Five stories that have North Texas talking: 鈥淒allas鈥� TV stars are back in town, a little kid is making a big impact at Dallas City Hall, the Dallas Wind Symphony 鈥渂oldly goes where no band has gone before,鈥� and more.
The sinister scoundrels, the slime buckets, the scheming lovers: They鈥檙e baaaack! is in town to start filming season 3 of the reboot, and we assume they鈥檙e back to their back-stabbing ways. They started shooting late last week. You might bump into the stars around town. Well, maybe not. So your best bet might be to check them out on Twitter. tweeted a picture of himself sitting in the middle of a highway, taking a break from shooting. , who recently visited Austin and San Antonio, showed off his new Mercedes that he got in Plano. declared on Twitter: 鈥淥oooo Dallas. You're a chilly surprise this morning. Time to get bundled up. #顿补濒濒补蝉.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; , who just had a baby, she received 鈥� baby clothes with a Tootsie roll theme. Even , Dallas鈥� grande dame, is tweeting away: 鈥淢y first scene with my son John Ross (Josh Henderson) today! It's going to be a good Season!鈥� .
- A little guy making a big impact on Dallas City Council: The Dallas Morning News on a kid who鈥檚 trying to overcome a tough life and making connections with Dallas鈥� politicos. David Williams isn鈥檛 鈥渢all enough to see over the speakers鈥� podium, but he often has important business to discuss with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and his City Council colleagues. So every few weeks, the 12-year-old southeast Oak Cliff boy signs up to address city leaders on topics such as school safety and domestic violence. He sometimes comes with a PowerPoint presentation. When it appeared some council members were not listening to him at a February meeting, David asked, 鈥楧o you feel it is acceptable for City Council members to be up and walking while their constituents are addressing them?鈥欌�� He has met with Rawlings to discuss domestic violence and how it affects youth. David, who鈥檚 4 feet, 4 inches tall, wants to eventually be a politician known around the world.
- Six Flags Over Texas denies negligence: A Dallas woman fell to her death from the Texas Giant roller coaster over the summer, but Six Flags Over Texas is denying liability in the July accident. The Arlington theme park says in a court filing that it complied with inspections and maintenance procedures recommended by the German company that built the ride, the reported. The family of Rosa Esparza sued Six Flags last month, saying in court documents that she was upside down in her seat and holding on for 鈥渄ear life鈥� before she fell to her death. 鈥� the Texas Giant comes with new seat belts, as well as sample seats at the ride鈥檚 entrance so that customers can see if they will fit.
- The : 鈥淏oldly go where no band has gone before.鈥� The symphony performs Mars Attacks! tonight at 8 at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. The symphony 鈥渆xplores the frontiers of time and space, Hollywood style!鈥� performing music from creature features, including 鈥淎lien,鈥� 鈥淐lose Encounters of the Third Kind鈥� and 鈥淚ndependence Day.鈥� The best part: The concert features an audience costume contest. .
- Poet Laureate Reads Poetry At Austin College: , will offer a poetry reading at 4:30 p.m. today in the Caruth Administration Building at Austin College in Sherman. Young, , has published 12 books of poetry and one volume of prose on the aesthetics of poetry. He鈥檚 earned numerous awards and honors for his poetry, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Before we go, let鈥檚 start the morning off on a good note with the old-school 鈥淒allas鈥� theme:
