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State Fair fried food winners take the cake in this week's 5 top stories

Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines.

1. Cotton candy taco wins at 2018 State Fair of Texas Big Tex Choice Awards. A sweet taco made from a waffle and filled with puffy cotton candy took the prize for Most Creative confection at the 2018 State Fair of Texas Big Tex Choice Awards, the annual contest celebrating fried foods.

2. Shady circus slinks into Garland despite ban on wild animals. A circus with a shady history is bringing elephants to the city of Garland, which an animal group charges is a violation of Garland's ban on wild animals.

3. Striking Dallas theater co. raises the mercury with its 2018-19 season. In its inaugural season, Imprint Theatreworks covered an American classic, a hard-rock tale of lust and murder, and a West End musical hit. For its second season, audiences can expect a contemporary classic, a hard-rock tale of wrath and murder, a quirky comedy, and an immersive song cycle. Hey, if it works, don't change it.

4. These are the 8 best things to do in Dallas this weekend. There's some great stuff going on in and around Dallas this Labor Day weekend, including three music festivals, a one-weekend-only theater event, a different way to enjoy a classic movie, and a huge college football game. Here are the best ways to spend your free time this weekend.

5. Revered Dallas custard shop puts Deep Ellum location out of its misery. While ice cream shops seem to be opening in Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood almost daily, there's one sad exception: Wild About Harry's, the quirky little frozen custard and hot dog shop that was a spinoff of the Knox Street original, has closed its outlet at 111 S. Hall St.

Cotton candy taco for the win.

Photo courtesy of State Fair of Texas

Cotton candy taco for the win.

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Dak Prescott's razed mansion leads week's 5 hottest Dallas headlines

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Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here.

1. Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott razes his mansion in Prosper. In 2019, Dak Prescott acquired a 9,000 square-foot mansion built on seven acres of land for the sum of $3.3 million. In October 2024, he razed it to the ground. According to TMZ Sports, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback mowed down his Prosper mansion "to nothing more than a pile of rubble" while watching its destruction from feet away.

2. Matthew and Camila McConaughey surprise Dallas nonprofit with $100,000. Texas' leading man, Matthew McConaughey, and his wife, Camila, were not only the featured speakers at New Friends New Life’s 2024 fundraising luncheon, they ended up being the event’s biggest donors. The first part was planned. The second came as a generous surprise to the Dallas nonprofit.

3. New dual-branded Marriott hotel property to squeeze into Uptown Dallas. Uptown Dallas has a new dual-branded hotel development on the horizon: According to a release, ground has been broken on two Marriott brand hotels, AC Hotel and Moxy Hotel, slated to go up at 2910 N. Hall St. with a completion date by summer 2026.

4. Discount chain Big Lots to close 8 more stores in Dallas-Fort Worth. Ohio-based national discount chain Big Lots is undergoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and is closing down more locations, including 23 newly-revealed store closures going down in Texas.

5. Where to drink in Dallas right now: 5 best happy hours for October. October has arrived, which brings us to another installment of Where to Drink, CultureMap Dallas’ monthly column on best bars and happy hours to check out. This edition has four of the best new happy hours in town, plus a crazy wine special with a spooky theme — because that's what October is about.

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