University Park News

The University Park Plan and Zoning Commission meeting has drawn a standing-room-only, overflow crowd this evening.

October 31 Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor, 12:26 a.m. Boaz Hall A student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for underage drinking.

By KIRK DOOLEY Kirk Dooley is a University Park writer. The results are in. Buddy Macatee's new book, Lonesome Pine , has touched a nerve with Park Cities and Dallas readers.

By KIRK DOOLEY Kirk Dooley is a University Park writer. Cameron Caldwell had the biggest thrill of anybody in Dallas during the recent Texas-OU weekend.

George W. Bush's presidential library is not scheduled to open until 2013 but potential traffic kinks are already being studied.

A new traffic study commissioned by the Bush Foundation concluded that the "existing transportation system can adequately accommodate" the new presidential library - but University Park officials are withholding judgment for at least a couple of weeks.

By KIRK DOOLEY Kirk Dooley is a University Park writer. Who cooks the best chili in the Park Cities? Maybe it's you.

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.

From soccer nets to basketball goals, front yards in University Park are dotted with big stuff kids play on or with, and it's all legal - except for the tree house in Matthew and Amanda Johnson's front yard.

The Bush Foundation has recently asked University Park officials to rezone land so that it can proceed with plans for the presidential library.

The issue of a treehouse in the front yard - which is a city code violation in University Park - goes before the City Council again today.

Reporter Lori Stahl covers the Park Cities and North Dallas. The community is encouraged to contribute by joining the conversation on this blog.

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.

An extensive multimillion-dollar residential and commercial development along the Rio Grande in the Amigoland area could be suspended and might never come to fruition.

With the recent upgrade in lighting along both sides of Bishop Boulevard, SMU students may feel more secure walking on campus at night.

Share + Sep 30, 2009 3:39 pm US/Central Reporting Marianne Martinez UNIVERSITY PARK Police arrested a University Park woman this week for prostitution.

Southern Methodist University Friday settled a lawsuit with a former condominium owner in a land dispute over the site of George W. Bush's presidential library, an attorney for the university said.

A University Park single mom accused of prostitution this week claims she is a massage therapist running an honest business out of her home and that she moved to the area for the good schools, according to Park Cities People .

A 44-year-old woman who lives in a rental house in University Park faces charges for allegedly running a prostitution operation there.

The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at Southern Methodist University has been placed on deferred suspension after it hosted a fundraising event that involved underaged drinking, became unruly and caused damage to Burleson Park, a school official said.