Tom Spicer sold produce to some of Dallas’ best restaurants. He created gardens for luminaries. And for decades, he’s influenced some of the top chefs in North Texas.
The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom: the North Texas restaurant community remembers Tom Spicer, who was their go-to supplier for fresh produce. Also, buying fresh groceries can be difficult for the residents of Jubilee Park, especially those who don’t have car.
For some North Texans, the most challenging chore of the week is buying groceries.
As part of our series, One Crisis Away, Inside a Neighborhood, KERA explores why a lot of people in Jubilee Park drive for miles to get their groceries. Or pay the price at the corner store.
This 25-year-old doublewide was supposed to be a temporary building for the Texas School for the Deaf's human resources department. It was found to have a severe rodent infestation.
Top stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Fort Worth school board trustees will have to regroup after the man chosen to lead the district withdrew his name as the sole finalist for superintendent; the technicalities of food desert designations.
Joel D. Boyd, who's the superintendent in Santa Fe, notified Fort Worth school trustees over the weekend that he was withdrawing his name as a candidate for the superintendent job. Trustees selected Boyd as the sole finalist last month.
A nurse who contracted Ebola last year at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has filed a lawsuit against her employer, Texas Health Resources.
Five stories that have North Texas talking: a beloved Dallas produce expert has died; we should have enough electricity this summer; new Texas inspection stickers are here; and more.
Inspection stickers will begin disappearing from Texas vehicles when the state rolls out a new single-sticker program for inspection and registration on March 1.
A new single-sticker system for inspecting and registering millions of Texas vehicles began on Sunday, and some lawmakers are warning that the change will confuse Texas drivers.
