Want a free coronavirus antibody test? Donate at this Garland library blood drive
Donors also will be entered to win a car for giving blood on Dec. 29.
The Central Library will host a blood drive next week with participants getting a free COVID-19 antibody test.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
With the COVID-19 pandemic spiking, many of us have wondered at one point or another if we’ve already had the coronavirus.
Garland’s Nicholson Memorial Library System is hosting a blood drive that will get you a free COVID-19 antibody test, as well as the chance to win a new car.
NAACP leader appointed to open Garland City Council seat
After heading the civil rights group’s local chapter for almost eight years, McNeal was appointed to represent District 1 through May.
Ricky McNeal, who has served as president of the local chapter of the NAACP for about seven years, has stepped down after being appointed to the Garland City Council.(Courtesy of the Garland NAACP)
The president of the NAACP’s Garland chapter has stepped down from his leadership position with the civil rights group after been appointed to the Garland City Council.
The North Dallas Gazettereports that Ricky McNeal was selected from a pool of 11 applicants to fill the District 1 seat vacated by former council member David Gibbons, who resigned after taking a job as the executive director of the Garland Housing Finance Corporation.
Garland police are on the prowl for drunken drivers during the holidays
The Garland Police Department says officers will be on patrol in both police vehicles and unmarked cars.
A Garland police car is shown in this file photo. The department is ramping up patrols over the holidays.(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)
It’s been a stressful year, so no one will blame you for wanting to kick back a few beers or maybe even spike your eggnog over the holidays.
But celebrate responsibly: With Christmas and New Year’s Eve around the corner, Garland police plan on ramping up patrols from Friday through Jan. 1.
Carjacking ends with suspect shooting himself in Garland, police say
The driver is believed to have stolen a car at gunpoint in Dallas before being stopped by police in Garland.
A Garland police car is pictured in this file photo.(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)
When Wylie police officers followed a car robbery suspect into Garland on Friday morning, the pursuit ended with the man shooting himself, according to the Garland Police Department.
The man, who is alive and has yet to be identified, is believed to have stolen the car at gunpoint in Dallas, according to police.
Officers confronted the driver when he stopped the vehicle near the 1400 block of Bosque Drive, not far from the intersection of North County Country Club Drive and Pleasant Valley Road in northeastern Garland.
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