Oct. 26, at approximately noon, the Garland Police Department responded to the report of a gunshot wound at an apartment community in the 600 block of Broadway Commons. Upon arriving, officers located two males suffering from gunshot wounds inside the residence. One...
For the second year in a row, Garland ISD is being singled out as a premier district for Visual and Performing Arts. GISD recently received a 2020 District of Distinction Award from the Texas Art Education Association. “Garland ISD has set a high standard for...
The Hispanic Youth Organization (HYO) is an after-school organization that is focused on engaging Hispanic students at district high schools. Currently active at Garland and North Garland high schools, the club focuses on Hispanic student involvement in school...
The Garland Health Department conducts weekly inspections of establishments where food is served. Inspections are performed at daycare centers, retirement homes, school cafeterias, restaurants and stores. A failing grade includes anything below a score of 60 from the...
Garland ISD is celebrating and honoring breast cancer survivors and fighters during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In her own words, #GISDCancerWarrior and Director of Human Resources Tanya Ramos discusses her journey and gives hope to those still fighting. ...
The city of Garland and GroundFloor Development have partnered to realize a $30 million commercial redevelopment project for the west side of downtown. Over the past two years, both parties have been actively working on this very challenging, but exciting major...
The Mustangs, Eagles, Colonels and Rangers enjoyed wins this week. Both the Wylie Pirates and Rowlett Eagles got to play their first 9-6A district games after delays caused by the pandemic. Mustangs get win over Owls The Sachse Mustangs defeated the...
A week after Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced that the COVID-19 threat level had been returned to RED, and the situation remains unsettling. The level had been lowered to ORANGE for the previous six weeks. As of Oct. 21, the State of Texas, Dallas...
Garland ISD recently announced that 13-year-old Emma Graves won the State Fair of Texas’ Creative Arts Face Mask Competition. Emma said that her art teacher at Austin Academy of Excellence, Jessica Thompson, told her class about the contest. Emma had already...
Carter Bloodcare recently announced that the fluctuation of the community blood supply and a strong hospital demand has created a critically low and unstable situation. Initially brought on by thousands of blood drive cancellations with the “shelter in place” orders,...
Two North and East Texas institutions have announced a partnership in the true spirit of giving this holiday season. With a united front, Soulman’s Bar-B-Que and Carter BloodCare are appealing to North Texans to donate blood to help meet the urgent needs of patients...
November 22, 1932 - October 15, 2020 Beloved wife and mother Alice Lynne Cleveland, 87, went to be with the Lord on Oct. 15, 2020. She was born Nov. 22, 1932, daughter of Mary Alice Blue and Reuben Cole Spell. She grew up on her family’s farm in Josephine,...