2 women shot in targeted attack on Uber Black vehicle

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 12/7 5:18A ShaCamree Gowdy

DALLAS Two women were shot early Saturday morning while riding in an Uber Black vehicle. Dallas police responded to the scene on N. Stemmons Serv Road near I-35 and Inwood around 5 a.m., according to a news release. When officers arrived, they...

The Story: A Father’s Journey to Capture the Border’s Untold Stories

Texas Monthly 12/6 5:36A Texas Monthly

Writer Oscar C sares had long seen the Texas-Mexico border as associated with spillover violence, crime, and drug cartels but he had another story in his bones. C sares teamed up with photographer...

Hudson House operator to open bistro combining cocktails, Parisian tastes in Snider Plaza

Dallas Business Journal 12/6 3:15A Alexa Reed

The new concept, which will be a Parisian bistro, will open at 6805 Snider Plaza.

The Sequel to ‘Hoop Dreams’ Is Happening in South Texas

Texas Monthly 12/4 5:06A Jeff Miller

The acclaimed 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams intimately followed the high school years of William Gates and Arthur Agee, two Chicago basketball stars who set their sights on following in the NBA...

Inside the Revamped 1850s-Era Home of a Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence

Texas Monthly 12/4 4:51A Cynthia J. Drake

Sometime before the Civil War, a horseshoe settled among tree roots near the home of James Gibson Swisher (1794 1862), a Texas Ranger and member of the group of signers of the Texas Declaration of...

Six Small-Town Christmas Festivals Worth the Drive

Texas Monthly 12/4 3:00A Anna Mazurek

Every December, more than 400,000 revelers flock to Zilker Park, in Austin, to admire some two million lights during the Trail of Lights holiday festival. Folks online always make the same wry...

An Insider’s Guide to Fredericksburg Wine

Texas Monthly 12/2 6:09A TM Studio

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Scientists Have Discovered a New Bee in Texas. It’s Blue and Lives Underground.

Texas Monthly 12/2 3:00A Christopher Collins

At any given time, the soil under Texans feet is active with an abundance of ground-dwelling critters, from venomous snakes and plump prairie dogs to redheaded centipedes, surly badgers, snapping...

Inside the Long-Awaited Renovations of Texas’s Psychiatric Hospitals

Texas Monthly 11/30 3:00A Dina Gachman

The curved blue wave pattern on the floors of the San Antonio State Hospital is meant to symbolize the River Walk, which runs a few miles to the north. A decorative quatrefoil shape on the exterior of...

Santa Claus makes grand arrival at NorthPark Mall Friday

NBC DFW 11/29 9:51A NBCDFW Staff

Santa Claus has returned to NorthPark Center for the holiday season. As shoppers filled the mall for Black Friday savings, Old Saint Nick took the stage to sing songs with children. Santa will be...

Deadline to adopt for Salvation Army Angel Tree fast approaching

NBC DFW 11/29 4:05A Alanna Quillen

Time is running out to change a life this holiday season. NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 are proud partners of the Salvation Army of North Texas Angel Tree giving program. The deadline to adopt an angel is...

The Second Time’s the Charm for This Barbecue Family South of Dallas

Texas Monthly 11/29 3:00A Daniel Vaughn

Darrell and Candi Boatman took a seven-year hiatus from the barbecue business. The couple closed Boatman s BBQ in Tolar, near Granbury, in 2017, and moved to Red Oak, just south of Dallas, to open a...

Thanksgiving Eve shooting leaves 2 men dead in McKinney; 2 suspects arrested

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 11/28 5:02A ShaCamree Gowdy

MCKINNEY, Texas McKinney police have made two arrests following a shooting that left two people dead the day before Thanksgiving. Christopher Perez, 18, and 21-year-old Josue Mejia, both from...

Seattle's Glassybaby to open first Texas store in NorthPark Center

Dallas Business Journal 11/27 4:11A Alexa Reed

The Seattle-based company is known for making versatile glass vessels that come in more than 400 colors and various designs. Each piece of glassware — whether a votive, rocker, vase or ornament — is individually hand blown by artisans in...

Santa Around Town begins December 16

UP Texas News 11/27 4:10A

Santa Claus is coming to town! Before he makes his annual trip around the world on December 25, Santa will be in UP touring the city's neighborhoods on a UPFD fire engine. The fun begins Monday, December 16 and continues through Friday, December 20.