The Duck Creek District recently hosted its Friends of Scouting Breakfast the McDonald Building at Garland’s First Baptist Church. Several state and local dignitaries attended the event including a representative from the office of State Senator Bob Hall, State...
Women help ‘Project Night Night’ bring children sweet dreams
Women from Garland, Richardson, Wylie and Sachse joined together in service to displaced children as part of the Richardson Texas Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints female Relief Societies annual conference, partnering with Project Night Night....
Fourth historic home tour in the books
The weather was perfect for the April 28 historic home tour, which included homes in the Travis College Hill Addition as well as two homes in the historic Embree area. Visitors were welcomed at 301, 309, 317, 313, 400 and 411 South 11th Street and this year,...
SGHS AVID student receives Dell Scholar scholarship
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), a nationally recognized nonprofit and college-readiness system, announced today that 281 of this year's 500 Dell Scholars are AVID students. The Dell Scholars Program, an initiative of the Michael & Susan Dell...
Garland Sports Hall of Fame recognizes outstanding athletes, coach
Recognizing athletic excellence across Garland ISD, the Garland Sports Hall of Fame recently celebrated several students and one legendary coach. Every year, just one male and one female athlete from all seven GISD high schools is chosen as a Gale Fields Award...
Police arrest suspect in shooting death
Saturday, May 5, shortly before 4 p.m., officers from the Garland Police Department responded to the report of a shooting in a shopping center located in the 1000 block of Northwest Highway. Upon arrival, the officers observed a Hispanic male subject, who was...
Tickets now on sale for Garland Summer Musicals
Tickets are now available for Garland Summer Musicals’ sensational 2018 Season! The Broadway and film classic “My Fair Lady” kicks off the season on Friday, June 15 and runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through June 24. Cole Porter’s song and dance spectacular “Kiss...
GISD names Teachers of the Year
Nearly 200 people gathered to celebrate the district’s leading educators at Garland ISD’s first-ever Teacher of the Year Luncheon April 30. After selfie snapping, honoree mingling, and words of gratitude from Superintendent Ricardo López and Board President...
Tyrese Maxey ties state record, lands Player of the Year title
Helping the South Garland High School boys basketball team make history this season with a Final Four finish at the UIL state tournament, junior Tyrese Maxey also made history of his own. He tied the record for the most points scored by one player in a class 6A state...
Blood donors are ‘heroic minority’ – help change that trend
Firewheel Town Center, First Baptist, Good Shepherd Catholic will host blood drives and invite all to help save lives. There continues to be a wide gap between the number of eligible blood donors in north, central and east Texas and the number of them who...
GSO season finale to feature pianist Alex McDonald
Garland Symphony Orchestra will wrap up its 2017-2018 “Vienna, City of Music!” May 11 at 8 p.m. at the Granville Arts Center, Brownlee Auditorium in Garland. McDonald will perform Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. Since his orchestral debut at age 11, Dallas-local pianist...
Crimes reported: April 1-7
The Garland Police Department has divided the city into 26 districts, numbers vary from 11 to 56. Listed below are the 166 crimes reported. Information provided by the Garland Police Department. Crimes broken down by district District 11 5 District 12...