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How the Denver ‘rock star’ who might well be Dallas ISD’s next superintendent is settling into her new life

Susana Cordova, DISD deputy superintendent, speaks with second grader Kaylee Rosas about her class assignment during a tour of Tom Gooch Elementary School.

Susana Cordova, who led Colorado’s largest school district, talks about why she left her employer of 31 years and the city where she was born and raised.

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What did last week’s elections tell us about the GOP’s hope for a comeback?

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Elizabeth Olsen to play Dallas-area ax killer Candy Montgomery in HBO Max series

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North Texas egg farm lands deal with major grocer after winter storm damage

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How can a one-minute kindergarten test help teachers tackle the ‘Covid slide?’

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DMA exhibition reveals why Juan Gris is more important than you thought

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Texas House passes contentious ‘heartbeat bill’ restricting abortion

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Fire erupts in Carrollton after 18-wheeler backs into transformer, officials say

It was unclear whether there were any injuries.

McKinney City Council will meet to declare Justin Beller winner of council race after opponent’s withdrawal

Texas political consultant accused in scheme to swap money, campaign contributions for hemp permits

Kendall Karsen’s Upscale Soulfood to open second location in DeSoto

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly chatted with a flight attendant during a trip to Denver International Airport in June.

Southwest Airlines will hire flight attendants again as demand returns to air travel

Dallas-based Southwest could start training classes for flight attendants as early as this summer and is hiring for ground employees nationwide.

By Kyle ArnoldMember Exclusive

Dallas’ RedBird redo hits a home run with first-phase apartments

House hunters’ lament: Rising prices and scarce listings roil Dallas-area buyers

Transportation firm cuts 357 jobs in Denton and Tarrant counties after losing school bus contract

Ryan and Taylor Hollingshead, center right, and their children Huck, right, 4, Quinn, center, 3, and a 2-year-old foster baby pose for a portrait at their home in Richardson on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Ryan and Taylor have been active foster parents for a few years, and they’re in the process of finalizing the adoption process on their current foster child, who just turned two. The family requested his face and name not be used before the adoption process is finalized.

For FC Dallas defender Ryan Hollingshead and wife Taylor, foster parenting offers lessons and fulfillment

Hollingshead, a mainstay with FCD, and his family are in the process of adopting a young boy whom they have fostered.

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Cowboys’ lack of defensive leadership creates challenges upon 2021 draft class’s arrival

Critics decry Democratic chairman’s push to pass transgender sports bill as an act of retaliation

Against all odds, Mavericks gain momentum with logic-defying win over Nets

Because of its repeated use on television news, this photo of a cinnamon roll beside a hailstone came to represent an April 28, 2021 storm that hit Keller, Texas.

How one hailstone became the best-known of all the hail falling that night

We’re sure a tornado is about to hit our house. It doesn’t, and minutes later they’re talking about my wife on the TV news.

By Dave LieberOpinion

From church to a local bar district, the COVID-19 vaccine is coming a place near you

Jails should be equipped to prevent what happened to Marvin Scott

What did last week’s elections tell us about the GOP’s hope for a comeback?

Some of the hens gather behind the barn where they can drink fresh water and walk freely at Cedar Ridge Free Range farm in Pickton, Texas on Saturday, February 27, 2021.

North Texas egg farm lands deal with major grocer after winter storm damage

Cedar Ridge Egg Farm lost all 10,500 of its chickens after a storm killed hundreds and stopped the rest from laying eggs.

By Claire Ballor

Rooftop restaurant at RH on Knox Street is the new, fashionable place to eat in Dallas

‘I’m proud of it’: How ‘Mama Nazy’ and her sons started Cafe Izmir 25 years ago

Team behind Monarch restaurant opening Etta in downtown Dallas’ East Quarter in 2022

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Candy Montgomery leaves court in 1980. Montgomery was found innocent of murdering her Wylie neighbor Betty Gore.

Elizabeth Olsen to play Dallas-area ax killer Candy Montgomery in HBO Max series

This year's Plano AsiaFest, highlighting the cultures of Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Bangladesh, India and Nepal, will be online.

Fun things to do this month in Dallas-Fort Worth — online, outdoors and more

The swimming pool area at the new Palladium RedBird apartments is almost finished.

Dallas’ RedBird redo hits a home run with first-phase apartments

The exterior of RH as seen from the corner of Cole Avenue and Knox Street.

RH Dallas brings a new shopping experience and more reasons to head to Knox Street

Dried hemp plants are sorted and trimmed at Hepworth Farms in Milton, N.Y., Monday, April 12, 2021. Farmers dealing with depressed prices for plants that produce CBD extract are eager to take part in a statewide marijuana market expected to generate billions of dollars a year once retail sales start. They already know how to grow and process cannabis plants, since hemp is essentially the same plant with lower levels of THC, marijuana's active ingredient. Now they're waiting on rules that will allow them to switch seeds. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Texas political consultant accused in scheme to swap money, campaign contributions for hemp permits

Dallas Cowboys middle linebacker Jaylon Smith (54) smashes helmets with outside linebacker Sean Lee (50) as they get fired up to face the Philadelphia Eagles at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, October 20, 2019.

Cowboys’ lack of defensive leadership creates challenges upon 2021 draft class’s arrival

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Arlington woman gets 6 years in prison for mailing meth that her son sold on the ‘dark web’