Farmers Branch News

News 8 has received many calls from people who are moved by the tragic shootings at Fort Hood and want to help.

At R.L. Turner High School's annual veteran's day program in Farmers Branch on Wednesday, servicemen stood up and were recognized for their service and sacrifice for their country.

The Dallas County district attorney's office has for the second time dismissed a murder charge against a doctor accused of killing his wife.

The state health department is significantly changing the way it distributes swine flu vaccine, giving more control of vaccine supplies to local health departments under a plan announced Wednesday.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 1:12 pm US/Central A federal appeals court has affirmed a ruling against three Latino voters who tried to change how council members are elected in Farmers Branch, one of several American cities trying to drive out illegal immigrants through a series of ordinances.

The City Council in a 3-2 vote decided to allow limited sales of alcoholic beverages during events at city parks.

The state of Texas plans on cutting of shipments of the H1N1 vaccine to a clinic that allegedly is offering up doses to anyone willing to pay.

Dallas and Tarrant counties are holding Swine Flu shot clinics today aimed at high-risk groups like children and pregnant women.

Share + Oct 30, 2009 4:16 pm US/Central By Kent Chapline, with additional reporting by Stephanie Lucero FARMERS BRANCH 1 of 1 Doses of H1N1 influenza vaccine sit in a basket at Rush University Medical Center on Oct.

The line wrapped around the building at the W.G. Thomas Coliseum in Haltom City as hundreds of people waited to receive swine flu vaccinations this morning.

In Dallas County, a private clinic in Farmers Branch says it's received more flu vaccine doses than the entire county public health system.

People from across North Texas spent hours waiting in the wet weather. Many in the long line outside the Family Occupational Urgent Care clinic in Farmers Branch were accompanied by their children.

On a day when Dallas and Tarrant counties prepared to dispense precious doses of H1N1 flu vaccine only to those at highest risk, a clinic in Farmers Branch offered the vaccine to anybody with $20 and the patience to wait.

Dallas County confirmed its fourteenth H1N1-related death Wednesday afternoon. The 35-year-old man, who had significant preexisting medical conditions, died from complications of the swine flu, health officials said.

It all came together with Legos, programming and sensors. Two Denton Navo Middle School eighth-graders this week worked with a robot, commanding it with light sensors to reach four points on an obstacle course on the classroom floor.

What do you know? A real, live idea has emerged in the Republican race for governor.

The Savoy of Josey Ranch Neighborhood Association and about 100 community members, neighbors and friends gathered for a block party Oct.

If you were among the scores who hadna t yet defected from MySpace in 2007, you may remember Colbie Caillat as one of the top unsigned artists on that site.

Jeremy Philip Brannon, of Lubbock, departed this life on Oct. 17, 2009, at the age of 17 years.

"Mine were close, but I didn't win. I have a little bit of work to do in the tail feathers," said Cathy Gleason.