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The Academy of Country Music Awards — colloquially dubbed country’s “party of the year” — kick off in Frisco today. The star-studded affair takes place at 7 p.m. at the Ford Center at The Star and will be hosted by Reba McEntire for the 18th time. For those tuning in remotely, the show will be livestreamed on Prime Video and Amazon Music’s Twitch channel.Performers will walk the red carpet this afternoon and The Dallas Morning News will be stationed there to chat with country’s biggest names and capture any eye-grabbing looks. The red carpet show will be streamed on Twitch…
People warned Rene Ramirez his fight to save El Milagro Ranch was lost long before it started.The powerful state of Texas would take his property – ranchland that had been in his family for eight generations – plow it over and build a divided four-lane highway. There wasn’t much left to argue, they said, except to negotiate the best price possible and accept the heartbreak. Then a curious thing happened. Ramirez won. And it’s a victory that could inspire far-reaching consequences for property owners across Texas.Relying on a strategy of persistence, strong political alliances and an unwavering commitment to his…
North Texas’ Catholic community reacted with surprise and excitement to Thursday’s news that Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Related:Watch live coverage: Who is the new pope? American Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIVPrevost, 69, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and led the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, took the name Leo XIV.Ron Rombs, dean and director of the University of Dallas Rome Program, said he was in his office at the University of Dallas’ Rome campus when he heard the news of…
American Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new pope and leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost took the name Leo XIV. (Scroll down to watch live coverage from Rome.)Pope Leo, wearing the traditional red cape of the papacy, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica about 70 minutes after white smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. “Peace be with you,” he said in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace and dialogue “without fear.”Aged 69 and originally…
VATICAN CITY — Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel again on Thursday morning as cardinals failed to agree on a successor to Pope Francis after two more rounds of conclave voting.The black smoke poured out at 11:50 a.m. Rome time after the second and third ballots to elect a pope to lead the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.With no one securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the 133 cardinals will return to the Vatican residences where they are being sequestered. They will have lunch and then return to the Sistine Chapel for the afternoon voting…
Robert Preston Morris, the founder of Dallas-area megachurch Gateway, was indicted in March on five counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child, according to a March 12 news release from the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office. Related:Will Robert Morris child abuse charges stick? Lawyers say statute of limitations is keyMorris’ initial court appearance is scheduled for May 9 at 10 a.m., according to a spokesperson for Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond. Morris is scheduled for a “pre-preliminary hearing” Friday, according to Osage County court records. At the hearing, attorneys have the opportunity to negotiate a plea bargain offer, and…
In the backyard of Paul Longoria’s Oak Cliff home, sparkling lowriders glide past a barber shop and taco joint before hopping along a parking lot. There’s even a gas station, police cars and palm trees with the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in the distance. How is this possible? It’s a track for miniature lowriders that fits within about 220 square feet. Longoria designed the track to reflect Jefferson Boulevard, which is filled with real-life lowriders every Sunday.“We have a big lowrider culture here. So I mean this is where the home of the lowriders is in Dallas, Oak Cliff,” said…
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Maybe Nico Harrison knew what he was doing.There may not have been enough room in the city of Dallas for two superstars of this caliber.Each night the Dallas Stars play, Mikko Rantanen continues to fill the Luka Doncic-sized hole in the hearts of sports fans across the city. He’s quickly making a case to be the city’s biggest superstar.Rantanen, whom the Stars acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes exactly two months ago, recorded a single-period hat trick for the second consecutive game, leading the Stars to a 3-2 victory in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series against…
As the city of Dallas begins budget talks for the next year, Dallas City Manager Kim Tolbert said Wednesday, “It’s going to be a painful summer.”City officials have asked departments to create an inventory of services and programs. The goal is to fund services the city deems priorities. As that process continues, outstanding concerns have already popped up. Seven months into the current fiscal year, there’s a $6.5 million revenue shortage to cover city expenses, and the gap could increase. Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.The city adopted a nearly $5 billion budget last year…
WINNIPEG — The Stars knew they were making a big move when they traded for Mikko Rantanen ahead of the trade deadline.But nobody could’ve been prepared for the impact he would have through his first eight playoff games in victory green.Rantanen recorded a single-period hat trick for his second consecutive game, leading the Stars to a 3-2 victory Wednesday in Game 1 of the second round against the Winnipeg Jets. His performance allowed the Stars to claim a Game 1 for the first time since 2020.Sports RoundupGet the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox.…