06/16/11 Having found his voice among the secret folk scene, Nick Stinson remains an outsider looking in by Chad Radford Shuffling along the decaying train tracks of the Beltline, Nick Stinson seems perfectly at home. His sandy blond hair, brown plaid shirt and cowboy boots blend in with the landscape of old tires, smashed bottles and rusted bits of metal scattered along the splintering railroad ties ...
06/16/11 State Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, has been one of the 10 best lawmakers of 2011, according to an influential biannual list by Texas Monthly. The magazine released its Best and Worst Legislators list with no explanation on Twitter Wednesday. A maga ...
06/11/11 Submitted Photo - Chamberlain Drive in Carrollton has recently been overwhelmed by egrets and heron. The May 23 city council meeting saw a new mayor sworn into office.
06/11/11 Some of the nation's fastest high school sprinters and hurdlers, including two sons of former U.S. Olympians, are expected to compete in today's 52nd Annual Golden West Invitational track and field meet at Folsom High School.
06/11/11 AUSTIN -- The Texas House approved a draft school finance law on Friday that could soften a $4 billion blow to the state's public schools. An amendment to the law, proposal by Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, would allow the state comptroller to spend ...
06/11/11 AUSTIN (AP) - The Texas House approved a draft school finance law on Friday that could soften a $4 billion blow to the state's public schools.
06/10/11 share: digg facebook twitter Conservative activists condemned the measure as soon as it passed with bipartisan support Thursday night, sending out e-mails and Twitter messages calling the move a betrayal of the pledges some Republican lawmakers made not to use more than $3.2 billion from the Rainy Day Fund. Vetoing it would force him to call another special session of the Legislature. Because ...
06/10/11 Some Republicans dissent, and lawmakers in both parties are worried about the impact on their school districts.
05/29/11 Dorothy M. (Hagen) Jacobs, 83, of El Paso, Texas and formerly of Carrollton and Plano, Texas; Delafield, Wisconsin; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Jackson, Tennessee; South Bend, Indiana; Cullman, Alabama; Elyria, Ohio; Madison, Sheboygan, Eau Claire and Osseo, Wisconsin, died Wednesday morning, May 25, 2011. Born September 14, 1927 in Osseo to Guy and Emma Hagen, she [...]
05/27/11 New protections against Home Owner Association abuse are headed to Governor Perry's desk. They come just days after the reforms appeared dead.
05/23/11 Editor's note: The Eagle-Tribune will feature a Boston Bruins Fan of the Day every day the Bs stay in the hunt for the Stanley Cup. Here is today's fan. Deep in the heart of Texas, transplanted Lawrence native Kayla Percy is rooting the Boston Bruins on their way to the Stanley Cup.
05/22/11 John Cox of DeBary, Fla. caught a five-bass limit weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces Sunday to lead wire-to-wire and win $100,000 at the Walmart FLW Tour on the Red River presented by OFF! with a four-day catch of 20 bass weighing 48-8.
05/21/11 John Harris and Alexis Franklin were the individual stars, but visiting schools from Charles County and St. Mary's County took home the team titles at the Class 4A-3A East Region track and field meet, held yesterday at Chesapeake High. Franklin had another amazing meet in leading Old Mill to second place on the girls side. Franklin won three individual events (100- and 300-meter hurdles and 400 ...
05/17/11 Prestonwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, providing skilled nursing and physical therapy services, is proud to announce the launch of their new website, http://www.prestonwoodrehab.com. The new website design reflects the rich, warm feeling of the staff and the luxury rehabilitation center.
05/16/11 University students and staff in North Texas will soon have another option to get to and from classes
05/14/11 The Carrollton Famers Branch ISD is getting ready to implement its new grading system to help students become more prepared for their end-of-course exams. The term "more rigorous" is being used more frequently within the district and the same goes for the replacement of the TAKS test, STAAR.
05/13/11 To celebrate the newly release CoffeeGIANT Android App, the JavaSpot contest sponsored by CoffeeGIANT.com will award four participants with a Motorola Xoom WiFi Android Touch Tablet. (Retail Value $599)
05/13/11 Collin County's Texas Senate district lines could remain unchanged if a redistricting proposal released Wednesday by Senate redistricting committee chairman Ken Seliger is approved.
05/13/11 UT Southwestern physicians perform rare fetal surgery to correct Twin-Twin Transfusion syndrome (TTTS), a life-threatening condition in which the placenta is shared unequally by identical twins.
05/11/11 Who says you can't play tennis while sitting? For the last 30 years, wheelchair participants have been proving that you can, and they will prove it again Thursday through Sunday at the at the 31st Annual Texas Open Wheelchair Championships in Carrollton. | 
