April Towery
April Towery is former News Development Director for CandysDirt.com and covers Dallas City Hall. She studied journalism at Texas A&M University and has been an award-winning reporter and editor for more than 25 years.
Woody Brodie Jr.’s South Edgefield neighbors say they’re hoping this holiday season that no news is good news. Brodie was in an accident several years ago and can’t communicate verbally, but he knows there’s trouble with the title to his home and that shady investors want him out. Brodie actually owns two homes on Nolte…
At CandysDirt.com, we often venture outside “Dallas proper” for stories on housing initiatives, real estate, and neighborhood battles. And we get it. Fort Worth is not a suburb. As the fastest-growing city in Texas, Cowtown is its own metropolitan area. However, in reviewing the top stories of the year, we couldn’t overlook Fort Worth, well-deserving…
Oh, what a year. The past 12 months brought changes in leadership, increased cybersecurity, disputes over the city budget and property tax rate, and the emergence of neighbors who showed strength and hope the way Dallasites do. Here are the top stories out of Dallas City Hall for 2023, in no particular order. Dallas City…
The owners of a Lake Highlands office building next to a planned affordable housing development said they were going to file a lawsuit, and they did just that. The Cypress Creek at Forest Lane Class A project will offer 189 units in a high-opportunity area of North Dallas, according to advocates for the project. It…
The third time was not the charm for WillowTree Custom Homes, as the developer again presented a rezoning request to the Colleyville City Council and again was denied. At a Dec. 19 council meeting in Tarrant County’s Colleyville, residents who live near the planned WillowTree development fought for their right to greenspace, arguing that building…
