Renee Umsted

Lakewood Tower. Photo courtesy of August Real Estate Co. Dallas-based August Real Estate Co. has acquired its third East Dallas property with Lakewood Tower. The group, which also owns the Continental Gin Building and 331 First Ave., bought the nine-story property at 6301 Gaston Ave.

If travel isn’t an option, hanging around town can be diverting. Here’s how to spend a weekend staycationing in our neighborhood.

The gun never made it inside the school building, and officers remained on campus throughout the day, Principal Chandra Barnett said.

Photo of Nov. 20, 1958, edition of "The White Rocker" shot by Renee Umsted. In the image, Bryan Adams High School's first principal, D.M. Thompson, appears to the left of Joe Soules. Jimmy Parker, an assistant athletic director of Dallas ISD, stands on the right.   Bryan Adams

Woodrow Wilson High School. Photography by Renee Umsted. Coaches at Woodrow Wilson High School and Bryan Adams High School were honored by the district this week. Tony Benedetto was named Dallas ISD's high school athletic coordinator of the year, and Juan Rivas was named the

Woodrow Wilson athletics, performing arts on display around the neighborhood

In 2021, Ellen’s announced plans to expand to East Dallas. After years of delays, the restaurant is getting very close to opening.

Street resurfacing project on Skillman Street from April 13, 2023. Photography by Renee Umsted. The construction on Skillman Street is set to be completed soon. Street resurfacing projects on Skillman, including curb replacements, have spanned Llano Street to Marquita Avenue; Revere Place to Winton Street;

Lane closures and traffic shifts are coming to Triple G starting Wednesday evening. Afterward, there will be new traffic configurations.

Read Shop by The Merchant, a bookstore and coffee shop, is moving into the old Emeralds to Coconuts building in Knox-Henderson.