“Where did you go for vacation?” Colorado? Hawaii? Clark Crawford will tell you he’s been to Hell and back. And he’ll do it with a smile on his face. “God has done something in me. People who knew me ‘back when’ can’t believe I’m the same person,” he said. Crawford is a native East Dallasite and graduate of Bryan Adams High School, (’79). His life has been riddled with just about every hard thing you can imagine: gambling addiction, alcoholism...

If you or someone you know is looking to rent a house in East Dallas, be careful to check that the house you choose is not listed as a scam. A group of unknown con artists are pulling information about houses that are up for sale and listing them online as available for lease, thereby fooling people into giving them money for the house. Bill Head, communication director for MetroTex Association of Realtors, said these scams have been going on ...

“Seeing is believing,” says the old proverb. For eleven Woodrow Wilson High School students, seeing themselves on a college campus helped them believe they can master the experience of college. The students, all rising seniors from Woodrow who applied and were selected for the program, attended a three-day Leadership Camp on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce (TAMU-C) in June. This camp was exclusively for Woodrow students. The agenda...

Robin Norcross, principal in Christy/Norcross/Thomas Real Estate Group, spoke to the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands at its regular Friday morning meeting on July 13 about current events in the Lake Highlands community. Norcross first gave the audience a brief update on the activities of the recently organized Lake Highlands Branding Committee. This committee brings together for the first time representatives from the major civic organization...

Sally Ride, first U.S. woman in space, died at age 61. Ride, the first American woman in orbit – and blessed with the finest astronaut name for all time: Say it out loud, “Doctor Sally Ride!” – and a leader for science education, died on Monday at her home in the San Diego community of La Jolla at age 61. Her company, Sally Ride Science, said that the cause was pancreatic cancer, an illness she endured for 17 months. Ride entered the history o...