Community celebrates Ms. Garland Senior winner

Photos by Mark Harkins A group of accomplished, community-minded women competed Saturday, June 3, for the title of Ms. Garland Senior America. Jessica Acosta, who won the title in 2010, and Sharon Whitrock, who won in 2011, did a wonderful job of bringing back the...

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Armstrong ES nurse receives support, hugs

Armstrong Elementary School nurse Stephanie Howeth recently received an unexpected visit at her doorstep. Driving up in a rose-colored fire truck, the Pink Heals of Collin County, colleagues and family members surprised Howeth with cheers, hugs and words of...

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GPD announces Click It or Ticket results

From May 22 through June 4, the Garland Police Department participated in the statewide added enforcement for the Click It or Ticket campaign.   The additional enforcement resulted in the following:   491       Seat belts violations 27        Child safety...

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Merit Scholarships announced

National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced more than 3,200 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the Finalists in the 2017 National...

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Grads make senior walk through Hillside Academy

On Friday, June 2, graduating seniors from several Garland ISD high schools returned to their elementary school, Hillside Academy for Excellence, for a "Senior Walk." These Hillside Academy alumni, now graduating seniors, from Rowlett High School, Sachse High School,...

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Crimes reported: May 21-27

The Garland Police Department has divided the city into 26 districts, numbers vary from 11 to 56.  Listed below are the 212 crimes reported.   Information provided by the Garland Police Department. Crimes broken down by district District 11 4 District 12 1...

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GFD ‘pushes in’ new ladder truck

Garland Fire Station 11 celebrated taking ownership of their new aerial truck 11 with an official Push-In Ceremony May 31. It was out with the old and in with the new. The new apparatus is a 2017 Spartan 75’ ladder truck which will display the designation of truck...

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Teacher challenges O’Banion students

Students at O'Banion Middle School recently received a special treat, courtesy of teacher Joshua Hopkins. The sixth-grade math instructor challenged students to raise money for Pennies for Patients, a program that benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. But this...

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Obituary: Charlene E. Childress

Charlene E. Childress, age 76, passed away peacefully on May 31, 2017 in Paris, Texas where she spent her last nine months as a resident of Spring Lake Assisted Living Center.  Born March 8, 1941 in Mercedes, Texas, she was a retired elementary teacher of 31 years in...

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