Rachel Snyder

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: PRICEY POOL PILFERING Reported at 12:18 p.m. on Aug. 10 in Highland Park: A woman discovered that a crook had stolen her credit/debit cards and racked up more than $25,000 in charges at stores including Van Cleef & Arpels, Tom Ford, Target, and Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods. She had … Continued

Highland Park ISD kicked off the 2026-2027 school year Aug. 19 with plenty of back-to-school photos and bagpipe music. People Newspapers staff were on hand to capture the festivities at McCulloch Intermediate School/Highland Park Middle School and University Park Elementary. For MIS/HPMS, the 2026-2027 school year marked the beginning of the schools’ new chapter as … Continued

The Highland Park ISD board of trustees Aug. 18 approved the district’s 2026-2027 tax rate. The district adopted a maintenance and operations tax rate of $0.6428 per $100 valuation and an interest and sinking tax rate of $0.1700 for a total tax rate of $0.8128 per $100 valuation for 2026-2027. Maintenance and operations tax money … Continued

Wins by the Highland Park High School UIL Science team at the state meet and Adelaide Wortman at the UIL Class 5A Track & Field State Championships were celebrated at the Highland Park ISD board of trustees meeting Aug. 18. The HPHS UIL science team of Adrian Gu, Jake Neilson, Henry Zhu, and Bradley Liang won … Continued

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: PURSE PILFERED Reported at 3:33 a.m. Aug. 20: A smash-and-grab thief broke a window of a vehicle on Purdue Street and stole a purse. HIGHLAND PARK 19 Wednesday Reported at 2:56 p.m.: A swindler used the information of a resident on Euclid Avenue to make a series of fraudulent transactions totaling … Continued

Lane Four Capital Partners, a debt capital markets advisory firm, has announced that it is opening a headquarters in Preston Center. The company was founde

A donation from the family of Robert and Tina Tonti has expanded the collections of SMU’s Meadows Museum and Bridwell Library, including through the additi

A zoning case for a 3.8-acre site at the corner of Walnut Hill Lane and Betty Jane Lane has been delayed by the Dallas City Council until Sept. 23. If appr

After months of debate, a controversial mixed-use project at Preston Road and Royal Lane recently cleared an important procedural hurdle. The project from

SMU has confirmed that it will not permit a Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium organized by the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to be held on campus. The local chapter of the Muslim civil rights and advocacy group had advertised the Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium on its website as an opportunity for … Continued