Carrollton News

Plano opened its 12th fire station last week following months of delays after the project's contractor went out of business.

Tue., Dec. 29 2009 @ 12:41PM a You know how it is--nothing to do in Dallas but eat, drink and shop.

DALLAS a * Bishop T. D. Jakes' 30,000 member following is about to get a lot bigger Thursday night with the opening of two new campuses in Carrollton and Fort Worth.

Friday's Restaurants to offer a free appetizer with the purchase of a beverage on December 25; will feature its new Mistletoe Martini.

Computer School for Seniors announced today that it will seek the guidance of 18 year old Travis Allen to provide Social Media Lesson Plans for its Senior students on its Internet campus.

Carrollton received the 2009 Greater Dallas Planning Council Urban Design Dream Study Award for its downtown Carrollton transit center plan.

Billy Tom Tomlinson of Tahoka tragically departed this life on December 22, 2009 at the age of 68 years.

Report non-emergency problems such as potholes, graffiti, broken street lights or vandalized playgrounds at Problem: A telephone pole that's leaning over is ready to break in the alley on Willow Road in Carrollton.

Know a "good kid"? Call 214-977-8466 or e-mail dfleck@dallasnews.com . Taylor Edwards I live in : Carrollton School and grade: Hebron High School, 12th grade, plan to attend the University of Texas at Austin and then the University of Miami's School of Nurse Anesthesia for graduate school Community and school activities: track, summer track, church ...

About 175 volunteers are needed for the Dallas Regional Chamber's financial aid forums for selected Dallas ISD and Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD high school students.

Among all the other news stories of the week, sometimes it's the simple ones which catch your attention the most.

Friends and loved ones of a respected Denton County politician are surprised by her recent behavior.

You're a pro at picking up the pieces. Especially when chocolate chips are involved.

A spokesman for Oral Roberts says the evangelist who rose from tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar organization and an Oklahoma university bearing his name has died.

For Yesenia Sanchez, the eighth time was the charm when it came to earning her high school diploma.

A Dallas County lawsuit accuses the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board of conducting the public's business in secret.

The Humane Society of Dallas County's Dog & Kitty City is wrapping up this year's holiday raffle with a party from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Lee Harvey's, 1807 Gould St.

Class springs to attention with the Pledge of Allegiance. Five-year-old Saniya Khoja takes the lead, twirling a red-white-and-blue flag the size of a napkin.

Texas taxpayers didn't contract to pay lobbyists more than $1 million to get the Tim Cole Act enacted into law.

Company is seeing increased demand for its Web-based property management systems for multifamily industry Dallas Business Journal - by Jeff Bounds Staff writer Send this story to a friend Jake Dean KEEPING IT REAL: RealPage Inc., led by President Dirk Wakeham, left, and CEO Stephen Winn, plans to bulk up operations in 2010.