Lewisville couple designs ultra-energy-efficient home

| |Sunday, Nov. 08, 2009

In a few weeks, Amanda Ferguson will move into her energy-efficient dream home.Read more

Dallas-Fort Worth blood donors turn out in force, meet hospitals' need

| |Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009

Carter BloodCare asks residents to hold off on further donations until the holidays.Read more

State briefs: Man sentenced to life in prison for Dallas smoke shop killing

Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

Man gets life in prison for ’08 killing

DENTON — A 21-year-old man convicted in the 2008 killing of a customer at a Dallas smoke shop has been sentenced to life in prison. Arsenio Desmond Petty was convicted Wednesday of capital murder in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Rabeca Rae Kemp during what police say was a botched robbery attempt Dec. 30. Three other people were hurt. Denton County prosecutors did not seek the death penalty against Petty. A second defendant, 24-year-old Maurice Antione Hall of Allen, awaits trial on a capital murder charge. — The Associated PressRead more

SMU professor to head EPA's Dallas office

| |Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009

Al Armendariz has pushed for tighter controls on air pollution.Read more

SMU professor named EPA regional head

| |Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009

Al Armendariz has been named the regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's Dallas offfice.Read more

Texas A&M, Dallas Cowboys practice facilities had similar design flaws

| |Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

The structure appears to have been built using a flawed design like that linked to the collapse of the Cowboys practice facility.Read more

Dallas police arrest suspect in slaying of art institute student

|Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

A man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of killing a 20-year-old art institute student in September, police said.Read more

AirTran launching DFW-Milwaukee nonstops

| |Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

AirTran Airways, the low-fare Atlanta-based airline, is adding nonstop flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and Milwaukee as part of an expansion of service at the Wisconsin airport.Read more

Southwest Airlines pilots ratify new contract

| |Monday, Nov. 02, 2009

Negotiators hammered out the tentative five-year agreement for the airline and pilots union last month.Read more

Man arrested in killing of Dallas art student

|Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

Daniel Willyam, 26, was being held at the Lew Sterrett Justice Center in the killing of 20-year-old Samantha Michelle Nance and bond has been withheld.Read more