Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin.
He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio).
He is also the author of "Souled American," a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.
Only 15 US cities have a worse problem controlling these ancient pests. They're older than Cher and Keith Richards. But you can outwit them.
Texans take heart in data that shows COVID-19 infections slowing in Dallas County and across the state. But vaccinations are slumping, too.
Gov. Abbott often rails about policies being shoved down his constituents' throats. But when his party does the same to Texas Democrats...
Revelations in the May death of a Dallas child include new charges, claims the alleged perp is mentally unwell, and the video is not of him.
This runoff decides who will make up the new Dallas City Council — but voters will return to the polls again in July to pick a U.S. Senator.
Hey, wait a minute! Weren't these "prepared remarks?" Well, they were prepared. But they weren't approved by Lake Highlands' administrators.
The pandemic caused the cancellation of last year's state fair. But vaccinations and decreasing case numbers will permit the fair to resume.
An internet rap star arrested in 2020 on a murder charge has died, his lawyer confirms. Suicide is considered the probable cause of death.
On the day America honors its war dead, a QAnon convention speaker calls for the overthrow of the elected US government by military coup.
Group Swim? Lane lover? Water Park Fanatic? No matter how you like to get your chlorine fix, Dallas has a place to get you wet this summer.
A week of jaw-dropping developments in the slaying of a Dallas 4-year old; the legislative session folds up its tent — for now, and movies!!
Independent observers are being kept far from the closed doors of this weekend's "Patriot Roundup."
On both the victim and the alleged perpetrator's sides of Cash Gernon's May 15 death, the legal twists and turns have become a labyrinth.
Corporate America knows the sooner the nation reaches herd immunity, the sooner employees can return to work — and spending their paychecks.
The TX Governor took his Lt. Governor to the woodshed today in Fort Worth, declaring that he — and only he — can call a Special Session.
Recall "Airplane!" that '80s comedy? "Trouble on the plane? What is it? It's one of those long things that looks like a Tylenol with wings."
Beat the heat in a movie seat. The 10th annual Oak Cliff Film Festival is back with a series of screenings and COVID-19 prevention measures.
A rising Dallas band lost its voice last year when 34-year old singer Riley Gale died suddenly. Now his cause of death has been made public.
A TV journalist muddies the search for truth, and family members square off about who should be allowed to attend the slain child's funeral.
Weather forecasters say that rain systems are locked and loaded to deliver nearly two weeks' more of the wet stuff on the Dallas area.
