Richardson News Archives

Cats , the longest continuously running touring show in U.S. history, will be at 7:30 p.m. on Nov.

The man once accused of killing a car salesman during a test drive will no longer stand trial for murder.

Best-selling novelist Anne Rice has not led a normal life. At least not what most would have expected of a former features editor for Richardson High School's student newspaper, The Talon, circa 1959.

Richardson Public Library , TX, located in a city of 100,000 that shares a border with Dallas, has ended free reciprocal borrowing with the Dallas Public Library , effective October 1. RPL also has reduced its participation in the TexShare program, which enables borrowing among participating libraries, and allows only one item to be borrowed at a ...

Houston electricity and natural gas retailer Direct Energy said Monday it will be shutting down a call center in Richardson and laying off 85 staff members permanently.

Community and school activities: Berkner Band low brass drill instructor, Berkner soccer team, Andromeda Soccer Club, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and Peer Helpers My hobbies are: painting, sketching, baking and running The words people use to describe me are: ambitious, artistic and articulate I'm most proud of: the Berkner Band trombone ...

More than 1,000 guests toured the 25,000-square-foot facility on Plano Road at last Saturday's grand opening.

Headed to the Richardson Public Library to find your next good read? If you're a Dallas resident, be ready to pay a hefty fee.

Doubletree Hotels has announced the opening of the 296-room Doubletree Hotel Dallas/Richardson. Situated along the Richardson Telecom Corridor approximately 15 miles north of downtown Dallas, this newest Texas Doubletree location is just minutes from the University of Texas at Dallas and more than 500 high-tech and telecom companies.

As a science teacher at Mesquite's Gentry Elementary School, Beverly Murray-Ferrell made good use of the woods just outside her classroom, going out to collect leaves, bugs and spiders to use in her lessons.

Monday, October 26th at 7:00 p.m. the Richardson Independent School District will showcase marching bands from all four of its high schools performing their University Interscholastic League competition shows.

From the bizarre time warp that is "reality" television, the remaining local contestant on the popular Lifetime design show, "Project Runway," Thursday night again heard the words she clearly dreaded: "Shirin, you're out." More than a year after she heard them the first time during taping.

Glenn Morshower in a photo the great Danny Hurley grabbed at the Sci-Fi Expo in Richardson back in April .

Two former employees of the University of Texas at Dallas Police Department have sued the school, alleging they were fired for blowing the whistle on their boss over possible criminal activity.

Last year, the Prairie Creek Garden Club in Richardson had money and went looking for a community project to spend it on.

An Arizona-based debt settlement company accused in a lawsuit of preying on people who can't pay their bills has been ordered to pay nearly $200,000 in penalties for defrauding customers in New York state.

By KAREL HOLLOWAY / The Dallas Morning News kholloway@dallasnews.com / The Dallas Morning News Jeffrey Weiss contributed to this report.

To students at Automatic Driving Schools, a driver education business with three locations and an affiliate, Oct.

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

The police blotter summarizes crime reported in Richardson through Sept. 30 and is organized alphabetically by street and numerically by block.

A debate over school attendance zone changes in Plano is highlighting the struggle between fostering diversity and allowing children to attend their neighborhood schools.

Looking at photo No. 2, she knew Thomas McGowan was the man who had beaten, raped and held her at knifepoint in her Richardson home.

God's Food Pantry has had its prayers answered - at least for now. Last week, it was reported that the 12-year-old organization was two weeks away from closing.

Oct 8, 2009 - MacuCLEAR, Inc. and Mystic Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced today preliminary successful results of a Phase Ib Clinical Trial for the treatment and prevention of the progression of Age Related Macular Degeneration .

Authorities are investigating the gunshot deaths of a couple and their son who police said died in an apparent double murder-suicide. Irving police spokesman David Tull said they were found in their Valley Ranch area home Wednesday morning.

Police in Tyler issued an Amber Alert on Wednesday for a 13-year-old girl who was last seen at a Richardson restaurant.

If you are looking for some of the best Asian food around, visit Genroku Sushi and Grill, located at 400 North Greenville Avenue in Richardson, Texas.

A high school student in Richardson has becomes Dallas County's fifth swine flu-related death.

DeSoto entrepreneur Gail Warrior-Lawrence is a poster child for investment in businesses led by women.

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A 61-year-old man was fatally injured Friday after falling over an embankment while trying to retrieve his golf ball at Sherrill Park Golf Course, police said.

School counselor Leslie Laws has been working Saturdays, staying late through the week and taking extra work home at night.

Several events this weekend are marking the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Pets must be on a leash or in carriers.

For all the social heat that secular rap music has taken through the years through questionable music videos and discomforting still images deemed inappropriate for youth, society would be well served to discover a positive side of and a different crew representing this genre.