On Jan. 3, shortly after 8 p.m., the Garland Police Department responded to a shooting that occurred outside a vacant house located in the 6500 block of Glenmoor Drive. The shooting resulted in the deaths of 26-year- old Michael Love and 39-year-old Terry Simmons....
Mayor Douglas Athas tendered his resignation at the Tuesday, Jan. 9, Garland City Council meeting. He read his resignation letter which indicated that his term would end after a successor is elected by the citizens in the May election. Athas shared that the...
Join Garland Civic Theatre for our 50th Anniversary Season! GCT was founded in 1968 and is the oldest community theatre in Dallas County. To celebrate, we are producing a spectacular season of theatre filled with mystery, laughter, music and love. Garland Civic...
This season’s flu outbreak, now being called an epidemic, continues to spread throughout the U.S. The severity of this season’s flu can be blamed on it being a strain known as H3N2, which makes people sicker than other strains. When H3N2 is prominent, more people...
The Garland Health Dept. conducts weekly inspections of establishments where food is served. Inspections are performed at day care centers, retirement homes, school cafeterias, restaurants and stores. A failing grade includes anything below 60. Any establishment...
Update: Police identify male victim The adult male victim was identified as 21-year-old Axel Sanchez Orozco of Garland. Monday, Jan. 15, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Garland police officers responded to a gunshot wound call in the 1600 block of Mosswood Court....
Garland Behavioral Hospital has participated in the Stop Senior Hunger annual food drive in years past but wanted to do something special for the 2017 drive (https://www.facebook.com/STOPSeniorHungerDallas333/). Garland Behavioral Hospital has a specialty...
Auditions for “The Savannah Sipping Society" will be held Sunday, Jan. 21, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. in 30-minute time slots. Appointments are preferred, but if unable to schedule, simply drop by to audition. Callbacks will be Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. Auditions and...
Garland has once again joined the It’s Time Texas Community Challenge, and the community is encouraged to help! The challenge began Jan. 8 and is presented by H-E-B to unite and mobilize community members, schools, businesses and organizations to see which communities...
The Garland Police Department has divided the city into 26 districts, numbers vary from 11 to 56. Listed below are the 135 crimes reported. Information provided by the Garland Police Department. Crimes broken down by district District 11 4 District 12 2...
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born Jan. 15, 1929, to pastor Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. He attended segregated public schools until the age of 15 when he was accepted into Morehouse College. Upon his 1948 graduation from Morehouse, King went to...
YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund has awarded four University of North Texas students with $5,000 prizes. The UNT students are among more than 200 college students to receive money from the fund. One of the winners is Ruthanna Harry, a senior from Garland, majoring in...