Sewers Overflowing in the Park Cities

Today’s Dallas Morning News story about sewer overflows in Highland Park amounts to a one-sentence update: “They’re still working on it” — of the story about the problem that we did, you know, nine months ago, in January.

DMN is Only 7 Months Behind Us

It’s not Zac Crain’s fault that he thinks he’s reporting news about University Park alley rules today over on Frontburner.

It’s just that Dallas Morning News staff writer Ian McCann has finally caught up to a story we told our readers last February.

Cutting Edge

Hey, Rod Dreher of the Morning News wrote an article this morning about his purchase and use of a non-powered reel mower, a subject we’ve discussed on this blog extensively.  Check it out.

I think we’re seeing the wave of the future here, and even the Morning News is catching up.

Stephanie Hutson’s Leaving Us This Week

Krista beat me to this, but I’ll add my one cent’s worth.

The role of an assistant managing editor is a tricky one, and requires someone who can wear many hats. Stephanie helped everyone on our editorial staff make this a better set of newspapers each week, while also being one of our champion bloggers. She is going to be missed by our staff. It’s difficult to show an adequate amount of appreciation for someone’s job well done, and I fear we’ll fall short in recognizing Stephanie today and tomorrow. But if a public ‘thank you’ can suffice for now, you have it here in writing from me on behalf of the rest of the staff.

Thank you for all you’ve done Stephanie, especially for all the little things you did that we don’t know that you did to make these papers get out each week.