A new program offered at the Grapevine Public Library is set to help kids turn the page on homework problems. The library has kicked off a dedicated program that offers complimentary help with homework for elementary-aged children, according to the organization. Library staff members, volunteer educators and high school honor students will assist with homework on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 6 p.m. (excluding the week of spring break). Teen volunteers will also be available to listen and provide encouragement for children who want to practice their reading skills, according to the library’s website.
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Colleyville has documented 5,076 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 26 deaths among residents, according to the Tarrant County website. As of Thursday, Colleyville has 919 active cases, and the county has 117,135. The omicron variant of the coronavirus has recently spurred a surge in cases across Texas. The omicron variant, first detected in South Africa, appears to have more than 30 mutations in the coronavirus’ spike protein, which could affect how easily it spreads to people. U.S. health officials are urging unvaccinated Americans to get their shots and eligible adults to get booster shots. Vaccines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus opened on March…
An upscale kitchen and cabinetry remodeling company, Kitchen Tune-Up, has now opened in Plano. The company specializes in updating kitchens and cabinetry, according to an announcement from the South Dakota company. Methods for updating cabinets include painting, refacing, re-dooring and new cabinets. Plano Kitchen Tune-Up will serve homeowners in Plano, Allen, Parker, Lucas and surrounding communities. Prior to joining Kitchen Tune-Up, franchise owner Scott Tripp spent 30 years in corporate operations. He has remodeled homes with his wife and has experience in construction, customer service and business management, according to the Plano location’s website. In addition to residential clients, Kitchen Tune-Up…
On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council voted unanimously to regulate hours of strip clubs and other sexually oriented businesses. Some previously had been allowed to operate 24 hours if they chose. Here’s what you need to know about the new rules. What are sexually oriented businesses? These types of businesses are defined in Dallas’ city code as adult arcades, adult bookstores or adult video stores, adult cabarets, adult motels, adult theaters, escort agencies or nude model studios. Strip clubs fall under the category of adult cabarets. How many of these businesses operate in Dallas? The city has 27 licensed sexually oriented businesses…
Researchers confirmed two cases of BA.2, a sub-lineage of the omicron variant, through sequencing at the University of Texas Southwestern on Thursday. Scientists discovered the sub-lineage in December, shortly after the original omicron lineage, called BA.1, was identified. Recent spread of the sub-lineage led the U.K. Health Security Agency to designate BA.2 as “under investigation.” Public health experts are monitoring the strain as it spreads in several European and Asian countries. BA.2 is believed to be more transmissible than BA.1, but not much else is known about the variant. In Denmark, BA.2 jumped from 20% of COVID-19 cases in the…
The winter freeze of a year ago was a traumatic event that left millions of Texans without power for days. Nearly 250 people died. Traumatic events like those can have lingering effects, especially coupled with the ongoing pandemic and other national and global crises. Did you face additional anxiety or other mental health effects after the 2021 winter storm? wants to learn more about how the freeze impacted the mental health of North Texans. Share your story using the form below, and a reporter may reach out with more questions.
HOUSTON (AP) — A police chase in Houston ended with a shootout that wounded three officers Thursday, authorities said. The incident began about 2:40 p.m. Thursday with a report of a disturbance involving a weapon. Police had responded to a shooting at the home of the suspect’s girlfriend, said Doug Griffith, president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union The ensuing car chase ended when the suspect’s vehicle crashed at an intersection in a residential neighborhood just off Interstate 69 on the southeastern edge of downtown Houston. A surveillance video aired by KTRK-TV showed officers jumping from a patrol car and…
More than 400 doctors and health care professionals signed a letter addressed to two Dallas hospitals decrying the closure of the state’s only comprehensive medical program for transgender children, The Dallas Morning News has learned. Addressed to leadership at the University of Texas Southwestern and Children’s Health and sent in late November, the letter urges the hospitals to reverse course on shuttering the clinic. The News exclusively obtained the letter from sources involved in its drafting. “As Texan health care providers, we are writing to you to express grave concerns regarding recent news that there are plans to shut down the Genecis clinic, which provides treatment…
A 28-year-old Dallas man was arrested and charged with fatally shooting a 25-year-old man Sunday morning in central Oak Cliff, police said. Jordy Estrada was booked in the Dallas County jail Sunday afternoon on charges of murder in connection with the slaying of Octavio Velasquez. His attorney, Steven Lafuente, did not immediately return a request for comment. Dallas police said they were called about 7:50 a.m. to an apartment complex in the 2200 block of South Vernon Avenue, near West Illinois Avenue, where they found Velasquez in the parking lot with a gunshot wound on the back of his head.…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The man arrested in Mexico for the murder of a Harris County Precinct 5 corporal was a 25-year fugitive out of Harris County, law enforcement officials revealed at a press conference Thursday. According to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, 51-year-old Oscar Rosales was charged with aggravated assault with a knife in the county in 1995. “It is apparent that Oscar Rosales, a 25-year fugitive out of Harris County for the crime of aggravated assault, has been violent before,” Ogg said. Rosales, who at the time went by the alias “Maurico Aguilar Albarenga,” pled guilty and…
