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Dallas, TX , March 8, 2014 - - The Dallas Genealogical Society is pleased to announce its 2014 Writing Contest for original material on topics of interest to genealogists and family historians.

Teenage girls who are looking for a prom dress can make plans on passing by the Martin Luther King Jr. Branch Library on Saturday.

A highway sign alerts drivers on Interstate 35E to air pollution conditions in Dallas.

Texas' revamped Water Development Board has recommended that a potential new North Texas reservoir remain in the state water plan, and the tacit approval is an alarming signal to opponents of the project.

Actually, it's the second go-around for the Dallas Chamber Symphony International Piano Competition, co-sponsored with Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts.

A man was arrested at a rental home owned by Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins after police found cocaine, marijuana and guns inside the house, according to court records obtained Saturday by The Dallas Morning News .

What you see here is just a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of my sitdown with Peter Weller, who was in town earlier this week for the University of North Texas' Emerald Eagle Honors wingding at the Meyerson.

Handmade lace requires dozens of bobbins and pins. The work is done on thick paper atop a firm pillow.

Law enforcement teams assigned to the North Texas Trafficking Task Force executed state search warrants Wednesday arresting 21 foreign-national women at 10 Dallas massage parlors suspected of operating as fronts for the illegal sex industry and harboring illegal aliens.

The Fortress of Solitude , the Dallas Theater Center's big new musical I have mentioned a few times before, starts previews tonight.

We already know that Texas has outpaced the rest of the nation when it comes to adding jobs since 2000 and especially since the Great Recession of 2007-09.

Today is D Academy's education day. We're holed up in a classroom at Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy.

I wasn't surprised when Trompo Loco closed last year, after a brief tenure in the Highland Mart on Carroll Street in East Dallas.

Dallas Police tell NBC 5 they arrested a woman for shooting a man outside of a Downtown Dallas bar Friday morning.

A fight at a downtown Dallas club led to a shooting that injured one and the arrest of a woman early Friday morning.

Adam Lambert has never paid attention to the haters, and he won't start now as the lead singer for the rock band Queen on their upcoming summer tour.

Dallas City Council members had no trouble finding words to describe their feelings when confronted yesterday with a $9.6 billion to-do list of infrastructure needs that runs the gamut from streets to cultural facilities to flood management.

Of all the mysterious inner workings of Dallas City Hall, few are as inscrutable as the plainly named Housing Department.

A Frisco police vehicle sits outside the home where a Arnav Dhawan was found dead on Jan. 29 in an empty bathtub, wrapped in a cloth and surrounded by plastic bags.

The annual Out of the Loop Fringe Festival begins tonight out in Addison at the WaterTower Theatre, which of course means nearly two weeks of music, theater, and occasionally, musical theater.