Rick Holter
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Dallas, TX, United States
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2 TV Towers Vandalized In Wichita Falls; KERA's Comes Tumbling Down
Police said someone cut the guy wires to a pair of broadcast towers early Friday morning. Gusty winds sent one tower to the ground; the other is damaged but still standing. → Read More
Public TV's Lyn Seymour, A Veteran Of KERA And PBS, Dies Of COVID-19 In Tampa
Lyn Seymour, a longtime television producer at KERA and programming leader at PBS, died Tuesday night in Tampa after testing positive for COVID-19, her → Read More
Adrian Beltre, The Texas Rangers' Dominican Trailblazer, Hangs Up His Cleats
Adrian Beltre, the third baseman whose defensive wizardry and infectious personality animated the Texas Rangers for the past eight years, retired Tuesday. → Read More
Fort Worth's 'Big, Audacious Goal': Get All Kids Reading On Grade Level By 3rd Grade
Fort Worth has set an ambitious goal: to have every third grader reading on grade level by 2025. That's the key milestone for a public-private effort → Read More
Why Does The NCAA Tournament Love Texas? 'It's A Sports-Crazy Place'
March Madness has a lot of Lone Star flavor this year. A record seven Texas schools made the NCAA men’s basketball tournament this year, and the Final Four → Read More
Helping Kids Like Himself 'Combines Passion And Purpose,' Says Big Thought's New CEO
One of the most influential education nonprofits in North Texas has a new leader. Byron Sanders, who's 34 and grew up in southern Dallas, got the CEO job → Read More
Does Fort Worth Need A Makeover? Mayor Promises 'Cowtown' Won't Be Compromised
Fort Worth appears to be headed for a reboot. According to a new economic development study , the city that embraces the nickname "Cowtown" is in danger of → Read More
'It's A Little Mind-Boggling,' Says The CEO Charged With Closing Dallas County Schools
The new CEO of Dallas County Schools is used to cleaning up financial messes. Six years ago, Alan King calmed things down at Dallas ISD as the interim → Read More
This Dallas Urban Planner Makes The Case For Bringing Hyperloop To Texas
Hyperloop technology promises to shuttle people in capsules from Dallas to Austin in 19 minutes. How? Through passenger pods traveling at up to 700 miles → Read More
The Science Of Disaster Economics: How Cities And States Can Prepare
Kevin Simmons is an economist with an unusual specialty: disasters. The professor at Austin College in Sherman says cities, states and nations can prepare → Read More
Mavericks' J.J. Barea Says Hurricane Maria 'Is The Worst Thing To Happen To Puerto Rico'
Puerto Rico has struggled to get aid after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. In many places, there's no water and limited food, fuel and cell service. → Read More
A Life-Changing Moment: A Year After The Dallas Shootings, Trauma Surgeon Quits His Job
The nation came to know Dr. Brian Williams in the days after July 7, 2016. He was working at Parkland Hospital that night when wounded police officers were → Read More
Major Floods Are ‘Nothing New’ For Houston, But Harvey Offers Chance To Reflect, Rebuild
Flood experts, state officials and meteorologists are starting to get the full scope of Hurricane Harvey's behavior and the cost of damage it inflicted on → Read More
For East Texas DACA Recipients, 'Tyler Is Home'
After President Trump's decision to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program this week, we've heard voices from big cities like → Read More
Winter Is Coming: Old Farmer’s Almanac Sees ‘Cold, Snowy’ Season Ahead For North Texas
It's right there on the map in the 2018 version of the "Old Farmer's Almanac" -- a giant snowflake covering North Texas. → Read More
Neither Floods, Nor Mold, Nor Flying Insulation Can Stop This Houston Mail Carrier
Fateyva Miles has been a mail carrier in the Houston area for three years. She moved there from Michigan. “I kinda don’t like the flooding, but I love → Read More
Meet The Doctor In Charge Of Dallas' Largest Shelter For Hurricane Harvey Evacuees
About 700 people spent the night Thursday at the shelter at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Caring for evacuees after a natural disaster → Read More
The Old Red Bird Mall Will Be Reborn As An Entrepreneurship Hub In Southern Dallas
When folks talk about tech accelerators and entrepreneurship, the images that usually spring to mind are of sparkling Silicon Valley campuses or hip → Read More
3 Key Moments In Dallas' Confederate History
A statue of Robert E. Lee was at the center of the white supremacist rally last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. Cities across the U.S., including → Read More
Leslie Brenner Looks Back On Life As A Food Critic For The Dallas Morning News
For eight years, Leslie Brenner's been Dallas' leading restaurant critic. This week, she announced that she’s leaving The Dallas Morning News to work for a → Read More