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Lady Scots Race to Season-Opening Win
Highland Park got the girls cross country season off to a fast start, as the Lady Scots won a team title on Saturday in Plano.
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Crime
Park Cities Crime Reports Aug. 9-15
Read the Park Cities Crime Reports for Aug. 9 – Aug. 15.
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Coronavirus
CDC Recommends COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released new data last week and urged pregnant people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Coronavirus
Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Mask Mandates
The Texas Supreme Court Sunday issued a temporary stay of restraining orders granted by lower courts in Bexar and Dallas counties.
Note: this story has been updated to include remarks from Dallas ISD superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa and latest court decisions.
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HPISD OKs Calling Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election
The Highland Park ISD board of trustees Monday approved calling a voter approval tax rate election in November.
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Coronavirus
Health Experts Weigh in on the Return to School
While the issue of mask mandates winds its way through the courts, parents and students are gearing up to return to school in a year that is so far promising to be just as turbulent as the last two years. How do you prepare for that?
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Coronavirus
Abbott Loses Dallas County, Bexar County Appeals
The 4th and 5th Court of Appeals both — within minutes — handed Gov. Greg Abbott two defeats in his bid to overturn mask mandates in Dallas and Bexar counties.
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Fajita Pete’s Gives Back With Boys and Girls Club Fundraiser
Delivery-centric Tex-Mex eatery Fajita Pete’s will commemorate National Fajita Day by donating 10% of systemwide profits from August 16-20 to local chapters of the Boys & Girls Club in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, as well as Kansas City, Missouri.
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Faith
Faith Friday: HPUMC Donation Strikes A Chord
Jack and Dianne Adleta didn’t get to celebrate the 100th anniversary of their flooring company last year as planned. Still, they hope what they helped Highland Park United Methodist Church accomplish instead will have a much more lasting impact.
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In Case You Missed It
Dancing Highland Park Sweethearts ‘Still Having Fun’
Larry and Kathy Helms have been dancing together for 55 years, and they don’t plan on stopping anytime soon.
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