Garland Police will step up high visibility patrols starting Tuesday, June 7, through Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The project, Operation Slowdown!, is funded through a TxDOT grant. The intention is to increase effective enforcement and adjudication of traffic...
Need internet access? The Garland Library is now offering mobile hot spots, devices that use wireless cellular technology, to provide users with internet access for their tablets, computers, gaming consoles and other Wi-Fi enabled devices. The hot spots are portable...
The Noon Exchange Club of Garland recently announced its Youth of the Year winners. Each of the three winners also received a scholarship. Christina Cullpepper - Youth of the Year Winner Christina is a Rowlett High School senior and three-year member of the Air Force...
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. Inspectors use a 100-point scoring system during each...
The Nicholson Memorial Library System announced its scheduled activities for June and there's something for every age group. Adults Cook the Book - Adults can learn new recipes and share their talents with fellow foodies. Event is at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the...
Grand Homes hosted a dedication ceremony Thursday, May 26, at 342 Gleneagles in Garland to celebrate their ninth Home for HOPE. They are also thrilled to also announce that its ninth Home for HOPE has been purchased. “We feel honored and proud to have sold this...
National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) recently announced over 2,600 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. The group included two Garland ISD students - Jack V. Le from Garland High School and Adrian Munoz from North...
On June 2, just after 7:30 p.m., Garland police officers responded to a motel in the 6200 block of Broadway Boulevard where private bond agents were attempting to locate 33-year-old Juan Carlos Lopez, who was wanted on multiple counts of a felony warrant for Sexual...
Garland’s Keller-Williams Lake Cities (KW) real estate office recently hosted a community service event at the new Abe J. Tuggle Animal Shelter and Adoption Center. In recognition of Keller-Williams’ RED Day (Renew, Energize, Donate) the agents at Garland’s branch of...
The family of Charles Louis Hirsch, of Garland, TX, are saddened to announce his death. Charles passed-away at Methodist Richardson Hospital on Friday, May 20, 2022, around 1:00 a.m. Charles died suddenly from an unexpected medical condition, while routinely...
Jordan Myers, a senior at Rowlett High School in GISD, has been awarded the Texas Caucus of Black School Board Members Scholarship. Myers will be graduating in a couple of weeks and plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin and major in psychology on the...
Each year, 1.5 million juniors take the PSAT/NMSQT. In early September, about 16,000 students, or approximately 0.5 percent of the highest-scoring students per state, are notified by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation that they have qualified as National Merit...
Garland will host its inaugural Juneteenth event from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 19, at Audubon Park, 550 W. Oates Road. There will be something for everyone at the family festival, including an opportunity to learn about the historical significance of this federally...
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. Inspectors use a 100-point scoring system during each...
Amnah Haque of Garland was recently awarded a full-ride scholarship to SMU Dedman School of Law by The Sumners Foundation of Irving. Scholarships are awarded by the Foundation based on academic excellence, civic engagement, and a capacity for leadership. Amnah is one...
Garland’s Duck Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant recently received the George W. Burke, Jr. Facility Safety Award at the 2022 Texas Water Awards Program ceremony in San Antonio. The award is presented by the Water Environment Federation and recognizes municipal and...
The following article is published through the courtesy of Texas Historical Commission's Medallion Magazine, Winter 2022 issue (thc.texas.gov). It names Garland’s Plaza Theater as a midcentury masterpiece theater. Post-World War II Dallas was electric—the suburbs...
Two Sachse High School girls’ track and field athletes made a great showing at the state track and field competition held May 12-14. The state meet was held at the University of Texas at Austin’s Mike A. Myers Stadium. Shot putter Favor Anyanwu won the gold medal in...
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. Inspectors use a 100-point scoring system during each...
Emergency Management Director Mistie Gardner was recently named Who's Who in America's Neighborhoods in the Governmental Category for her efforts and involvement during the pandemic and during Winter Storm Uri. The Who’s Who in America’s Neighborhoods Award was...