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TABC penalizes 4 restaurant-bars in Dallas for violating COVID-19 rules


October 30, 2020

Liquor licenses have been temporarily revoked at four restaurant-bars in Dallas after Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents say COVID-19 protocols were not followed. High Fives, XOXO Dining Room, Shuck N Jive and Alamo Club cannot sell alcohol for 30 days, according to the emergency suspension orders. The orders do not require the establishments to close temporarily, says TABC spokesman Chris …

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Dallas police seek person of interest in disappearance of Marisela Botello, Seattle woman last seen in Deep Ellum


October 30, 2020

Dallas police say they are looking for a person of interest connected to the case of a missing Seattle woman who hasn’t been seen since she visited Deep Ellum more than three weeks ago. Charles Beltran(Dallas Police Department) Police said they are looking for Charles Beltran. They did not provide a detailed physical description but said he was driving a …

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Dallas County reports 656 coronavirus cases, 4 deaths; Tarrant County adds 742 cases, 6 deaths


October 30, 2020

Dallas County reported 656 more coronavirus cases Thursday, all of which the county considers new. Four new COVID-19 deaths were also reported. Labs either report coronavirus cases directly to the county health department or to the state health department, which then relays the information to individual counties. Of the confirmed cases reported Thursday, Dallas County health officials said 274 came …

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13 North Texas cities end their decadeslong water war and agree to new and fairer rate structure


October 30, 2020

Granddaddy suburbs and up-and-coming boomtowns across North Texas ended their decadeslong water war Thursday and unanimously agreed to a new wholesale rate structure that will determine each city’s fair share. This history-making regional cooperation to write an amended contract with the North Texas Municipal Water District won’t show up in residents’ water bills anytime soon. Reaching a compromise that all …

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El Paso County judge’s order shutting down nonessential businesses for 2 weeks sets up possible COVID-19 confrontation with Abbott


October 30, 2020

EL PASO — County Judge Ricardo Samaniego on Thursday called for a shutdown of all nonessential businesses here for two weeks as record-setting numbers of coronavirus cases overwhelm hospitals. Samaniego’s order sets up a possible confrontation with Gov. Greg Abbott, who had issued a statewide executive order allowing some nonessential businesses to reopen at 75% of capacity. El Paso has …

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October 30, 2020

On Thursday, Brian Fox of McKinney met a friend for lunch and then stopped by Plano’s Carpenter Park Recreation Center, where just 16 days earlier, long lines had wrapped around the building as the first day of early voting began. But on this chilly October day, Fox had no wait at all. “It was a very quick process,” said Fox, …

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