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How to Enjoy Six Flags When It's 100 Degrees Outside

Come Celebrate Independence Day the Old-Fashioned Way at Dallas Heritage Village

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Top Stories: ➊ – Favorite coffee shop's new location perks up week's top Dallas stories (Saturday), ➋ – 9534 Crestedge Dr, Dallas, TX 75238, $689,900 3 beds, 3 baths (Saturday), ➌ – A $750K, disabilities-accessible park is being built in Lake Highlands (Monday), ➍ – 10105 Coveridge Dr, Dallas, TX 75238, $495,000 4 beds, 3 baths (Friday), ➎ – 7203 Claybrook Dr, Dallas, TX 75231, $399,000 3 beds, 2 baths (Thursday)

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Council for Life Secures Steven Curtis Chapman as Speaker for Annual Luncheon

Lake Highlands BubbleLife iReporter 6/18 2:59P Maggie Caine

DALLAS: Council for Life announces that the featured speaker for the 2018 Celebrating Life Luncheon will be Steven Curtis Chapman , the most awarded artist in Christian music history and Co-Founder of...

A $750K, disabilities-accessible park is being built in Lake Highlands

WFAA.com (Local News) 6/18 11:45A

"Playgrounds are for everyone. They are places for interactive enjoyment,"

Come Celebrate Independence Day the Old-Fashioned Way at Dallas Heritage Village

Lake Highlands BubbleLife iReporter 6/18 4:35A Elizabeth Lenart

Put on your red, white, and blue; pack a picnic; come enjoy historic games, the annual carnival, and patriotic crafts; participate in the annual parade around the village; and make special memories...

15th Annual Young Friends Party Benefits Ronald McDonald House of Dallas With Friends for Fifteen

Lake Highlands BubbleLife iReporter 6/17 2:00P Lindsey Lyons

Ronald McDonald House of Dallas (RMHD) hosted its 15 th annual Young Friends Party - Friends for Fifteen at The Venue at 400 North Ervay . This years event was chaired by Mary Gall and Courtney...

Favorite coffee shop's new location perks up week's top Dallas stories

CultureMap Dallas 6/16 5:00A Stephanie Allmon Merry

Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. 1. Favorite East Dallas coffee shop expands to ritzy Preston-Royal. A...

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How to Enjoy Six Flags When It's 100 Degrees Outside

Lake Highlands BubbleLife iReporter 6/19 10:00A Riley Heruska

Summertime and theme park adventures are pretty much a package deal, which is why so many North Texans flock to Six Flags Over Texas during the summer. The park contains 212 acres of roller coasters,...

It’s starting to get really hot now that summer is almost here. Does the library have any...

Booked Solid - Dallas Public Library 6/19 5:00A Downtown Branch

Well, I’m very glad you came to your local Dallas Public Library to help you with ideas to escape the heat wave. It’s always helpful to remember that all Dallas Public Library...

Book review: This heart of mine, by C. C. Hunter

Booked Solid - Dallas Public Library 6/16 5:00A YA Specialist

Leah Mackenzie has an artificial heart that she carries around in a backpack to keep her alive. A virus killed her heart, and the artificial one only lasts for so long. But as...

Review: The Long-Awaited Incredibles 2

Lake Highlands BubbleLife iReporter 6/15 6:00A Riley Heruska

Today, the sequel to a series that spans generations is finally hitting the big screens. Giddy adults, nostalgic teens, and young kids are all flooding the theaters to catch a glimpse of their...

Last-Minute Father's Day Gift Ideas

Lake Highlands BubbleLife iReporter 6/14 10:00A Riley Heruska

Father's Day is speeding around the corner, but there's still time to pick out a snazzy gift for the dad in your life before Sunday. Here are a few suggestions that every father will enjoy and that...

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Nuevo plan requiere más academias universitarias y centros para profesiones

The Hub (Dallas ISD) 6/12 12:02P Gene Davis

El siete de junio, representantes del distrito presentaron a los miembros de la Junta Escolar el plan para operar academias universitarias en Skyline High School y North Lake...

Plan calls for new collegiate academies, career institutes

The Hub (Dallas ISD) 6/11 10:35A Gene Davis

District officials briefed trustees on June 7 about a plan to, along with the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), operate collegiate academies at Skyline High...

Choosing the Right Kindergarten

Lake Highlands BubbleLife iReporter 6/7 12:24P Gigi Ekstrom

Kindergarten gives children the opportunity to grow and develop through play the way children learn best. It is a time for children to expand their love of learning, build knowledge, develop their...

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5 Trendy Donut Shops in Dallas to Try This Summer

Lake Highlands BubbleLife iReporter 6/12 9:00A Riley Heruska

Lazy summer mornings without school carpool lines or extracurriculars call for one thing: donuts. If you're looking for a place to grab some sugary sweet treats, here are some of the most popular (and...

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9831 Walnut St #305, Dallas, TX 75243, $60,000 1 bed, 1 bath

Trulia - Lake Highlands 6/19 9:00P

486 sqft, 1 bed, 1 bath, condo in Dallas, TX - 75243

7169 Copperleaf Dr, Dallas, TX 75231, $595,623 4 beds, 4 baths

Trulia - Lake Highlands 6/19 9:00P

1826 sqft, 4 beds, 4 baths, single-family home in Dallas, TX - 75231

9314 Dove Meadow Dr, Dallas, TX 75243, $459,000 3 beds, 3 baths

Trulia - Lake Highlands 6/18 9:00P

2737 sqft, 3 beds, 3 baths, single-family home in Dallas, TX - 75243

12802 Whispering Hills Dr, Dallas, TX 75243, $294,900 4 beds, 3 baths

Trulia - Lake Highlands 6/18 9:00P

2326 sqft, 4 beds, 3 baths, single-family home in Dallas, TX - 75243

9160 Rock Daisy Ct, Dallas, TX 75231, $705,319 3 beds, 3 baths

Trulia - Lake Highlands 6/18 9:00P

2738 sqft, 3 beds, 3 baths, single-family home in Dallas, TX - 75231

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Nation's largest health care staffing firm planning major DFW expansion

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/19 9:45A Bill Hethcock

AMN Healthcare Services Inc. has big plans for North Texas, CEO Susan Salka says.

?What’s next for Elizabeth Holmes in the Theranos fraud case?

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/19 7:29A Peter J. Henning

Once celebrated as a Silicon Valley unicorn, Theranos has become the latest tale of corporate hubris and investor myopia. The indictment of founder Elizabeth Holmes and...

Roche to spend $2.4bn buying rest of Foundation Medicine

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/19 3:40A Ralph Atkins

Swiss drugmaker Roche will spend $2.4bn buying out remaining shareholders of Foundation, which is based in Cambridge, after it paid $1.03bn in January 2015 for a 56.3 per cent...

A Closer Look: Disrupting Elizabeth Holmes

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/18 1:41A Ellen Sherberg

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has gone from Silicon Valley superstar to indicted for white collar crime in less than a decade. As a 19-year-old Stanford dropout she...

Fast-growing Plano company a trailblazer in behavioral health

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/15 2:46A Korri Kezar

Oceans Healthcare was founded more than 14 years ago to address a gap in the health care system, a mission that has since made it a leader in behavioral health. First created...

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Kids Spend Summer Days in Nature

EatGreenDFW iPhone Reporter 6/20 5:00A Bernice Butler

Summer Nature Center Discover Camps For kids from 10 to 14 years old at Bob Jones Nature Center and Preserve. All camps are from 1 to 4 p.m., and there are camps available for younger kids. Four,...

Dallas to Houston Bullet Train Is Electric

EatGreenDFW iPhone Reporter 6/19 7:00A Bernice Butler

The 200 mph Texas Bullet Train has completed its environmental impact assessment, and the way has now been cleared for the train to move ahead, linking the states two largest urban and economic...

New Food Scrap Pick-Up Service

EatGreenDFW iPhone Reporter 6/17 8:00A Bernice Butler

Urban agricultural start-up Turn has launched a food waste pickup service for restaurants, businesses, special events and residents of Dallas, in zip codes 75204, 75206, 75214, 75218, 75228 and 75238....

Help Improve Air Quality on June 22

EatGreenDFW iPhone Reporter 6/15 5:00A Bernice Butler

North Texans can come together to do something extra to reduce ozone-causing pollution, as part of the ninth annual Clean Air Action Day on June 22. With more than 20 possible clean air choices,...

This is Our Moment to Zero in on the Farm Bill

Civil Eats 6/13 11:00P Earl Blumenauer

Health care, climate change, economic development, and jobs are some of the major issues at the heart of current American politics. And there’s major legislation making its...