🗣️ Good Morning North Texas,

The Dallas Stars may be chuckin’ the deuces to the Big D. If you don’t follow ice hockey, the Stars are a top team in the hockey world. They’re currently ranked No. 3 in the National Hockey League (a league that consists of several Canadian teams, ironically).

The team is valued at $2 billion—not bad for a city that really only knows ice in relation to January highway pileups. They’ve been a major player in making Dallas the sports city it’s become, and now the team is considering leaving its Downtown Dallas American Airlines Center location for less congested pastures—the suburbs.

The Rangers, Cowboys, and the Wings all play in Arlington, and the Dallas Mavericks have recently expressed their intention to leave Dallas and build their own arena in a neighboring city.

But some fans are concerned a move will dampen the energy of the fandom and make attending games less accessible for fans who rely on the DART to get downtown without the pain of traffic.

Does it matter to you if your teams move around?

I bet it matters to the city of Dallas, which is bound to lose money and an important piece of city culture. The Stars’ contract with American Airlines Center doesn’t expire until 2031, but I’m sure it won’t be long before the team announces its next move. Fans told The Dallas Morning News that all will be OK, as long as the team doesn’t move to Plano. 🤣 (What did Plano do?!)

Are you a Dallas Stars Fan?

Very much so

I’ve been to a game

Hockey who?

Joi Louviere

Senior Newsletter Editor, COURIER DFW

Opinion: ‘Nunca vencidos’: Hispanic culture won’t be defeated by ICE threats

Folklorico dancers perform at halftime of an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

By Marliza Marin

There is no doubt that Hispanic Heritage Month feels heavier this year. Our community is actively under attack. It feels as though every single day a new headline details the continued suffering of our communities.

On Sept. 13, in what the Department of Homeland Security describes as a “major victory,” the US Supreme Court ruled to allow ICE agents to consider factors like race, speaking a foreign language, or speaking English with an accent as grounds for immigration stops or raids. On Sept. 15, a Miami Herald investigation was published finding that 800 of the 1,800 detainees from Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention facility in Florida have gone missing after leaving the site. On. Sept. 24, three immigrants were shot at a Dallas ICE facility, one of whom died. On Sept. 25, an ICE officer was caught on camera violently pushing a pleading mother to the ground in front of her already traumatized children.

These are only some of the incidents that circulated in mainstream media within the first few weeks of Hispanic Heritage Month. Mind you, for every story we do hear, there are thousands of stories we don’t.

Keep reading

🛒 H-Mart’s new store: Local customers of the popular Asian grocery store H-Mart have only had a Plano and Carrollton location, but next week, a Dallas store opens its doors with a festive grand opening celebration. (WFAA)

🌟 The only Michelin star taco restaurant: Starting today, a Michelin star taqueria will be doing a pop-up in Dallas for the next two weeks. This is to celebrate the Dallas Mavericks playing the Detroit Pistons on Nov. 1 at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City, home of the famed restaurant. Get all the details here. (Dallas Observer)

✋ No thank you, ICE: The city of Dallas was offered $25 million to have city police officers work with ICE, and the Dallas Police Chief turned it down, saying “we don’t need that attention.” Read more of the chief’s take here. (KERA)