Four Texas Parks and Wildlife Films Featured in Wild Texas Film Tour

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will have four short films featured in this year’s virtual Wild Texas Film Tour starting on Dec. 1.

He Was a Celtic, But I Will Miss Him Anyway!

Don’t get me wrong; I was not a Boston Celtic fan, except for the times I watched with my Dad, because he really admired Bob Cousy and because he had watched a Celtic game or two in Madison Square Garden during the mid-1940s on a lay-over while on the way to “overseas WWII.

Forney JACKRABBIT Football 40 years ago!

I remember the year (1980) so well; I was enjoying my 8th year of being an educator in F. I. S. D. and knew all the football-associated participants—and some of them very well, since quite a few had been “little kids” when I was a “big kid” in Forney, Texas.

Forney ISD Bands Receive 1st Division Ratings

Both of Forney ISD’s high school marching bands, the Forney High School Band and the Pride of Falcon Nation, represented the district in the UIL Region 3 Marching Contest recently. The competition was held at Mesquite Memorial Stadium on November 18.

Ask Aunt B

Dear Aunt B, How can you learn to trust other people? People have let me down and now I don’t trust anyone. I’m Lonely Dear I’m Lonely, It is difficult to trust when we have been let down or hurt by other people for sure. I believe the number one person we should trust is ourselves.

Dallas Arboretum Debuts 23-Foot-Tall German Christmas Pyramid and New Shops in Expanded Christmas Village

The holidays will be even more magical with the expansion of The Pauline and Austin Neuhoff Christmas Village at the Dallas Arboretum. Inspired by European Christmas Markets, or Christkindlmarket, The Christmas Village is comprised of charming shops and façades representing a quaint European hamlet.

Limb-Different Kids Gain Courage, Confidence at Sports Camp

NubAbility® Athletics Foundation announced the non-profit held a two-day camp on November 14th from 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m. and November 15th from 9:00 am to 1:30 p.m. at the Lanny Fraser Middle School in Mesquite, Texas.

Teacher of the Year Shares Distance-Learning Tips

School closures and hybrid learning models have forced educators, parents and students to adapt to new forms of learning; the impact of this is not to be underestimated.

Hollingsworth and Hughes Sign Letters of Intent to Play College Softball

Wednesday, November 11, was a big day for two of Forney High School’s senior softball players. Vanessa Hollingsworth and Savannah Hughes gathered with family and coaches at the Forney Community Softball Complex where they signed their National Letters of Intent to play softball in college.

The Way Forward for the U.S. Sports Industry

Athletic arenas, stadiums and even youth sports centers have shuttered their doors to large crowds amid COVID-19, yielding a massive, growing revenue loss for a major American industry and contributing to thousands of layoffs nationwide.