THAT'S SO DALLAS No one in 2021 would say that Oak Cliff isn't known for its "complainers," with all due respect to squeaky wheels. But that wasn't the case in 1983, when the City of Dallas wanted to implement a plan to widen streets, eliminate sidewalks and create high-speed thoroughfares through historic neighborhoods. (Oak Cliff Advocate)
CATCH-UP False alarm: Police responded to an active shooter call at NorthPark Center Monday, but it turned out to be the sound of a guy banging his skateboard on the floor of the food court, not gun shots, that sent people running to the exits. (KXAS)
Q was here:Eddie Deen's Ranch welcomed QAnon followers during a convention this past weekend. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn suggested during a keynote speech that there should be an overthrow of the United States government similar to the one in Myanmar on Feb. 1, which resulted in at least 800 dead civilians and 3,000 others put in prison. (Market Watch)
Animal House: A former FBI agent who recently retired from the Dallas field office is accused of swindling a woman out of $800,000, telling her she was on "secret probation" for drug crimes. William Roy Stone Jr. of Colleyville faces up to 178 years in prison if convicted on multiple criminal charges. (New York Times)
Very off Broadway: None other than the New York Times recommends streaming Cara Mia Theater Co.'s production of "Ursula," a play about a Honduran girl who is stuck in a refugee center at the Texas border. (Details)
Uninformed: Why do police officers in Texas keep seizing legal hemp products? (Dallas Observer)
DINING & DRINKS Hot-hot-hot: Some people drove for five hours to Far North Dallas Friday for chicken. Dave's Hot Chicken is a Nashville-style chicken place that originally opened in East Hollywood, California, in 2017. (Dallas Morning News)
Trendy: Milk Bar offers its branded ice cream in Whole Foods starting June 1. (Dallas Morning News)
Sprouts is opening a new grocery store in the space previously occupied by Stein Mart on Mockingbird Lane in East Dallas. (Lakewood Advocate)
HARD NEWS Arrested: A Dallas Police officer was arrested Sunday in The Colony and charged with DWI, assault family violence and unauthorized carrying of a weapon. (KXAS)
Tons of guns: It was a violent weekend in Dallas. A pregnant woman leaving church was caught in crossfire near Skillman/Audelia Sunday afternoon; she delivered her baby at a hospital, and both mother and child are stable.
Nightclub shootings: A 34-year-old man died after he was shot inside a nightclub Downtown overnight Monday. A 21-year-old man is expected to survive a gunshot wound he received in the parking lot of a strip club off Stemmons Freeway around 2:30 a.m.
Car shooting: An 18-year-old man died and an unidentified woman was taken to the hospital after they were shot inside a parked car in Old East Dallas Saturday night. (KDFW)
