When a Garland nursing center started to slip, a group of concerned sons and daughters decided to do something about it. The management had other ideas.
Spurred by a horrifying wave of teen violence in the '90s, Texas today spends more money than ever to lock up young criminals. Are we getting our money's worth?
Jose
and Alicia Elizondo, the parents of a Garland teen who
died on March 19 from gunshot wounds suffered after a Garland police officer
responded to a 911 call for a suicide attempt, have filed a civil
rights and wrongful death suit in Dallas County District Court. The
15-page lawsuit against the City of Garland Police Department and
Officer W.M. Green seeks an unspecified financial compensation for the
death of 17-year-old Ruddy Elizondo. According to the suit, the teen had been treated for a
Brian HarkinIn this corner, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins ... Last night, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins pleaded his case against Dallas County-wide budget cuts in the Garland City Council chambers, where a town hall meeting with Dallas County Commissioner Mike Cantrell, held in front of some
300 audience members, devolved into a scene from The Jerry Springer Show. The
moderator was the mild-mannered publisher and executive editor of
The Garland News, Jay Jones, wh