Mesquite offering free yard signs urging no fireworks, during fourth of July holiday
By KTVT Staff
MESQUITE, Texas (KTVT) The City of Mesquite said it will aggressively address the illegal possession or use of fireworks, as well as celebratory gunfire and driving while intoxicated through its “Celebrate Safely” campaign.
The city has begun its community-wide public education efforts and during the Independence Day weekend will have escalated enforcement with the deployment of police and fire staff into neighborhoods.
The city is offering free yard signs to residents to help get the word out.
There are signs in English and Spanish announcing “No Fireworks, Gunfire, DWI” and special signs letting their neighbors know “A Veteran Lives Here – Please be Mindful.”
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Family of Cristian Pineda – the 11-year-old boy who died in a frozen Texas trailer sues power companies for $100M as Lone Star State ramps up water distribution but rural hospitals struggle with shortages
The family of Cristian Pavon Pineda, the 11-year-old Texas child who died during freezing weather, are to sue
Boy was found dead in his bed in family’s mobile home in Conroe, Texas as they had no electricity or heat
The devastated family plan to sue ERCOT and power company Entergy for gross negligence for $100 million
At its worst at least 14 million Texas were without clean drinking water and 4.5 million were without power
Warming centers open to provide relief from the brutal cold in DFW Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center has opened as a warming center in Dallas.
Courtesy photo As Dallas-Fort Worth residents continue to grapple with power outages and brave brutally cold temperatures, many city buildings, churches, and nonprofits are opening their doors as warming shelters. Here is a running list of places where people can go to warm up, rest, and charge electronic devices. The list will be updated as more are announced.
Dallas The City of Dallas has a map of warming centers on its website.
Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas, at 650 S. Griffin St., is home to a warming center opened by the city of Dallas. It s located in Exhibit Hall A. Residents can enter on Canton Street (pass the guard shack and The Black Academy of Arts and Letters). Residents will be provided a chair and table. Water, coffee, and lights snacks will be available, but residents are advised to bring in meals
North Texans head to warming stations for relief from freezing temperatures
North Texans head to warming stations for relief from freezing temperatures
Cities and some churches are working to offer a warm place for people to get a break from their cold houses.
Many hotels are full as widespread power outages persist North Texas.
Cities and some churches are working to offer a warm place for people to get a break from their cold houses.
Pastor Jessie Prince of Grace Church Plano says after he heard the city had a need for a warm place for people to go, he called the city manager to see how he could help.