Participating startup companies look to fill nearly 100 jobs RoundUp for StartUps is an exciting and different networking event designed to bring together local tech and engineering experts with Dallas-based startups. East Dallas resident Chris Gay, founder of two startups, is the brains behind this inaugural event, and hopes it will help keep the tech-savvy […]
Strikes Against Cancer to draw more than 200 youth baseball teams to McKinney in May for a 3-day ball tournament Twelve-year-old Geordon Cox is no stranger to cancer. His mom Lisa, diagnosed with cancer in 2009, is still fighting endometrial and cervical cancer. Three other family members are fighting the disease, too, while two others […]
Frisco mom Joy Cruse discloses battle strategy for surviving life’s greatest trials in Hope Transformed Frisco mom Joy Cruse, pregnant with her fourth child in 2005, sat in a Dallas emergency room with her son, Connor, and husband Tait, believing her son’s stomach pain might be appendicitis. When the doctors diagnosed stage IV neuroblastoma, Joy […]
A name has just been drawn in our Blue Ribbon News/Shenaniganz “LIKE” contest on Facebook. And the winner is….(drumroll, please)…. Jamie Jones Rubush of Rockwall! Jamie simply entered our promo and “LIKED” Blue Ribbon News on FB to be entered into a drawing to win one of three fantastic prize packages from Shenaniganz, the ultimate […]
TLASO. That’s one acronym you won’t see listed among a physician’s professional degrees, but at Tarpon, P.A.in Plano, “To Love and Serve Others” is a required credential for every M.D. and staff member working at the practice. “It’s a high privilege to be a physician. It’s an honored place to be invited into someone’s life […]
Richardson family seeks help in retrieving stolen iPad with precious family photos, movies Hundreds of friends and supporters of six-year-old Avery Akeman gathered at Fairview Farms, just north of Parker/Central Expressway in Plano, Sunday, March 4 for a BBQ dinner fundraiser and auction. The event was very successful, raising thousands of dollars with donated items […]
(Plano) Residents are invited to the District 1 Plano City Council Neighborhood Roundtable from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 22 at Plano Centre, Northbrook Room, 2000 E. Springcreek Parkway. View the agenda at www.plano.gov under “City Hall.” The Plano City Council wants to hear ideas and concerns about the community and answer any questions […]
Plano ISD school participates in TeamConnor Childhood Cancer Foundation’s Coins for Kids with Cancer program Two Miller Elementary students inspired their entire school to help kids battling cancer. Nathan Alvey and Caitlyn Coker, third graders at the Plano ISD school in Richardson were touched by the stories of children who must endure countless treatments and […]
(VIDEO: Tori’s testimony) Support the YMCA Partners Campaign, help strengthen your local community Every day, the Dallas YMCA serves as a gathering place for the community. Kids pour in after school to play and do homework. Seniors meet for coffee, group activities, and to connect with one another. Future leaders are born as teens learn […]
Jamie Jones Rubush, a volunteer ESL teacher in the Reading for Adults program at the Rockwall County Library, was among the Blue Ribbon News fans from across Dallas/Fort Worth who recently entered our promo with Shenaniganz. By simply “LIKING” our Blue Ribbon News Facebook page, Jamie’s name was entered into our drawing for her choice of […]