100 Dallas Bars + Viewing Fireworks + Wingstop Says Thighs Matter

Rise and shine, Dallas! It's Sunday, June 27th

Hot and sticky is the name of the game in the forecast. Today promises to be humid under cloudy skies with highs in the mid-90s and lows in the mid-70s. And the week leading up to Independence Day will likely be rainy, with rain on Monday and a high of 87, with lows in the low 70s.

Here's What's Making Headlines:

• Could you create a list of 100 best bars in the area? The Dallas Observer has done just that.
• Where will you watch fireworks this Fourth of July? See our list of what's available.
• What to do when the price of chicken wings soars skyward? Just take a look at these thighs!!

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More From Around Town:

• Jerry Jones' Dallas Cowboys: Sales Over Super Bowls? from Sports Illustrated (Saturday Jun 26)
• Former Cowboys WR Rips Amari Cooper For 'Lack of Effort' from Sports Illustrated (Saturday Jun 26)
• Woman delivers baby after being shot in Dallas road rage incident, police say from WFAA.com (Saturday Jun 26)
• Callers Say Dallas 911 Failed to Respond to Car Stuck on Train Tracks from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (Friday Jun 25)
• Man Dies After Being Shot in Illegal Dallas Game Room, Police Say from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (Friday Jun 25)
• Weston McKennie Returns to Where it All Started from FC Dallas (Friday Jun 25)
• SET THE STAGE: FC Dallas vs. New England Revolution | 6.27.21 from FC Dallas (Friday Jun 25)
• Pilot program brings free Wi-Fi to some areas and more Dallas news from CultureMap Dallas (Friday Jun 25)

Other Events Around Town:

• Traditional Summer School Monday, June 28 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287
• Traditional Summer School Tuesday, June 29 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287
• Traditional Summer School Wednesday, June 30 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287
• Traditional Summer School Thursday, July 1 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287

CURRENT COVID-19 INFO

In County there are:

• 121 hospitalized
• 4 cases/100,000 people
• The infection rate is 1.02; infection rates above 1.0 mean infections are likely to increase.

This compares to statewide where there are

• 121 hospitalized
• 4.5 cases/100,000 people
• The statewide infection rate is 1.04

There have been 2,947,431 cases in since the beginning of the pandemic, of which 296,603 have been in County. Statewide we have lost 52,426 to the pandemic, of which 4,117 have been in County.

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