Jericho Village resident Keoni Hudson, left,with Janet Collinsworth, founder and CEO of Agape Resource & Assistance Center, becomes emotional while describing what the Jericho Village community has meant to her family. Sonia Duggan/Murphy Monitor More than 300...
Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas leaders are rolling up their sleeves to get the COVID-19 vaccine and to encourage the public to follow suit. “I will never ask any Texan to do something that I’m not willing to do myself,” Abbott said before getting vaccinated at a...
Texas children are living through a reality that many parents and school administrators never thought possible-learning the basics of reading, writing, arithmetic, and more through videoconferencing. Today, the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation launches a new online...
Start the new year in nature with a First Day Hike at a Texas State Park. This New Year’s Day, walk, bike or paddle your way into 2021 on a First Day Hike at 89 Texas State Parks. First Day Hikes is an annual event at Texas’ state parks and natural areas that aims to...
The Texas Department of Health Services instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ship doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to more than 350 providers in 94 counties in the third week of vaccine distribution. According to a news release from the...
With hospitalizations in Dallas County at a record high, County Judge Clay Jenkins asked all county residents to reconsider their New Year’s plans if they include spending time with individuals outside their household. “While this is traditionally a joyous time when...
Wylie High School junior Devin Chaky speaks enthusiastically about entering a science field - engineering - for a career one day. The work she does now in one of her classes can help her with science-related industries. Some 92 certifications were earned by WHS...
Just as Girl Scouts Maggie Bryant and Harmony Wood were planning their community project to earn a Silver Award, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and halted their progress. The duo initially considered partnering with a children’s hospital or holding a board game donation...
Evan Walker said she was “a hot mess” when she showed up for cadet basic training at West Point. But that is no longer the case. She has since transformed herself from being mostly unnoticed by instructors to a role model for other students to look up to. She will...
