Valliant's last show

05/19/2010 - Haggard Middle School band director Ken Valliant gives directions to students while preparing for the final concert of his 30 years career at Haggard with current and former students in Plano, Texas, on May 19, 2010. Valliant remained in the same classroom for his tenure at Haggard. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)


05/19/2010 - Haggard Middle School principal Julie-Anne Dean places a rose on band director Ken Valliant, while he eats a hamburger, before the final concert of Valliant's 30 years career at Haggard with current and former students in Plano, Texas, on May 19, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Fire and aftermath

05/29/2010 - Cockrell Hill Fire Department and Dallas Fire-Rescue reported to a four-alarm fire at the two-story La Villa Roma Apartments at 3739 Higgins Ave in Cockrell Hill, Texas, around 6 a.m. on May 29, 2010. Two residents were killed in the apartments, and another two later died at a local hospital. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)


05/30/2010 - Pastor Rosie Smith (right), of Rose Ministries, and Saul Santillan, 14, survey the remains of La Villa Roma Apartments in Cockrell Hill, Texas, on May 30, 2010, after it was demolished the day before following a four-alarm fire that started around 6 a.m. that morning. Santillan, who lived in the northwest corner apartment, was awakened by his sister's screams as the fire spread through the apartments. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Wylie memorial service

05/03/2010 - Jerry Isgrigg takes a moment to observe a memorial for his son, Gerren Isgrigg, as Wylie community members filter into the memorial service for his son at the First Baptist Church of Wylie in Wylie on May 3, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Treading the mud, fire, wind, water...

The Warrior Dash came to North Texas. People got dirty. Really Dirty. Fun was had. Nathan Hunsinger produced an awesome video, yet again. Enjoy.

Winning the Bi-District Playoffs

04/08/2010 - Southlake Carroll High teammates surround starting pitcher John Curtiss after Curtiss pitched a complete game during an 8-1 win over Keller High in the third game of a best-of-three series to win the Bi-District Class 5A playoffs at Southlake Carroll in Southlake, Texas, on May 8, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Haitian National Soccer

A few weeks ago I took a trip down to the San Antonio area to photograph the Haitian national soccer team. After the earthquake in January the team was invited to train in Texas by way of different charities. The soccer federation in Port-au-Prince was destroyed by the earthquake and many of the people working within the federation were killed. While the team sleeps in cabins and is feed three meals a day, their families remain in Haiti.
To read TDMN reporter Barry Horn's articles please click here.


04/21/2010 - Haitian national soccer team members Mechack Jerome, left, Vaniel Sirin, center, and Peterson Occenat, right, enjoy sitting on a swing chair during a break in their afternoon practice on April 21, 2010. The team has been living and training at the T Bar M Sports Camp in New Braunfels after their soccer federation was destroyed during the Haitian earthquake on January 12, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)


04/21/2010 - Haitian national team assistant coach Gustavo Adolfo Chaverra Palacio spots for Wedson Anselme during his situp routine after the team's practice on April 21, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)


04/21/2010 - Chiropractor Brent Perry, of New Braunfels, works on Eliphene Cadet's hamstring injury as trainer Erick Simeon watches on at the T Bar M pool in New Braunfels on April 21, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)


04/21/2010 - Haitian national soccer team members Mechack Jerome, left, and Frantz Gilles, right, grab putters and golf balls before playing on the putting green at T Bar M after dinner on April 21, 2010. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)