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Traffic study halted after screenshots leaked of memo sent out by megachurch staff urging members to help manipulate the results
ROCKWALL, Texas — At any point of the week – there’s no shortage of cars whizzing down the stretch of Ralph Hall Parkway near Lakepointe Church in Rockwall. But anyone who lives nearby will tell you no day is busier than Sunday – when traffic here can be downright unbearable as thousands leave worship at the megachurch.
Flood Watch in Effect for Dallas, Fort Worth, and Plano as Texas Braces for Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather
Residents across north-central and northeast Texas are bracing for potential flooding as the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a flood watch effective from 7 AM CDT today. As reported by the National Weather Service, the watch includes major cities such as Dallas, Fort Worth, and Plano. It remains in effect through Friday morning due to expected excessive rainfall.
Mom concerned after knife-threatening incident at North Texas school
GARLAND — The end of the school year can't get here fast enough for Sha'Brittany Clay who's still upset about what happened to her 10-year-old son last week inside Couch Elementary in Garland. "I want something done other than, 'I'm sorry,'" said Clay.The mother of the 4th-grade student says she got a call last Wednesday from Garland Police alerting her about another student who was facing criminal charges because the other student allegedly had a knife to Clay's child's neck.But what she was told after that made her even more upset. "Supposedly it happened Tuesday," said Clay. "I didn't receive a call until...
Texas Megachurch Hits the Brakes After Trying To Skew A Traffic Study
When a suburban Dallas megachurch commissioned a city-mandated study required to get a new traffic light near the entrance to its parking lot, church leaders hired an engineering firm to run it. But the staff at Lakepointe Church in Rockwall, Texas, didn’t only depend on the engineers: To make sure...
First of 1,500 homes to pop up soon in new master-planned community east of Dallas
TERRELL, Texas — this story and more North Texas business news from our partners at the Dallas Business Journal. Homes could soon start popping up in a new neighborhood east of Dallas. Northspur, an about 700-acre master-planned community by Hines and Trez Capital, is in the works about 27...
Drunken driver sentenced for crash that killed Mesquite family of 3
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas - A drunken driver who killed a family of three in 2020 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. 49-year-old Sione Nusi pleaded guilty to 3 counts of intoxication manslaughter. On August 31, 2020, Nusi was driving the wrong way on Loop 820 in Haltom City...
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