Food-Related Stories Among Our Headlines

1. The National Weather Service says showers and thunderstorms are likely before 8 a.m. today, with showers likely and thunderstorms possible between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., with the chances of both slight after 2 p.m. Otherwise, we should see mostly cloudy skies with a high near 88 and winds of 10 to 15 mph. The overall chance of precipitation is 70 percent. The clouds should clear tonight, with the temperature dropping to the mid 60s.

2. Thinking about grabbing a meal in town today? See how some local restaurants did in . We’ll go ahead and let you know that two unsatisfactory scores and three B's were among the marks given to local restaurants in the past few days.

3. Speaking of food, a Dallas man was one of two men .

4. Later today, we’ll bring you our Week in Review, our overview of the top headlines of the week that was. In the meantime, you can .

5. There’s more than one way to connect to and get news from Dallas-Hiram Patch than just our website. You can like our Facebook page and/or keep up with us on Twitter by following @DallasPatch. And if you have an iPhone, , one that brings the news, events calendar, community director and more of Dallas-Hiram Patch (or the Patch of your choice) right to your fingertips.