North Texas Giving Day fundraising season kicks off
Donors can begin giving to more than 3,300 local nonprofits starting Thursday, when North Texas Giving Day kicks off…
North Texas families make sacrifices, use vouchers for private school
Steven Howk, left, hugs his daughter Yua Howk, 12, on her first day of school, Wednesday, Aug. 12,…
UNT, Dallas nonprofit help foster youth feel at home with personalized
Freshman Dane Benge (right) falls into his friends arms as he sees a Funko figure of himself in…
TEFA students with disabilities find hope and obstacles with vouchers
Steven Howk (right) talks with his son Haruki Howk, 14, as his wife Colleen Howk and daughter Yua…
At Plano mosque, badminton connects faith, culture and community
The Islamic Association of Collin County (IACC), also known as Plano Masjid, hosted the Inter-Masjid Badminton Tournament in…
Dallas nonprofit helps adults train for better jobs, careers
Jeny Alvarez spent a recent Thursday morning wrapping a blood pressure cuff around a classmate’s arm, carefully listening for the pulse she…
Plano Scandinavian shop gets World Cup boost from Sweden, Norway fans
Kortni Merckling shops with her children Gemma, 11, and Rhett, 7, at the Wooden Spoon Scandinavian store in…
North Texans weigh a changing American Dream
Nearly every table was full at Milagro Tacos Cantina on the last Friday afternoon in June. Servers wove…
Dallas middle schoolers win national quiz tournament
A group of middle school students at St. Mark’s School of Texas became national quiz bowl champions last…
First Baptist Dallas starts $130M church rebuild
Colorful streamers fall as church and civic officials, including senior pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress and his wife Amy…
Dallas nonprofit helps first-gen college students
Cayro Bustos grew up hearing the same refrain from his father, a Mexican immigrant who spent his life doing landscaping…
Cellphone ban helps Dallas school improve discipline
A low roar poured out the cafeteria at Robert T. Hill Middle School one morning last month as…