Tom Washington points to a map showing the size of the Virginia colony in the 1650s. The map was part of his discussion of his ancestor John Washington’s arrival in the New World in 1657. Shelley Dowdle/The Sachse News Family history connected the past and present...
Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting 5 deaths and 179 new cases of COVID-19 today, April 29, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 3,531 with 104 total deaths to date*. The reported deaths include: A Balch Springs man in his 20s who was...
Garland ISD students who left medicine or medical supplies at their campus can start picking up them up tomorrow. High schools, along with the Gilbreath-Reed Career and Technical Center and Pathfinder Achievement Center, will be open Friday, May 1. To help minimize...
Three local football stars saw their dreams come to reality last week in the all-digital 2020 National Football League Draft. Sachse’s Devin Duvernay went in the third round with the 92nd pick to the Baltimore Ravens. For the full story, see the April 30 issue...
As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, Sachse City Council and other staff members are creating ways to make life under quarantine feel as familiar as possible. At their Monday, April 20 Zoom meeting, councilmembers heard updates from City Manager Gina Nash and had...
Thanks to the efforts of 16 Garland ISD nurses, Student Nutrition Services (SNS) workers are a little bit safer. Instead of relaxing over Easter weekend, they used their time off to sew 320 face masks for the employees serving curbside meals. For the full...
COVID-19 has shut down the nation, and with this came the closing of schools. While Wylie ISD high schoolers have closed their textbooks and opened their chromebooks for online school, one particular group is facing a unique struggle: the loss of senior year. “This...
GSM announces 2020 season, new audition process In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, area theaters, along with theaters all over the world, are being forced to postpone or cancel auditions, rehearsals and productions. Because “The Show Must Go On,” the Garland Summer...
It cannot be denied that nursing homes and assisted living communities are on the frontline in the war against COVID-19. Nursing homes are enduring the greatest concentration of outbreaks, and deaths in Texas and across the nation. The numbers are heartbreaking. The...
