Dallas City Councilwoman Angela Hunt scored a major political victory when she and TrinityVote secured over 80,000 signatures to force a referendum to alter the tollroad portion of the Trinity River project. Dallas City Secretary Deborah Watkins certified the signatures, and a November vote will allow Dallas voters decide the...
The sister who lead the campaign against BET's Hot Ghetto Mess is focused on a new effort. Gina McCauley has not targeted Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson for the way they have responded to a horrific gang rape that occurred in West Palm Beach, Florida. Gina has issued...
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and his wife worshiped with Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III and members of Friendship-West Baptist Church at the 8:00 a.m. service on Sunday. This is really not news but I have a personal reason for this particular post. I have lambasted politicians on this website for...
Dallas South takes a look back at stories from this week that readers need to scope out. 1. Glenna Whitley's cover article Chains of Evidence from the Dallas Observer dealt with Dallas County's history of convicting the innocent is a must read. 2. The Washington Post detailed Barack Obama who...
Miss Javante Allegra Ingram of Carrollton was crowned Miss Teen United States in Las Vegas this past Wednesday (Aug. 1). Miss Ingram is a 16 year-old junior at Carrollton's American Heritage Christian Academy. The pageant was held at Las Vegas' Orleans Hotel. Delegates between the ages of 16-19 competed in three categories: Judges Interview, Evening Gown,...
Washington, D.C. (August 1, 2007) Today, with Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's support, the House approved a bill renewing the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and reforming Medicare. CHIP provides grant money to states to provide health insurance for children whose families make too much money to qualify for Medicaid. The...
On Wednesday, the Dallas Morning News reported that Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins had not seen potentially fraudulent petition signatures relating to the Trinity River petition. Mr. Watkins has apparently since received some information regarding the signatures. "I can confirm that a packet from the City Secretary, Deborah Watkins,...
Jill Scott has released a hot new single titled Hate on Me, that is getting very limited airplay to date. This is often the case for artists like Ms. Scott, Common, and others who aren't from the cookie cutter mold of today's pop stars. I did however hear this song...
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church and their pastor Dr. Karry Wesley will host a Men's Summit this Friday and Saturday (August 3 & 4). Antioch is located at 7550 S. Hampton Road in Dallas. Speakers for the event include Pastor Bryan Carter of Concord, Pastor Denny Davis of St. John's,...
Here's a reminder that Dr. Frederick D. Haynes will sign copies of his new book Soul Fitness tonight starting at 7:00 p.m. I am posting a recap of the press release which ran on the site a couple of weeks ago. (DALLAS, Texas) – Each morning on K104FM, one of...
