By Ronnie Wise Roy Stanley Masonic Lodge, 9225 Ferguson Rd (at N. Buckner Blvd.) will host a Blood Drive on Saturday Oct. 1 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Simultaneous, Roy Stanley Masonic Lodge will host an Open House of its masonic lodge. This blood drive will benefit the non-profit Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The hospital, […]
By David Mullen At the podium, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson was beaming like a kid who just opened a fresh pack of baseball cards and found his favorite player on top. On September 19 at American Airlines Center, Johnson revealed the Mayor’s Youth Sports Ticket Program, an initiative created to welcome local youth to area […]
September 14 – 9:50 a.m. 400 Parkhurst Dr. (75218) Vehicle Theft: Unknown suspect entered complainant’s running vehicle and briefly took control of it from her. September 14 – 7:56 p.m. 9600 Rolling Rock Ln. (75238) Disorderly Conduct: Suspect displayed a firearm, alarming people nearby. September 15 – 1:58 a.m. 11700 Jupiter Rd. (75218) Misdemeanor: Suspect, […]
By Nancy Black It all started with a twisted ovary, which led to a massive stomach infection that resulted in four abdominal surgeries and my small intestines herniating out of my surgical incisions! I have a portable wound care vacuum pump connected to my stomach now. I consider myself a modern medicine miracle, considering my […]
Reunion Tower is once again doing its part to help protect birds migrating south through North Texas. Starting this week and continuing through Oct.10, between 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., Reunion Tower will join other buildings in dimming its lights to 50-percent. To raise awareness as part of the “Lights Out Texas” initiative, led by […]
By Dr. Beth Leermakers Texas, like many states, has an animal overpopulation crisis. North Texas shelters are bursting at the seams with homeless cats and dogs. When city shelters run out of kennels, the staff must euthanize animals to make space for incoming strays. In 2021, Dallas Animal Services took in 4,437 cats and saved […]
By Shari Goldstein Stern Washington, D.C. is ablaze. What, the U.S. Constitution is destroyed? Social unrest and rioting have broken out across the country, while democracy goes up in flames. Caroline Hamilton, Echo Theatre’s “Founders, Keepers” director asks, “What happens when five 11-year-old girls have to rewrite the constitution?” A team of “Government People” has […]
Benny C. Plunkett has been serving this community since he was 23 years old, first in service to his country with his military duty in Vietnam. Born in 1945, Plunkett was raised as a Master Mason on Aug. 22, 1972 at 26 years of age. For 50 years he has been a stalwart member of […]
FLAG POLE HILL By Judy Babb To folks who live near the White Rock Stables at the top of Flag Pole Hill, it’s not only the neigh of horses and the clatter of their hooves they expect to hear. For about the last 50 years, a flock of peacocks, more correctly called peafowl when speaking […]
