The City of Arlington and the Texas Rangers are preparing to welcome thousands of baseball fans to Globe Life Field for the 2024 MLB-All Star week and the MLB All-Star Game. “The game hasn’t been here since 1995, so it’s really exciting for everyone in our organization to be able to bring the greatest players in the world to Globe …

If you thought having a truck smash through its dining room would stop a Tarrant County restaurant from opening for Mother’s Day, you’d be wrong. Owner Jesse Gill of Tuscany Italian Bistro in Lake Worth said she planned to tidy up after Saturday’s mishap and open in time for the annual celebration of moms nationwide, KXAS-TV (NBC 5) reported. Lake Worth …

Music brings peace, solace and hope during difficult times. It is a language understood around the world, that brings all of humanity closer. It’s not always easy to speak our feelings, but music helps to identify in the heart and soul what words cannot express. I was reminded of this when I first moved to Dallas in 2001. I had …

Cognitive neuroscience has clearly demonstrated that our brains have an amazing, lifelong ability to adapt, innovate and overcome. The brain experts at the UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth offer four science-backed tips to boost brain health during this time of stress, uncertainty and isolation. Check your stress gauge. When you begin to feel overwhelmed with tension or a sense of rising …

Samosas, the crispy, triangular pastries stuffed with spiced beef, are a staple of Ramadan in Pakistani culture. As a child, samosas were emblematic of what I looked forward to in the month, a way to distinguish it and celebrate it. This year, though, it’s different. There are no gatherings at the mosque or at friends’ homes for me to get …

There I was feeling good about myself for adapting so quickly to the Zoom boom. Like many college profs, I pivoted to teaching classes via videoconferencing this spring with trepidation. Seeing my quarantine-scattered students all lined up and smiling on my laptop screen, however, made Zoom seem like an unqualified blessing. I then read a piece in The New York Times entitled “Why …

About a month into our mandatory break from performing, after some frenzied brainstorming, I wrote my colleagues to ask if they would be interested in putting together a virtual orchestra performance. The responses started coming in as soon as I hit “send” — one after another, each person enthusiastically offering to help. I asked the 23 people who responded to …

Ten more Dallas County residents have died from the coronavirus, tying the county’s single-day high, officials said Friday Six of the victims were residents of long-term care facilities: a Dallas man in his 60s, a Dallas woman in her 80s, a Duncanville man in his 40s, a Duncanville man in his 70s, a Garland man in his 90s and a …

At least 40 workers have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Brakebush Bros. Inc. poultry plant in Irving, as infections widen in the nation’s meat and poultry industries. The Wisconsin-based food-processor closed its Irving plant for four days in April for a deep cleaning and has strengthened its employee safety precautions since the mid-March outbreak. The plant employs more than 750 people. …

AUSTIN — Two Laredo women arrested for providing beauty services in violation of stay-at-home order meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 will not be prosecuted after Gov. Greg Abbott said Texans cannot be jailed for the offense. Ana Isabel Castro-Garcia and Brenda Stephanie Mata were arrested in two separate sting operations on April 15 for allegedly offering hair and cosmetic services …

    A Dallas filmmaker has been arrested after he was accused of sexually assaulting a teenager several years ago. Adam Christopher Donaghey(Dallas County Sheriff’s Department) Adam Christopher Donaghey, 39, was taken into custody April 27 on one count of sexual assault of a child. He was released early the next day after posting $25,000 bond. Under the conditions of …