Laura Miller says the $1.5-billion high-speed toll road has become “just an airplane runway instead of a park.” In 2003, she backed what was supposed to be a low-speed, four-lane parkway.

With nearly a dozen parades this weekend, there's bound to be one near you.

Spending on the opening of the George W. Bush Library, changing athletic conferences and other high-dollar items have pushed SMU's debt to capacity and forced cutbacks.

Ryan Lara, 15, who was battling cancer, was shot and killed outside his home last month. Four teens have now been charged with capital murder in connection with his death.

The House approval comes more than five years after Army Maj. Nidal Hassan's shooting rampage that killed 13 and injured 32 others at Fort Hood.

Forecast: Cloudy with a slight chance of rain on Friday. High of 76. Hold on, we need to double check that. Yes, 76. Bleh. Saturday will be partly cloudy, but with a high of only 61. Sunday will be cooler still, high of 55.

No 8-8 this year! With their 41-28 win tonight over da Bears, the Cowboys are 6-0 on the road and 9-4 this season. Full coverage at sportsdaydfw.com

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Big oil and bigger stories. It's tales like this that remind us that some oilmen's lives truly were as big as Texas.

The $1.6 billion upscale Wade Park in Frisco will be home to this luxury hotel.

Some believe the girls killed in Irving in 2008 were victims of honor killings.

Leslie Brenner says Michael Ehlert, the new top chef at the redesigned restaurant at the Hotel Lumen, is "a keeper."

This weekend is packed with fun events, and GuideLive.com brings you some great ones you shouldn't miss. Let us know which one you choose!

Night club owners want the Cowboys player to be liable for damages in a separate suit that was filed by Jerry Brown's father.

Former Kaufman County JP Eric Williams has been found guilty of capital murder for the slaying of Cynthia McLelland over Easter weekend 2013.

“We all have a lease on life. We don’t have ownership, so you better do things you want to do,” Keith Lynch said of his wake-up call that was sparked by the passing of his mother and a close friend.

TBT: Throwing it all the way back to 1967 (which happened to be a VERY good year). This groovy cover is interactive. Check it out.

An accidental shooting leaves one teen dead in South Arlington.

Thursday: Cloudy, with a 30 percent chance of showers most of the day. High of 65. There's a 50 percent chance that some teenagers might not know it's raining unless a friend Snapchats a picture of rain with a hand-drawn sad face and an umbrella over it. And a 60 percent chance that some adults don't know what "the Snapchats does."

Peggy Young, who became pregnant when she worked part-time at UPS in 2006, was placed on unpaid leave when her doctor ordered to not lift anything weighing more than 20 pounds. That meant six months of no salary. The Supreme Court is now hearing the case.

After receiving an "immediate jeopardy" warning from inspectors in October, the hospital is now in full compliance.

The $40 million project, called The Pavilion at The Music Factory, will be capable of switching from a 4,000-seat indoor theater to an outdoor amphitheater with double that capacity.

This one will make your brain hurt.

The 21-story high-rise at Commerce and Ervay streets may become a Hampton Inn.

Scott Panetti's execution has been halted. His attorneys are asking for new competency tests because of his documented history of mental illness.

Put on your hat and gloves (or shorts, depending on the night), fill that thermos with cocoa and pack some cookies. It's time to take in all things twinkly.

A man in his 90s shot his wife in the head and turned the gun on himself at an assisted-living facility in Keller.

Fresh Market grocer is the new grocer in town (this week) and will open the first of four area stores today. The 24,000-square-foot store is larger than a Trader Joe’s but smaller than Whole Foods.

Here's the latest on the new Cowboys headquarters. There will even be a 12,000-seat indoor stadium that will be used as the home field for high school football games.

Wednesday's forecast: It'll be cloudy with a high of 62. Slight chance of rain starting around 5 p.m., and rain more likely later tonight. And there's an 80 percent chance that your neighbor will add one more string of lights and/or an inflatable this weekend.

Yes, you read that right. The 81st anniversary of the end of prohibition is December 5th and you'll find some great drink specials at a few local taverns.

Dish Network customers can expect nothing but static on CBS beginning 6 p.m. Thursday if the two can't reach an agreement.

The $1.5 billion Trinity Parkway project could finally come to life or die, depending on voters in May.

Trulucks built a whole new restaurant, and S&D Oyster Company is expanding. See what else is happening in the Uptown dining scene.

It's no longer which hospital is closest. Instead patients are searching for which hospital provides the best gourmet food, or even valet parking.

Nothing says action like Chuck Norris or Jesus Christ, right?

It's official. “I really believe more than ever that it’s the right thing to do,” Rawlings said.

We know you've been waiting for the losing Cowboys memes. Wait no more.

Teachers can write-off up to $250 each year for personal money spent on their classrooms, but that tax break is set to expire unless lawmakers move quickly. http://d-news.co/Fdw2M

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Tuesday's forecast: It will be in the low 30s around sunrise and stay chilly all morning. Then in the late afternoon, we will warm up; the high for today will be 47 around 9 p.m. We'll be in the 50s and 60s for most of the week after that.

It's not too early to wear my kitten-in-a-stocking, hand-knit Christmas sweater, is it?

The University of Texas System is focused on graduation rates, its chancellor says, but not all students can finish in four years.

"Any right-thinking adult (or left-thinking one) would know that it’s way out of bounds to publicly call out kids ... whether it’s the president’s children or the next-door neighbor’s,' writes Tod Robberson.

Prostitutes outside of big cities are hidden from view in brothels or on posts on websites such as Craigslist and Backpage[dot]com. That's why, officials in Denton and Collin counties say, what works in Dallas County doesn't work for them.

What would U2 sound like without Bono? You can find out ...

The power of the hands-up symbol was evident today as protesters across the country walked off the job or away from class in support of the Ferguson protesters.

How a one-time car salesman swindled millions from Dallas’ wealthy elite.

Can we keep him? Pleeeeease?

Fewer people shopped over the long Thanksgiving weekend than last year. Did you sit out this Black Friday?

At 91, the oldest House member ever's 34-year career in Washington is ending.

UPDATE: Eric Williams' trial has begun in Rockwall. The former JP is charged with three counts of capital murder. His wife, who is also charged in the cases, is expected to be a witness against her soon to be ex-husband. The latest: http://d-news.co/Fa64S

Monday's forecast: While you were sleeping, it dropped about 20 degrees. It should be around 35 at sunrise, with a 20 percent chance of rain. Fewer clouds in the afternoon. A hard freeze is expected tonight. Go ahead. With winds of 18 mph from the north, wear those ear muffs. We won't judge.

America’s children deserve to know where they’ll sleep tonight. Yet 1 out of every 30 youngsters across the U.S. is homeless, according to a study just released by the National Center on Family Homelessness.

Monday is World AIDS Day. I live with both the triumph and disaster of AIDS every day. While the HIV virus is not in my body, it has left its mark within my being, says LGBTQ insider columnist Cece Cox.

Need a new Mexican restaurant to try? A new tamale kitchen just opened in Trinity Groves, west of downtown Dallas.

Texans take the best pictures.

The path to becoming full-time missionaries started long ago for Tom and Becky Brockelman of Sherman. They started their new life in West Africa in November 2010. “We knew that God was calling us to go there. I’ve never had any second thought on what we were meant to do. I’ve never had any doubt that God led us there,” Tom said.

Caring Santa events offer a controlled sensory-friendly environment for children with special needs. Events will be held at Galleria Dallas, Firewheel Town Center in Garland, Grapevine Mills and North East Mall in Hurst.

We might help kids prepare for the workplace by focusing more on flexibility and the ability to work with different types of people, writes one of our Teacher Voices columnists.

Police officer Darren Wilson has resigned from Ferguson PD.

Worried about killer computers? So is billionaire technology guru Elon Musk. In August, Musk — the mind behind Tesla Motors, the CEO of SpaceX and co-founder of PayPal — said that artificial intelligence, popularly known as AI, is “potentially more dangerous than nukes.”