Crimes reported: August 11-17

The Garland Police Department has divided the city into 26 districts, numbers vary from 11 to 56.  Listed below are the 142 crimes reported.   Information provided by the Garland Police Department.   Crimes broken down by district   District 11 3...

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Texas Education Agency grades GISD schools

The Texas Education Agency released letter grades, a new system that started with the 2017-18 school year, for each of the state’s school districts. Individual schools received letter grades as well.   Last year, Garland ISD earned a B, or 81 points out of 100....

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Health inspection report: August 12-16

The Garland Health Department 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...

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Ikandy hosts eighth backpack giveaway

Saturday, August 10 was a special day for a group of Garland ISD students who received backpacks from IKandy, the charitable foundation of Ike Diogu. Ike was a basketball standout at Garland High School before he attended college and went on to play for several NBA...

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Host a student through an historic exchange

Be a part of the solution! World Heritage International is now looking for American families to host high school students from Eurasia. All these students have received scholarships through the U.S. State Department sponsored Future Leaders Exchange Program and will...

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Mayor and council begin budget deliberations

City Manager Bryan Bradford and Budget Director Ron Young have presented the proposed 2019-20 budget to Mayor Scott LeMay and the Garland City Council members and deliberations have begun.   Bradford explained that while the revenue growth of 5.7 percent that has...

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Crimes reported: August 4-10

The Garland Police Department has divided the city into 26 districts, numbers vary from 11 to 56.  Listed below are the 196 crimes reported.   Information provided by the Garland Police Department.   Crimes broken down by district   District 11 5...

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