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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Community Calendar - west, south12:00 AM CST on Sunday, November 8, 2009The Farmers Branch-based Civic League will hold its 2009 Holiday Home Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The event includes a sealed bid auction, a specialty dessert bake sale, a drawing and holiday-theme homes on display. Tickets are $15 in advance or $18 at the door. Call Karen Allen at 214-995-2549 or e-mail her...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
North Texans showed their support this morning for those wounded at Fort Hood by lining up to give blood in Farmers Branch. Also OnlineTwitter updates: | | An hour after opening, the Red Cross Blood Donor Center had taken several donations and had 20 people on its waiting list at 9 a.m. A receptionist said the wait could be as long as two hours. “I’m glad to see so many people lined up,”...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Dallas County district attorney's office has for the second time dismissed a murder charge against a doctor accused of killing his wife. Prosecutors determined that evidence in the case could provide three explanations of how Sara Werner might have been fatally shot, one of the prosecutors said Thursday. Also Online The first explanation, the one Farmers Branch police believed when they arrested...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
FARMERS BRANCH – The City Council in a 3-2 vote decided to allow limited sales of alcoholic beverages during events at city parks.The measure to permit alcohol sales in a city known for its tight controls inspired contentious debate among residents and even a City Council that frequently votes as a bloc.The new ordinance allows for the sale of alcohol at events in city parks by vendors or contractors...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
"Texas Family & Occupational Health Services, Ltd., doing business as Star Medical Group (SMG) provides services at 2300 Valley View Lane, Suite 100, in Farmers Branch, Texas. The clinic opened nearly six years ago and offers a broad array of health care services that include family health care, primary care, occupational health services, urgent care and preventive health programs...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Community and school activities: volunteer at my church for community service projects; the school's DECA business club
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Williams Preparatory, Hampton Preparatory, Peak Preparatory and Summit International Preparatory are accepting applications for the 2010-11 school year. A lottery will be held in February for all applications received by Jan. 29. Williams is at 1750 Viceroy Road in Dallas; Hampton is at 8915 S. Hampton Road in Dallas; Peak is at 4600 Bryan St. in Dallas; and Summit is at 1100 Roosevelt St. in Arlington....
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Tarrant County has 3,100 doses to dispense. But only 1,600 are the injectable vaccine appropriate for pregnant women and children with chronic illnesses. The remaining doses are nasal vaccine -- which is not supposed to be used on those groups -- and will be used today only on parents or siblings of those who are in line and qualify for this clinic if they ask for it, Tarrant County health department...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
On a day when Dallas and Tarrant counties prepared to dispense precious doses of H1N1 flu vaccine only to those at highest risk, a clinic in Farmers Branch offered the vaccine to anybody with $20 and the patience to wait. Video Farmers Branch clinic offering H1N1 shots October 29th, 2009 Local/State Videos The state health department said Thursday it would investigate the Flu Shots of America clinic....
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Lewisville's Parks and Leisure Services will hold the Spooktacular Trails Extravaganza from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Lake Park group picnic area. 100 E. Lake Park Road. The event includes hayrides, costume contests, carnival games, a kid-friendly haunted maze and a cakewalk sponsored by the Girl Scouts. Local businesses will give candy to children who trick-or-treat. Call 972-219-3550.AREA TOM FOX/DMNSix...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Arlington Deputy Police Chief Kim Lemaux joined three other law enforcement leaders Thursday to oppose efforts that involve local police in the enforcement of noncriminal infractions of immigration law.The message was delivered by a new organization, the Law Enforcement Engagement Initiative. Retired Sacramento Police Chief Art Venegas founded the group this year. Its creation comes as Congress faces...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
A 75-year-old Carrollton man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty this morning to murdering a former Coppell schoolteacher.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to amend its agreement with Trammell Crow Co.'s High Street Residential so a $40 million project can be developed in two phases, rather than one. The first phase of the project will be near the Green Line extension of the expanding DART system.