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Coronavirus
PCCI: COVID-19 Leading Cause of Death In Dallas County
With the anniversary of Dallas County’s first COVID-19 death having recently passed, COVID-19 has become the leading cause of death among county residents, surpassing heart disease, cancer, and strokes in the past year, the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) reported Wednesday.
Society
Party Hopping: Pegasus Prizes, Presents, and Poinsettias
The Dallas Foundation has awarded this year’s Pegasus Prize to Impact Ventures, which will receive $50,000 to continue developing women and minority small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Dallas Architecture Forum Delves Into Design Inspirations
The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its popular Panel Discussion Series on Thursday, April 8 with “Design Inspirations – Part One,” moderated by Robyn Menter.
Crime
‘He Deserves Justice’
The Murzin family is seeking answers about the shooting death of their beloved husband and father in a potential road rage incident.
Coronavirus
Dallas County Moves Risk Level to Orange
Tuesday, Dallas County health officials moved the county's risk level to orange for the first time since September 2020 -- and this time, bookended by news that the state would open COVID vaccination up to all adults next Monday and the news that Parkland has closed its COVID ICU wards, it might just be a sign that things are moving closer to green.
Know What to Look for When You Go Shopping for Upholstery Fabric
To work as a professional interior designer, you need to know your fabric.
St. Mark’s Teacher Named 2021 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year
Ray Westbrook, a journalism teacher adviser of the newspaper and yearbook at St. Mark’s School of Texas, was recently named the 2021 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
Election
Local Attorney Seeks To Toss Lawsuit Filed by Dominion
A local attorney who has been at the forefront of the Trump campaign’s insistence that the presidential election was “stolen” argued that the company suing her has no grounds because a “reasonable person” wouldn’t believe her claims.
Events
State Fair Announces It’s Time to Get Creative
If you missed channeling your creative energy into blue ribbon bragging rights, rejoice: The State Fair of Texas just announced that registration for its Creative Arts contests for 2021 is now available online.
Commercial Occupancy Rates Plummet During Pandemic
What many supposed might happen, it turns out, did -- commercial occupancy rates dropped a great deal in the fourth quarter of 2020, analysis by the Texas A&M Real Estate Center revealed.
All Adults Can Get COVID-19 Vaccine Starting Monday
Fire up your browsers -- starting next Monday, all adults in Texas will be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday.