Most Popular
- The ballad of bar owner Dennis Hess started as a love song and ended with his suicide
- After keeping an eye on victims of the Hyatt disaster, KC shrinks have bad news for the grief-counseling industry
- With its Ripple venture, Boulevard Brewing sees the future through recycled glass
- As Honeywell closes its 60-year-old site, workers are dealing with the fatal aftereffects
- When it comes to KC's black history, Professor Pellom McDaniels says it's time to get beyond Negro Leagues and jazz
Recent Blog Posts
This week's Pitch and 14 things we learned this week
Sat Nov 21, 11:00 AM
Killa City: Nathaniel Brown charged in death of Taylor Holman
Sat Nov 21, 10:00 AM
Comment of the Week
Fri Nov 20, 5:00 PM
Waldo sexual assault scammers sentenced
Fri Nov 20, 4:30 PM
Klausner and Cass concert canceled for this Sunday
Fri Nov 20, 3:13 PM
Friday Freebies
Fri Nov 20, 3:08 PM
Rock of Pages: All You Need to Know About the Music Business
Fri Nov 20, 2:41 PM
Now you have plans for the weekend
Fri Nov 20, 4:00 PM
This week's "Best of Fat City"
Fri Nov 20, 3:59 PM
Down the hatch: Boulevard's Harvest Dance Wheat Wine
Fri Nov 20, 3:00 PM
National Features >
City Pages
Michele Bachmann, Unmuzzled
You don't need to read Sarah Palin's book to hear the ravings of a mad woman.
By Matt Snyders
Miami New Times
Pimp Daddy
The rise and fall of a chubby sex-cult leader.
By Natalie O'Neill
Riverfront Times
Babe 'n' Arms
Tom was a hot-tempered cross-dresser with a garage full of guns--and then he became Rachel.
By Nicholas Phillips
Dallas Observer
The Fight for Texas
Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a battle over the soul of the GOP. They're also running for governor.
By Sam Merten
Best TV Personality
Windy, the KSHB Channel 41 weather dog
Share
Published on October 19, 2000
Not since Lassie has a canine had such a love affair with the TV camera. The 10-year-old (her 11th birthday is on November 11) mix of shepherd, sheltie, and other more exotic breeds is the longtime pet and companion of KSHB weatherman Gary Lezak, who takes the dog to all his public appearances. Windy also accompanies Lezak to the Channel 41 studio, where she makes regular on-air appearances each Thursday on the 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts. Her media celebrity hasn't gone to her head, says Lezak. "Windy is still very humble. But on the Thursday newscasts, she really believes it's her time to perform and she immediately jumps into her chair and starts doing tricks." Windy, Lezak reports, is not a member of AFTRA, the TV union ("She doesn't even have a contract with the station," Lezak adds). But she remains one of local TV's most beloved celebs, greeting her fans at personal appearances "by letting them shake her paw or giving kisses or, occasionally, playing dead."
Now Click This
