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4 Ways Black Women Can Prioritize Self-Care for Improved Heart Health

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Thu, 02/11/2021 - 05:00

High blood pressure -- the leading risk factor for heart attack and stroke -- continues to disproportionately affect communities of color.

New FISD Facilities Provide Outstanding Opportunities for Forney Students

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Thu, 02/04/2021 - 05:00

Forney ISD continues to raise the bar with state-of-the-art facilities. Thursday, January 28, the FISD Board of Trustees and Forney Superintendent, Dr.

Representative Keith Bell Files Pro-Life Legislation Providing Conscience Protection for Healthcare Workers

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Thu, 02/04/2021 - 05:00

Thursday, January 22, State Representative Keith Bell (R - Forney) filed House Bill 1291 on the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, requiring notice of the right to object to participation in an abortion procedure for health care personnel of a hospital, medical school, or health care facility.

Lydia’s Son

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Thu, 02/04/2021 - 05:00

Lydia Polite was a Gullah-Geechee enslaved person in South Carolina. There is really no way for us to know what her given name was, as Gullah slaves were assigned names by traders and never known by the language of their West African mothers.

Ask Aunt B

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Thu, 02/04/2021 - 05:00

Dear Aunt B, I’m 15 and I don’t belong anywhere. I just don’t know where to turn. I just want to belong. I DON’T. I’m not sure where to turn. Can you help me? I am so alone Dear I am so alone, I wish I could wrap my arms around you and tell you everything will be ok.

Laymen’s Corner

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Thu, 02/04/2021 - 05:00

The holy Bible is so written so that a “saved person” can learn how to live a GODLY life studying it, but the “lost” cannot understand it because it is foolishness to them. As natural humans we rely on what we can see with our human eyes and touch with our other senses.

Senate Begins Redistricting Hearings as Federal Count Delays Increase

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Thu, 02/04/2021 - 05:00

In the middle of the first week of public regional hearings on new political maps, lawmakers found out they are going to have to wait even longer to get official numbers showing how Texas’ population has changed over the last ten years.

“Kisses Sweeter than Wine” and “Honeycomb” What ROMANTIC can not identify?

“Kisses Sweeter than Wine” and “Honeycomb”

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Thu, 02/04/2021 - 05:00

The year was 1957, and I was in first grade, but two of the main neighborhood playmates of mine were two girls who were five years older (Barbara and Sherry) and just beginning to “discover boys.

Remembering Mr. Chester Davis, Jr.

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Thu, 02/04/2021 - 05:00

It’s February, and therefore Black History Month, and so I thought I’d share a bit of Forney’s own Black history, that was told to me by one of our longtime Forney citizens and class of 1968, Mr. Chester Davis, Jr.

Mesquite Metro Airport Continues to Soar to New Heights

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Thu, 02/04/2021 - 05:00

The Mesquite Metro Airport has a plane land or take-off about every six minutes. The nearly 86,000 operations in 2020 places the airport 164 out of 520 airports throughout the United States with an air traffic control tower.