Garland News

Karen Kern has traveled the full circle of employment evolution -- from full-time mom to employee to unemployed to entrepreneur -- in about a year.

Local high school students raised $10,000 for the family of a convenience store clerk known as "Grandma" to many in the Garland community.

A convenience store clerk who was set on fire during a robbery Sunday has died of her injuries, Garland police said late Friday Nancy Harris, 76, had been in critical condition in Parkland Hospital since a robber doused her with a flammable liquid and set her on fire in the 3300 block of Broadway Boulevard, near East Centerville Road.

State troopers arrested a motorcyclist late Thursday night after the man led them on a 30-minute high-speed chase reaching speeds more than 130 mph through Garland, Mesquite, Dallas and Irving.

Bonham Police Department is pleased to announce the arrest of Emilio Martinez, 46 years of age formerly of Bonham, for Aggravated Sexual Assault.

Johnson was already facing a theft charge from last November-accused of stealing state inspection stickers and cash from an auto repair shop.

The man accused of setting an elderly Garland store clerk on fire had a brief court appearance today before state District Judge Andy Chatham.

After a four-month investigation, investigators said they will not charge a Wylie police officer with possession of child pornography, even though numerous illegal images were found on his computer.

A bank account has been set up for people wishing to donate to a woman set on fire during a Garland gas station robbery on Sunday.

A North Texas couple have been sentenced to prison for their part in a conspiracy to defraud the city of Garland, Texas, of nearly $2 million by filing fraudulent damage claims against the municipality.

A 76-year-old grandmother who was working at a suburban Dallas convenience store was in a hospital Monday after a robber emptied her cash register, doused her with a flammable liquid and set her on fire.

A woman was in critical condition Sunday with burns over nearly half her body, police said, after a man set her on fire while robbing her at a Garland gas station.

Police said a clerk at a Garland convenience store is hospitalized in critical condition after she was ablaze on Saturday morning.

The SMU Mustangs gave wide receiver Jarvis Baxter the first offer of his recruitment, and the 2013 recruit from Garland, Texas has been receiving some heavy interest from the school throughout his recruitment.

Garland police are trying to locate Truett Hamby, who lives in the 1300 block of Colonel Drive in the southern part of the city.

Truett Hamby, 73, was last seen in the 1300 block of Colonel Drive. Hamby suffers from dementia and Parkinson's disease.

A couple is going to prison for taking part in a conspiracy to embezzle money from the Dallas suburb of Garland.

Kenneth Wayne Brown, 51, and his wife, Lea Michele Brown, 47, both of Westminster, Texas, were sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater to 42 months and 34 months, respectively, in federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to embezzle funds from the city of Garland, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldana.

Laura and Hal McLarry came from Garland, Texas to watch the Texas Tree Climbing Championship on Friday, in Zilker Park.

Drivers say they're confused that there are no speed limits posted on the new 10 miles eastern extension of the President George Bush Turnpike.