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Tree of Tomorrow: Monarch Descendant Planted in Douglas Park
Highland Park’s Big Pecan may be gone, but its descendants keep spreading.
Highland Park Education Foundation Awards $1.5M to HPISD
The Highland Park Education Foundation June 14 presented a check for more than $1.5 million raised through the annual Mad for Plaid campaign to Highland Park ISD for teacher and staff salary support for the 2021-2022 school year.
If You Paint It, These Friends Will Critique It
The Preston Hollow Women’s Club has added a new monthly special interest group where members provide refreshments and an easel for artwork to be displayed and critiqued.
African American Museum’s Texas Black Invitational Rodeo Returns to Fair Park
Grab your cowboy hats, boots, and buckles, and ride on over to the 33rd Texas Black Invitational Rodeo as the beloved event returns on Juneteenth weekend at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 18 at the Fair Park Coliseum.
Honored Scientist Found Inspiration as a Park Cities Youth
Todd Votteler says Texans must get resourceful to address water challenges
Gallery: University Park Children’s Fishing Derby
Young anglers took to the pond in Caruth Park for University Park’s Children’s Fishing Derby June 4.
Parade of Playhouses Coming To NorthPark
Dallas CASA’s 27th-anniversary Parade of Playhouses is returning to NorthPark Center July 15-31.
Highland Park Grad Serves Aboard Floating Airport USS Carl Vinson
SAN DIEGO – For Highland Park High School Class of 2011 graduate Justin Seagroves, serving in the U.S. Navy is all about his daughter.
SMU Mustang Band Performs At Normandy D-Day Ceremonies
Fifty-nine members of SMU’s Mustang Band and director Tommy Tucker performed at the international D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France.
North Texas Giving Day Registration Launches With New Digital Platform
The 14th annual Communities Foundation of Texas’ North Texas Giving Day nonprofit registration launched Tuesday in conjunction with the first of three nonprofit kickoff events.
State Board of Education To Mull New Teacher Certification Exam
HPISD’S Jean Streepey says change could address preparedness, retention
W.T. White Grad in the Navy Now Taking Care of Advanced Helicopters
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Naval service has taken W.T. White High School graduate Enrique Contereras to California, where the airman finds values learned in Dallas prove as valuable as ever.
Bush Sisters Talk Book, Family, and Superpowers
Former president shows up as daughters introduce their latest title
Honoring Fathers
The 46th-annual Father of the Year Luncheon, which honors fathers by raising funds for charities and scholarships, will be June 8 at the Frontiers of Flight Museum.
Voices
The Tennis Syndicate
In North Texas, female tennis lovers play in a league known as Tennis Competitors of Dallas (TCD).
Donors Needed For Dak (And Others)
Highland Park Middle School teacher and coach Adam Lopez is used to overcoming challenges when it comes to sports but is now facing a challenge of a different sort in finding a bone marrow donor for his 4-year-old son, Dak.
Philanthropy
Dallas CASA Hosts Cherish the Children Luncheon
WFAA-TV anchor Cynthia Izaguirre and Dallas Maverick CEO Cynt Marshall spoke before a sold-out crowd of 400 at Dallas CASA's Cherish the Children luncheon May 6 about their commitments and connections to children in foster care.
Big Texas BBQ Event Benefits Rise School
TouchDown Club of Dallas' annual appetizer and rib cookoff -- Big Texas BBQ -- is coming to the Cotton Bowl for the first time in eight years.
Four Distinguished HPHS Alumni Recognized
The Highland Park High School Alumni Association and the Highland Park Education Foundation recognized four as distinguished alumni at the 32nd-annual HPHS alumni awards April 21 at the Dallas Country Club.