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State Fair of Texas rakes in $54.5 million in coupons but falls short of record
The State Fair of Texas closed its 2017 run Sunday, logging 2.2 million visitors and $54.5 million in coupon sales -- second-best in the festival's history, fair officials said.
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Tristan Hallman
Dallas judge awards State Fair of Texas more than $200k in open records lawsuit
The money could pay for a lot of corny dogs, but it won't -- legal fees made up the bulk of the award.
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5 years ago today, fans mourned the fiery demise of Big Tex, a State Fair icon since 1952
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Police identify man slain in shooting near State Fair of Texas
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State Fair of Texas asks customers how they'd feel if festivities weren't at Dallas' Fair Park
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State Fair of Texas star: $94,000 pickup tricked out with massaging seats and enough muscle to tow a jet
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We recommend a 'yes' vote on Dallas Proposition C, to preserve and repair Fair Park
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Petting zoo giraffe at State Fair of Texas removed after behavior that alarmed guests
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Claire Z. Cardona
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Tom Steele
Watch: State Fair of Texas game is no match for Dallas Cowboys legend Roger Staubach
Hall-of-Famer Roger Staubach stopped by the aptly named Quarterback Club booth during his visit to the fair on opening day.
Five years after the fire, Big Tex burns bright as a punk art icon
Here's how Dallas stops Big Tex from stomping all over Fair Park and City Hall
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Maria Halkias
Dallas' Exposition Park joins growing list of sites seeking Amazon HQ2
Exposition Park is located just across from the entrance to Fair Park and at a DART green line stop.
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Norma Adams-Wade
Battle of Prairie View A&M, Grambling State football teams and bands is mere weeks away
The Oct. 7 showdown at the Cotton Bowl brings with it parties, golf, State Fair fun and a battle of Dallas-area high school bands.
State Fair of Texas agrees to pay full $1M cost of Dallas police overtime
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Tristan Hallman
8 Dallas sites you might not know have links to the Confederacy
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Ties to the Confederacy go as far back as the city's founder himself.
Mother of 6 killed in hit-and-run after truck jumps curb
Why low-rent landlords are blowing off the rules a year after Dallas vowed crackdown on neglected homes
Shooting triggers SWAT response at historic mansion near Fair Park
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Eline de BruijnThe shooting was reported about 11:20 a.m. in the 2600 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, police records show.
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Mark Lamster
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Proposed Dallas budget helps lift the working poor and enhance southern Dallas neighborhoods
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A Wisconsin teen's dream of a 3-day music festival to help fallen officers' families needs a dose of reality
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Robert WilonskyI hope everything a 19-year-old from Wisconsin named Zak Chaouki is promising comes to fruition. But I am wary, too.
In the middle of a bike-share war, Dallas better learn to enjoy the ride
Google unveils powerful search tool to find honest repair people, giving Google even more power
The filmmaker son of 'Dandy' Don Meredith descends on Dallas for 'First Cowboys'
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Michael GranberryDoes Fair Park need a $50M face lift? Dallas City Council could let voters decide
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Tristan HallmanVoters in November could decide whether to spend $50 million for a face lift of the a park that is fading into the past and still has an uncertain and hotly debated future.