Farmers Branch News

This Memorial Day weekend is sort of like a practice round for Fourth of July -- 'cept the Fourth is in the middle of the week this year, so if you're really going to let freedom ring, now's the time.

Two areas, including parts of Coppell, Valley Ranch, and Farmers Branch outside of CFBISD, are where transfers may come from.

Illinois-based The Marquette Companies has joined California-based American Realty Advisors in a venture that has bought Portofino Luxury Apartments at 11601 Lago Vista W in Farmers Branch for an undisclosed sum.

Now through Sunday, May 13, Manske Library in Farmers Branch willl host their semi-annual Books for a Buck sale, featuring thousands of titles for less than $1. The library is open on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Mark Davis, Dallas Morning News Columnist, frequent TV commentator and substitute host for Rush Limbaugh's national radio show, and until recently the morning radio host featured on WBAP, will be the featured speaker at the PWRW Fundraiser Luncheon.A The venue is the Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch and the date is Wednesday, May 23, at ... (more)

A motorcyclist led police on a chase through several cities before running out of gas on Stemmons Freeway in Dallas.

A Rowlett police officer reportedly spotted a yellow Yamaha motorcycle committing a traffic violation headed westbound on the George Bush Turnpike around midnight.

There are things Alex Rodriguez is proud of, like his young family. There are other things he's ashamed of, like the ankle monitor he wears 24 hours a day, put on by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A Houston-based buyer has acquired the Holiday Inn Select North Dallas, a two building, 364-room hotel at 2645 LBJ Fwy.

FARMERS BRANCH ~ All star gazers are invited to gather for a Star Party at the Farmers Branch Historical Park on Tuesday, May 15 from dusk untilA about 9 p.m. This free activity can be enjoyed by the whole family while viewing Jupiter, Saturn and many more celestial bodies though high powered telescopesA with assistance from volunteers with the ... (more)

Women protest outside the Susan G. Komen for the Cure headquarters in Farmers Branch, Texas, demanding continued funding of Planned Parenthood in February.

After attorneys for Farmers Branch filed a rehearing request before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over the city's illegal-immigration ordinance, some residents asked when the City Council took a public vote on the matter.