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He Ran Across Canada In 81 Days — Now He's Coming Home To Plano
B efore Sachin Latti ran across an entire country, he was a teenager in Plano trying to find somewhere he belonged. He had moved from Canada, struggled to make friends and faced bullying. A brief attempt at basketball ended when he was cut from the team. Then a guidance counselor suggested wrestling at Plano Senior High School, and everything began to change. Decades later, the friendships he formed on those wrestling mats would help bring him back to North Texas, this time as an ultra-endurance athlete and mental health advocate who spent 81 days running across Canada. On Nov. 14, Latti will lead a community 5K at Café Olivia Downtown in Dallas, raising money for the Blue Guardian Foundation, which supports law enforcement officers and their families during difficult times. Finding Connection In Plano When Latti's family relocated from Canada, adjusting to life in Texas wasn't easy. Although he remembers the kindness of neighbors who welcomed his family, finding his own place took time. "I won't pretend it was easy at first, though. I'd left my home in Canada, I didn't have friends, I dealt with some bullying, and honestly, I was sad," Sachin Latti told Local Profile . After
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Dallas ISD discusses closing 6 campuses amid budget deficit
DALLAS — Unlike a lot of school districts in Texas, Dallas Independent School District has mostly avoided conversations about school closures, at least until now. This month, the board is discussing closing six campuses in South Dallas. “It is part of our community and our history and our legacy,”...
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Loan Demand Rises Even as Lenders Tighten Credit, Dallas Fed Finds
Loan demand picked up across the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ district even as lenders raised borrowing costs and tightened credit, according to the Dallas Fed’s November Banking Conditions Survey. Overall loan volume grew at roughly the same pace as in the previous survey, with commercial real estate...
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Rise48 Plans $6M Carrollton Complex Makeover After Occupancy Sinks Below 84%
A 320-unit apartment complex in Carrollton is getting a $6 million makeover after its occupancy slipped below 84%, well under the near-93% average Rise48 Equity reports across its other 15 Dallas-Fort Worth properties. The Phoenix-based investment firm recently acquired the property at 2500 Guerrero Drive, formerly known as The Holden, and has rebranded it Rise Trinity as part of a broader repositioning push.
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Gallery 19C’s ‘The French Fashionista’ brings 19th-century Paris to North Texas
From the stories making headlines to the restaurants, music and culture that make Dallas one of a kind, Dallas Observer is there. Help us raise $25,000 by December 31 to keep independent local journalism going strong in 2027. In 1880, William Kissam Vanderbilt walked into Alfred Stevens’ Paris home, saw...
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ESD Bound for State Title Game
The unbeaten Episcopal School of Dallas Eagles (11-0) soared past Austin St. Andrew’s, 43-29, in the SPC 3A state semifinals at Jones Family Stadium, establishing a program-record 11 wins in a season. Quarterback Miles Link accounted for all six ESD touchdowns – five passing and one rushing – in...