a bus stop in Oak Cliff. Friday, just before midnight, police said four suspects got into an argument with the 19-year-old man in the 1800 Block of Ledbetter Dr.

Carol Lucky, CEO of the Child & Family Guidance Center, and Andy Wolfskill, COO, eagerly anticipate the impact the clinic can make on the community.

Dallas City Hall needs to make some decisions - and fast - about how to design the Continental Avenue pedestrian bridge over the Trinity River and whether to include a streetcar line that would run from downtown to West Dallas and Oak Cliff.

By BRUCE TOMASO / The Dallas Morning News btomaso@dallasnews.com / The Dallas Morning News Michael E. Young contributed to this report.

Bike Friendly Oak Cliff got into the Halloween spirit last weekend with their Terror On Two Wheels group ride through downtown Dallas.

After Jack Ruby made a huge splash by killing Lee Harvey Oswald on live television, Joyce Gordon became a ripple.

Embattled state Rep. Terri Hodge, whose federal bribery trial is scheduled just days after the March 2 Democratic primary, says her legal troubles won't deter her from running for an eighth term.

Talk about being seriously into the spirit of the times. Check out the scene at 1018 and 1022 N. Beckley Ave.

By TANYA EISERER and STEVE THOMPSON / The Dallas Morning News teiserer@dallasnews.com stevethompson@dallasnews.com One night this summer, Tony Briones fell asleep on the living room couch inside the apartment he shares with his wife and son.

By ED TIMMS and KEVIN KRAUSE / The Dallas Morning News etimms@dallasnews.com kkrause@dallasnews.com For several weeks, Will Hartnett watched deputy constables work a location near Woodall Rodgers Freeway, issuing traffic tickets "by the bushel." Similar scenes have played out elsewhere in Dallas County.

Down the long aisle at Concord Church, set off this Sunday by a soft, white border draped from pew to pew, the bride walked with stately deliberation, the crowd's applause ringing out as she glided toward her groom.

By MICHAEL E. YOUNG and CHRIS DELL / The Dallas Morning News Freelance writer Whitney Harris contributed to this report from Prairie View .

Donnie Wade Sr. waited today for a call that he knew would never come - the weekly call from an excited son eager to get home from college.

Two Dallas men who will share in a $4.6 million settlement for sex abuse victims stood Wednesday outside the church where they say a priest molested them and urged other victims to speak out.

Share + Oct 20, 2009 4:52 pm US/Central Reporting Marianne Martinez OAK CLIFF It's been more than two years since St.

The brother of a woman who died in a motorcycle accident is demanding answers after he discovered part of his sister's skull and brain hours after authorities had left the crash site.

Dallas police are trying to identify a body that was found dumped in tall weeds along railroad tracks near the intersection of Interstate 45 and Loop 12 in South Oak Cliff.