Parker News

The Garland schools' administration recommended at last week's school board work session that the district end its GED program to save money.

A Plano woman who was supposed to protect animals from cruelty has now been sentenced for letting her own puppy starve to death at her apartment near West Parker and Independence Parkway.

Larry Hagman attends the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the TV show 'Dallas' at South Fork Ranch on November 8, 2008 in Parker, Texas.

It's a bit of role reversal in the Plano Independent School District -- the adults have a lot of homework to do.

A standing-room-only crowd jammed Wylie City Hall Wednesday, Oct. 7, to protest a bridge that would span Lake Lavon, connecting the eastern shores of the lake with the western side.

A debate over school attendance zone changes in Plano is highlighting the struggle between fostering diversity and allowing children to attend their neighborhood schools.

After a lengthy search for a new fire chief, the city has chosen someone to head up the Lufkin Fire Department.

While federal prosecutors portrayed the Scarecrow Bandits as ruthless bank robbers during closing arguments, defense lawyers took the unusual argument that their clients are simply dopers and drug dealers.

The United States signed a U.N. convention on Thursday aimed at ensuring equal rights for the world's 650 million disabled people, a pact that the former Bush administration refused to endorse.

At America's Tea Party hosted at Southfork Ranch in Parker, thousands of people tired of taxation endured the triple-digit Texas heat to make their voices heard during one of the nation's largest Taxed Enough Already protests.

Howdy folks, this is your good news reporter. This weekend, in America, thousands upon thousands of folks from coast to coast and border to border gathered to say a loud "No!" to Obama and the left.

It was billed to the be the largest Tea Party in the nation and the Dallas Tea Party did not disappoint.

Dallas Tea Party has announced a July Fourth event at Southfork Ranch in Parker.

Texas Water Safari President Allen Spelce calls it the world's toughest canoe race.

Theodore Kim covers the city of Plano and Matthew Haag covers Plano schools. The community is encouraged to contribute by joining the conversation on this blog.

The Race for the Cure is a family affair. And no one understands that better than the five generations of the Waller family.

Pasture management and weed control plus discussions on water utilization in cropping systems will highlight the 46th annual Stiles Farm Field Day scheduled June 16.

As many people hit the road for the Memorial Day weekend, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are urging drivers to be careful.

It was no accident that Douglas Maupin spent 83 days in jail after being arrested on a 6-year-old warrant for failure to appear for jury duty.

The Waco Independent School District's fine art department is sponsoring a performance of the award-winning, one-woman play "Bonnie Parker" at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the WISD Playhouse Theater, 201 N. Jack Kultgen Expressway.