Voters in Sachse delivered a result in one City Council race and set up a runoff in another during the May 2 general election, according to unofficial returns. In the race for Councilmember Place 3, incumbent Frank Millsap won outright with 941 votes,...
Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting 89 new cases of COVID-19 today, April 14, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 1,877 with 42 total deaths to date*. Of cases requiring hospitalization, most (69%) have been either over 60 years of age...
Area chambers of commerce and U.S. Rep. Colin Allred got together today on a social media platform to discuss elements of a $2.2 trillion stimulus program passed by Congress to combat the economic fallout of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Zoom...
Vensel doesn't let diabetes hold her back Wylie High School senior Ashley Vensel has faced tough opponents as a soccer player but nothing quite as tough as living with Type 1 diabetes. Diagnosed eight years ago at the age of 10 with an autoimmune disease that has no...
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has created a new set of challenges the past few weeks, one of those being how to keep residents of long-term care and assisting living facilities in touch with loved ones they may be accustomed to seeing several times a week. Visitors...
Safer at Home order thru April 30 After a two-hour special meeting on March 30, Dallas County commissioners voted 4-1 to extend the county’s emergency declaration until 11:59 p.m. May 20. The special called session lasted over two hours. Judge Clay Jenkins...
Schools are still closed, but students in Garland ISD aren’t having to go without meals. As soon as Superintendent Ricardo Lopez decided to shut down campuses last month, the student nutrition team began thinking of ways to continue serving food. For the full story,...
For Christian Americans celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Sunday, April 12, the timing could not be more appropriate. Citizens have been forewarned that the apex of this COVID-19 pandemic is about to hit the U.S. For some, that strikes a chord of fear, but...
The biggest Christian holiday falls this weekend, but instead of preaching to crowded sanctuaries, pastors will once again be sharing their messages with a handful of cameras. Although churches are closed to prevent further spread of COVID-19, congregants are still...
