Alternate Location Sought For Dallas “Observation” Wheel
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The company hoping to build a Ferris wheel-type attraction in Dallas has decided to “reassess” their proposal. Initially, Great City Attractions had plans to build the “Dallas...
View ArticleShooting Death Of Florida Teen Sparks Nationwide Movement
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – One month after the shooting death of a Florida teen, the movement for action has spread across the nation –– including three straight days of rallies in Dallas. On Sunday, the...
View ArticleJournalists Recall Kennedy Assassination; Discuss Fateful Day
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - In a little more than a month Dallas and the rest of America will mark a solemn anniversary: the killing of President John F. Kennedy at Dealey Plaza. On Saturday four men who...
View ArticleZapruder Film: Images As History, Pre-Smartphone
DALLAS (AP) – If anything of consequence occurs in this era of smartphones and multi-G wireless networks, a horde of “citizen journalists” will doubtless be on hand to capture and broadcast the sights...
View ArticleBob Schieffer Recalls JFK Assassination
CBS News chief correspondent Bob Schieffer was in Dallas when President Kennedy was shot, and spoke with CBS 11 News from Dealey Plaza about that day, 50 years ago.
View ArticleTourists Flock To Dealey Plaza As Dallas Remembers JFK
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - From Chicago and New York. From Japan and Denmark. You will find tourists from around the world during a visit to Dealey Plaza, especially this week as Dallas commemorates the...
View ArticleDallas County Buildings To Close For JFK Day
(credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) DALLAS (AP) - Dallas County government buildings will be closed Friday as the city marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The...
View ArticleX’s Marking Spots Where JFK Was Shot Removed
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The ‘X’s that mark the spots on the street where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated are gone. The disappearance of the marks came as Dallas prepares for Friday’s...
View ArticleDallas Roads Closed Ahead Of JFK Events
(credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Friday is the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, and there are many events planned for downtown Dallas. The...
View Article12-Year-Old Records History Moments Before Assassination
A photo taken from the video shot by then 12-year-old Johnny Haller on November 22, 1963. It shows JFK mere minutes before he was assassinated. (credit: CBSDFW.COM) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The eyes of...
View ArticleJFK 50: How November 22nd Changed Dallas
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – For one day at the Texas Theatre it is as if nothing has changed in 50 years. Moviegoers can buy a ticket for 90-cents and watch the same movie, “War is Hell”, as those...
View ArticleDallas Remembers JFK At Downtown Event
Flowers are placed at a memorial in Dealey Plaza on November 21, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. (credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - North Texas and the entire nation will pause to...
View ArticleRemembering JFK In Dallas, Boston, & Around The World
President John F. Kennedy and wife Jackie riding in his motorcade through the streets of Downtown Dallas on November 22, 1963 DALLAS (AP) — Fifty years after John F. Kennedy fell victim to an...
View ArticleJFK Conspiracy Theorists Gather In Dallas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Conspiracy theorists are among those gathered in Dallas as the city marks the 50th commemoration of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. About 400 academics and...
View ArticleDISD Eighth-Graders Witness 50th JFK Commemoration
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – A group of Dallas Independent School District (DISD) students had an up close look at the ceremony honoring John F. Kennedy, Friday. Eighth-graders from Kennedy-Curry Middle...
View ArticleThe Final Hours Of A Full Day Of Remembrance
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The skies were grey and so was the mood for the thousands who went to Dealey Plaza Friday. The emotions of the dark day in Dallas returned for some and were felt for the first...
View ArticleJFK X Returns To Elm Street
A man walks past an X which marks the approximate place where President John F. Kennedy received a fatal head shot on Elm Street in Dealey Plaza in Dallas. (credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)...
View ArticleSixth Floor Museum Celebrates 25 Years
The Sixth Floor Museum in downtown Dallas, dedicated to JFK's legacy and assassination, has a year of special presentations planned in honor of its 25th year in operation.
View ArticleNew Sniper’s Eye View At The Sixth Floor Museum
DALLAS (KRLD) — The Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas has installed a live high definition webcam which allows viewers to see what alleged JFK-assassin Lee Harvey Oswald saw in 1963. The webcame, installed...
View ArticlePhotographers Who Covered JFK Donate Collections To Sixth Floor Museum
DALLAS, Texas (CBSDFW/AP) – Two photographers who covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, have donated collections to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza....
View ArticleVigil Held In Downtown Dallas For 3 Muslim Students Killed
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20150213232414843AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Hundreds of people packed into Dealey Plaza in Downtown Dallas Friday night...
View ArticleLee Harvey Oswald Cut Out Near JFK Memorial Causes A Stir
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - A Dallas tour operator is taking flak for what some consider going too far for publicity. Ricardo Hernandez said he made this cutout of Lee...
View ArticleHollywood Movie Filming Means Closed & Blocked Downtown Dallas Roads
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – For actors, producers, directors and other movie employees, downtown Dallas is being turned into a Hollywood movie set for the filming of...
View ArticleMore Downtown Traffic Issues As TV Production Continues
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The City of Dallas has issued a traffic alert, but some are saying that it came too late. City officials apologized after complaints on...
View ArticleChanges Ease Traffic Around Film Set In Dealey Plaza
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Better, but not back to normal – that’s how Downtown Dallas drivers described Wednesday’s commute. Warner Bros. is filming for the second day...
View ArticleIconic 11/22/63 Miniseries Scenes Filmed Today In Downtown Dallas
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Actor James Franco is scheduled to wrap up a Dallas film shoot for a Hulu television miniseries. For three days downtown roads closures have...
View ArticleFinal Day Of Film Shooting Sends Dallas’ Dealey Plaza Back In Time
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – The dramatic final day of Hulu mini-series “11/22/63” filming is wrapping up in Dallas Thursday night. The show, starring James Franco, has...
View ArticleSixth Floor Museum Acquires Oswald’s Ring
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Sixth Floor Museum in downtown Dallas on Tuesday announced a new piece being added to its main exhibit. The center will now house Lee...
View ArticleTraffic & Gunshot Sounds Warning For Upcoming Downtown Movie Filming
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Earlier this month a Hollywood movie shoot tied up traffic and caused alerts for the sound of gunshots to be sent… well it’s déjà vu. The...
View ArticleDealey Plaza & Roads Closed Monday For “LBJ” Filming
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — More filming will be taking place in Dallas on Monday. As a result, Dealey Plaza and a few roads will be closed. Filming for the movie “LBJ”...
View ArticleWeather Delay Means Movie Filming Road Closures Around Dealey Plaza
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Expect road closures and possible traffic problems in downtown Dallas after wet weekend weather caused filming of a Hollywood movie to be...
View ArticleDozens Rally In Dallas To Support Syrian Refugees
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBS11) — The debate is heating up over whether to allow Syrian refugees into the United States. Saturday Texas Governor Greg Abbott defended his decision...
View ArticleEvents At Dealey Plaza Mark 52nd Anniversary Of JFK Assasination
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — It’s one of those moments where you remember where you were when you got the news: Fifty-two years ago in downtown Dallas, President John F....
View ArticleWelcome To Texas: Sixth Floor Museum
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – As bright as Dallas’ future is, its past will forever be shadowed in tragedy, as the place where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated....
View ArticleDallas Sees Big Increase In Overseas Visitors
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Visit Dallas, formerly known as the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau, says the number of international tourists (excluding Mexico and Canada) shot up by 33 percent in...
View ArticleJFK Portrait Going On Display At National Portrait Gallery
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The National Portrait Gallery is putting a portrait of John F. Kennedy on display in celebration of the 100th anniversary of his...
View ArticleDallas Tourists, Experts React To Release Of JFK Assassination Docs
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Thursday marks the deadline, written into law 25 years ago, for the release of government records related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. President Donald Trump...
View ArticleDallas Waits With The World For Release Of JFK Documents
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) —Today the public might get to see thousands of long-secret government documents pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In 1992, Congress passed the...
View ArticleDFW Moments: JFK Assassination Brings Darkness To Dallas History
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – An ‘X’ marks the spot in the middle of Elm Street. It is an infamous mark that left an indelible scar in the heart of Dallas. To this day, tourists like to stand on it to capture...
View ArticleHundreds Stand In Solidarity In Dallas For Lives Lost In New Zealand Terror...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It was an outpouring of support in Dallas on Saturday as community members and faith leaders stood in solidarity to remember the victims of the deadly terror attack on two mosques...
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