Teaching Race in Texas + A Local BBQ Brawler + High Speed Rail

Rise and shine, Dallas! It's Sunday, June 20th

Happy Father's Day!

The weather remains hot and sticky with highs in the upper 90s and lows hovering around 70. Rain is in the forecast for Monday night, along with a Special Weather Statement: Flood Warning. By Tuesday, partly cloudy skies bring a reprieve from the heat with a high of 85 and a low of 68.

Here's What's Making Headlines:

Dallas Juneteenth Drive-Thru Event Celebrates Historic Holiday, Educates

• Juneteenth? Gov. Abbott signs a law limiting what school kids can learn about race
• Local pitmaster Brendan Lamb gets up in your grill on TV's BBQ Brawl
• Construction of a high-speed train from Dallas to Houston picks up steam — and critics

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More from around town

• Dallas Juneteenth Drive-Thru Event Celebrates Historic Holiday, Educates from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (Saturday Jun 19)
• 54-Year-Old Man Fatally Shot in South Dallas: Police from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (Saturday Jun 19)
• Dallas Couple Prove Love Wins, Even During a Pandemic from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (Saturday Jun 19)
• Dorothy Dann Collins Torbert, Dallas philanthropist and widow of late U.S. Rep. Jim Collins, dies at 99 from The Dallas Morning News (Saturday Jun 19)
• Dallas Couple Finds Love During Pandemic at Grocery Store from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (Saturday Jun 19)
• 23-Year-Old Killed in Dallas Shooting on Thursday from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (Friday Jun 18)
• 7-Year-Old Fatally Stabbed In Dallas, Woman Arrested from CBS Dallas / Fort Worth (Friday Jun 18)

Other Events Around Town

• Traditional Summer School Monday, June 21 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287
• Traditional Summer School Tuesday, June 22 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287
• School Board Meeting Tuesday, June 22 at 5:30 pm Mitchell 2700 W. 15th Street Plano TX 75075
• Traditional Summer School Wednesday, June 23 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287
• Traditional Summer School Thursday, June 24 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287

CURRENT COVID-19 INFO

In County there are:

• 116 hospitalized
• 3.9 cases/100,000 people
• The infection rate is 1.05; infection rates above 1.0 mean infections are likely to increase.

This compares to statewide where there are

• 116 hospitalized
• 3.6 cases/100,000 people
• The statewide infection rate is 0.91

There have been 2,938,298 cases in since the beginning of the pandemic, of which 295,861 have been in County. Statewide we have lost 52,266 to the pandemic, of which 4,109 have been in County.

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