The Oak Farms Dairy site, under demolition in August 2015

The Oak Farms Dairy site, under demolition in August 2015

A contractor working on a home in the 700 block of North Winnetka found remains of a human body under a concrete slab in the backyard. The homeowner bought the house just a  month ago. The Dallas County Medical Examiner took it from there.

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Members of Nuestra Señora del Pilar Catholic church, near Mountain View College, traveled to see the Pope in Philadelphia this week.

A Dallas County grand jury this week declined to formally charge City Councilman Scott Griggs. Police accused Griggs this past spring of “coercion of a public figure,” a possible felony, for yelling at a city employee.

The Dallas Morning News ran an editorial about how the Lake Cliff Park neighborhood is ripe for redevelopment. The piece does a good job of pointing out that the majority of that neighborhood’s population lives in poverty, although it stops short of calling for affordable housing or improving public schools.