A line of people waits in their cars at the Mesquite Reception Center on Aug. 27 after evacuating areas that were going to be hit by Hurricane Laura. Photo by Chantilette Franklin/The Et Cetera
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By SKYE SEIPP
@seippetc
Early voting began Monday for the Democratic primary runoff election for U.S. Senator, state and national representatives and other officials in Dallas County.
Winners of the runoff...
By SKYE SEIPP
@seippetc
Jeremiah Roland began shaking as a police officer approached his vehicle. He wasn’t speeding and
wondered why he was being stopped.
“Black men are scared when we’re in the...
By HARRIET RAMOS
@HarrietRamosETC
When Clifford Onwueyi arrived at Eastfield Monday morning for his metal working class, he had to pass through two checkpoints on his way to the T Building.
At the first...
On Sunday, the City of Dallas imposed a 7 p.m. curfew on parts of the city in response to Friday and Saturday's protests that ended in riots. However, demonstrators peacefully gathered in parts of the...
Protests continued in Dallas on Saturday after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Police fired tear gas, pepper bullets and nonlethal rounds or rubber bullets at protesters throughout the day....
On Friday, more than 1,000 people met in front of the Dallas Police headquarters to protest the killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis. A video of Derek Chauvin, a white former police officer,...
By Harriet Ramos
@HarrietRamosETC
Spring break had just started when Genesis Castillo found out she and her fifth-graders couldn’t return to their classroom at John Quincy Adams Elementary in Pleasant...
By JORDAN LACKEY
@TheEtCetera
In the wake of the campus closure due to COVID-19, the Human Services Club has switched its peer recovery meetings to a virtual format via Zoom.
Many of the club’s activities,...
By Lindsey Craft
@LindseycraftETC
When Patrick Kwong’s temperature reached 103 on the morning of April 3, he knew it was time to get checked for COVID-19. At the MD Family Clinic in Dallas he first...
By Sazoun Grayer
@SGrayETC
Gov. Greg Abbott will not renew the statewide stay-at-home order when it expires Thursday.
All retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters, churches and malls can reopen Friday...
