August 24, 2020 Exxon Mobil Corp, Pfizer Inc. and Raytheon Technologies are being kicked out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average as part of the stock benchmark’s biggest reshuffling in seven years. Salesforce.com, Amgen Inc. and Honeywell International will enter the 124-year-old equity gauge a week from today, its overseers said. The moves were prompted […]
I don’t know about you, but I am so tired of talking and hearing about COVID-19. COVID, COVID, COVID. Clearly this pandemic has created obstacles and challenges that, for so many, if not everyone, could not have been foreseen. But by the same token, there are certain tenets of good communication that really haven’t changed […]
August 25, 2020 Barbara Herndon lay in the center of her bed, muscles tensed, eyes on the television. She was waiting for the storm. All morning on that day in late May, the news had covered the cold front slouching south from Central Texas. By late afternoon, dense ropes of clouds darkened her Houston neighborhood. […]
August 25, 2020 As a freshman orientation leader, Southern Methodist University sophomore John Morgan did his best to lay out concerns about the coronavirus to his group of incoming students. SMU and a handful of other colleges and universities in North Texas kicked off the fall semester on Monday, and already schools are seeing cases […]
August 24, 2020 North Texas fire departments have sent crews and resources to help battle the massive wildfire raging in Northern California. The Frisco, Plano, Lewisville, Fort Worth, McKinney, Parker County, Killeen, Lubbock and Weatherford fire departments are among those that sent crews and equipment to California over the weekend. Crews are expect to be […]
August 24, 2020 Dallas County officials will ask commissioners next month to create a $3 million grant program to help cities pay for policing alternatives after a summer of protests spurred a nationwide call for drastic reform. Darryl Martin, the county administrator, is expected to make the pitch Sept. 1 when county commissioners get their […]
August 24, 2020 Jessica Nolen and her 5-year-old daughter had a morning routine. Fights with their alarm clocks first, some morning television, then quick berry smoothies, and always rushing out the door. By 8:30 a.m., they’d arrive at Opportunity School, a day care in Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle. Nolen, a single mom, would check […]
August 24, 2020 Richardson and Plano stations along the upcoming Silver Line with Dallas Area Rapid Transit will each feature unique designs related to their surrounding areas. According to newly released designs, an 8 foot 10 inch metal UTD logo will sit on a riser in front of the planned UT Dallas station. The logo […]
Bank of America Corp. will extend backup childcare payments for parents of children as old as 12 through the end of the year. Starting Sunday, eligible employees can get daily childcare reimbursements of $75 or $100, depending on their compensation. There’s no limit on the number of days employees can claim while they’re working from […]
August 24, 2020 This past spring, during the weeks of school closure, I visited a Dallas ISD campus where heroic staff members were distributing school meals to students. Upon viewing the parking lot, I realized that not everyone had come for food. Numerous families in cars were accessing the building’s wireless internet because they could […]