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Here’s the “Beefed Up Security” at Gables Park 17 After Kendra Hatcher Was Gunned Down

By Candy Evans | September 6, 2015 |

Dallas police have arrested and have in custody a suspect in the murder of Kendra Hatcher, who was shot in her parking garage at the Gables Park 17 Wednesday evening. Dental assistant Crystal Cortes of Dallas is being held on a capital murder charge. She apparently told investigators she was the one who drove Kendra…

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Buyer’s Cold Feet Mean This East Dallas Darling Is Back on the Market Today

By Leah Shafer | September 4, 2015 |

Dave Perry-Miller Realtor Scott Kaserman thought the sale on his East Dallas listing at 6051 Penrose Ave. was a done deal when they inked a contract yesterday. But today brought bad news. “It went into multiple offers and under contract yesterday, only to come back on this morning because the buyer got cold feet,” he said. So…

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Dallas Public Schools: The Argument for Pre-K

By Bethany Erickson | September 4, 2015 |

A few months back, we thought we had found a great Pre-K program (private, of course, because we don’t qualify for Pre-K with Dallas ISD), only to find the great program that allegedly churns out kindergarten readers who love books actually consisted of five worksheets Tiny was doing in the 3-year-old room at our beloved…

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Get a Sales Tax Holiday at IBB Design in Frisco & Get it NOW

By Candy Evans | September 4, 2015 |

  I was in Fort Worth this week, and designer extraordinaire Eric Prokesh was singing the praises of IBB Design. He was telling me how impossible it is to complete a design job for clients in very short windows of time, mostly because, as we all know, it takes time to order custom furniture. Told…

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Adorable Austin Waters Abode is Low Maintenance Style With Amenities For Miles

By Joanna England | September 4, 2015 |

Longtime CandysDirt.com fan Laquita Vickers sent us this week’s Friday Four Hundred, a listing from RE/MAX DFW Associates agent Donna Bradshaw. Vickers says this cutie pahtootie of a patio home is not only in a fantastic location, but it is on a corner lot with a manicured side-yard right next to a planned greenbelt in…

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Gables Park 17 Murder: Resident Says Security Lax at Luxury Apartment Building

By Candy Evans | September 4, 2015 |

Update 4:44 pm: we have reached Michael Shaun Jackson and will be speaking with him directly. He tells me he IS a current resident at Gables Park 17, but plans to move out at month’s end. Michael Shaun Jackson, a former resident of the Gables Park 17, says security is lax at the building where…

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