AltWeeklies Wire
Paying the Pipernew
Legal bills mount as Dallas County defends its failed jail health systems.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
12-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Reverse Ratnew
Former informant Roy Combs claims he was double-crossed by Dallas police.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
11-14-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Highway Robberynew
Crime doesn't pay? -- tell that to truck cargo thieves.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
11-14-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Little Lost Boys ... and Girlsnew
Is the move to privatize Child Protective Services leaving huge gaps in care?
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
11-07-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Splitsvillenew
No border fences make for mad neighbors in Farmers Branch.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
11-07-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
The Other Immigrantsnew
Sima Cheregosha knows what it's like to make a new home in a strange place -- but she has little sympathy for people who do it illegally.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
11-07-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Corndogglenew
Dallas is banking on ethanol, but is it the fuel of the future or a barrel of pork?
Dallas Observer |
Mark Stuertz |
10-31-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Caught Coldnew
Manny Reyes' job as Fort Worth's cold-case detective bears little resemblance to those on television and in the movies.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
10-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Blacked Outnew
Dallas County deputy fights transfer orders after he pulls over NAACP branch president.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
10-16-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Undue Processnew
Want to send an innocent man to prison for life? Judge Karen Greene is ready to help.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
10-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Visit to Agapenew
"I sense the spirit of Peter Jennings on you -- are you a reporter?"
Dallas Observer |
Stephanie Morris |
09-26-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Strong Enough?new
A new test for Dallas firefighters is slammed as being too easy.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
09-19-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Ripnew
When does an evacuee cease to be a guest and become a pain?
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
09-12-2006 |
Disasters
Cruising With the Whore Copnew
Officer Terry Peters knows just about every hooker in town, and they love him -- because he keeps them alive.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
09-12-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Out of Focusnew
A shift in AIDS funding from services to drugs threatens poor patients.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
08-22-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
