Garland was recently named No. 8 on the list of the 100 most populous cities in the U.S. for raising a family. Move.org used the categories and weighting percentages below to rank the cities: Violent crimes per 100,000 residents – 20 percent School rankings – 18...
The Garland Police Department has divided the city into 26 districts, numbers vary from 11 to 56. Listed below are the 209 crimes reported. Information provided by the Garland Police Department. Crimes broken down by district District 11 3 District 12 9 District 13...
Photos by: Roger Mathis – www.mempics.com, Brad McClendon – www.bhmimages.com Sachse Mustangs remain unbeaten The showdown between District 10-6A’s two undefeated teams Friday, Oct. 21 at Homer B. Johnson Stadium was an exciting one. The Sachse Mustangs (8-0, 4-0)...
What do Leonardo Da Vinci, Ada Lovelace, and Steve Jobs have in common? They each loved the arts and humanities and appreciated the beauty of math and physics. This allowed them to innovate, to create, to change the way human beings experience the world. The mission...
November 15 will bring two of the world’s premier guitarists, Sungha Jung and Trace Bundy, to Garland’s Granville Arts Center. Each has a unique style of playing but they blend very well together. The men met ten years ago, when Jung captured Bundy’s attention by...
Saturday, Oct. 22, at 12:45 a.m., The Garland Police Department responded to a report of a stabbing in an apartment complex located in the 4300 block of Rosehill Road. When officers arrived they observed an unresponsive male subject lying on the ground outside....
By making small adjustments to Halloween costume and decoration choices, danger and risk to public safety is easily decreased. “It is important for people to take basic precautions to make sure they have nothing other than a fun-filled Halloween,” David Riggs of IAFF...
In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center is an accredited, nonprofit exotic cat sanctuary. Founded in 2000, ISE has a long-standing history of working to not only save big cats, but also educate the public about the struggles of big cats in captivity. On...
A Galaxy Called Dallas in Garland is one of thousands of comic book shops celebrating Halloween ComicFest on Saturday October 29. It’s a day full of free comics, “The Greatest Halloween Costume Contest Ever,” games, activities and more for comic and Halloween fans to...
The Alpha Charter School Athletic Department announced a successful season conclusion of the sixth- and eighth-grade girls’ volleyball season. The team competed in the Texas Charter School Academic Athletic League (TCSAAL) North Texas Division 7 and finished with a...
Frito-Lay and other PepsiCo employees from offices throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex participated in the seventh PepsiCo United Way Day of Caring. In what is one of the largest corporate United Way Day of Caring events in North Texas, an estimated 1,300...
The Sept. 27 and Oct. 10 Garland ISD board of trustees meetings were attended by students and parents who were unhappy with the board’s decision to move construction of the natatorium from the first phase of the bond package to phase 4. They expressed their opinions...