We all know some important benefits of trees. Like a tree produces oxygen which is necessary for breathing. In addition, it absorbs carbondioxide and makes the environment pleasant. It gives us, human, wood and paper, while providing habitat for wildlife in the areas with a large number of trees. The risk of flooding in these areas is extremely low. The …

Some forces are too powerful to hold back, even in Dallas-Fort Worth. In spring 2020, the great jobs machine that turned D-FW into an economic powerhouse for decades ground to a halt under the weight of a pandemic. After the nation and state locked down businesses to slow the spread of the coronavirus, North Texas lost over 450,000 jobs in …

An upper level area of low pressure is slowly meandering northward through Texas, and will continue to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms for several more days. But the rain will be spotty, and not everyone will get wet each day. While severe storms are not likely, some locally heavy rain and lightning will be possible. The highest chance of rain …

Hundreds of Garland residents and business owners have signed a petition urging the city to prevent a women’s health clinic from opening a location on the downtown square. The Source, which is owned by the Christian nonprofit Involved For Life, has signed a tentative contract with the owners of the property at 500 Main St. but is considering other locations, …

Dallas County reported one COVID-19 death and 98 new coronavirus cases Saturday. The latest victim was a Dallas man in his 70s who had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying health conditions. County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement that the county’s seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases is the lowest it’s been in …

Paula LaRocque was entrusted with a big task when she joined astaff skeptical about her hiring as the paper’s first-ever writing coach. Staff writers weren’t sure a coach was necessary and many had voiced concerns, former colleagues said, but it wasn’t long before LaRocque was touching lives across the newsroom and, later, the world. Paula LaRocque(Courtesy) “I don’t know what …

WASHINGTON —Donald Trump falsely boasted during his campaign last fall that he’d won Texas by a “landslide” in 2016, and on Saturday night, he told another whopper about his popularity in Texas – this time about his performance in the 2020 campaign. “We won Texas by a lot,” he claimed at a North Carolina GOP dinner. That’s revisionist history, pure …

Mattie Parker defeated Deborah Peoples to win the race for Fort Worth mayor Saturday, becoming the youngest mayor of a major U.S. city and delivering a blow to the notion that Tarrant County is ready to turn blue. Parker, 37, will replace Mayor Betsy Price, a fellow Republican who held office for 10 years. “Today’s election was a pivotal moment. …

Dallas voters elected four new faces to join the City Council and re-upped on two incumbents, giving them another two-year term, in Saturday’s runoff election. But among those now on the outside looking in is another incumbent who lost out on a second term. David Blewett became the second consecutive District 14 council member to lose a seat to a challenger. Blewett …