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Beto: Beloved & Booed + 'Perfect' Dallas Day + Sexless In Texas

Today's roundup of news, weather and community information for the Dallas area.

Rise and shine, Dallas!! Today is Sunday, June 13th.

It's going to be hot and sticky through Tuesday; look for partly cloudy skies with highs in the mid-90s and lows in the mid-70s.

Today's newsletter brings you up to speed on a man who gets 85 years in prison for sexually assaulting three sisters, the lowdown on high end homes in the area, and the Dallas Police are asking for your help in identifying a woman who's been found dead.

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Here's What's Making Headlines:

Beto O'Rourke appears to push voting rights; truckloads of Trumpsters troll to drown him out.
• How would you spend an ideal summer day in Dallas? We humbly suggest . . .
• Why are North Texans having so little sex? See the survey results.

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More from around town

  • Dallas Police Investigating Shooting in Pleasant Grove from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (Saturday Jun 12)
  • Million-dollar lake homes anchor this week's 5 most popular Dallas stories from CultureMap Dallas (Saturday Jun 12)
  • Five shot in Dallas, including 4-year-old girl from CNN (Saturday Jun 12)
  • The Dallas Mavericks must get on the same page from Mavs Moneyball (Saturday Jun 12)
  • 4 Women, 4-Year-Old Girl Shot in Southeast Dallas: Police from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (Friday Jun 11)
  • Dallas Police Asking for Help in Identifying Woman Found Dead from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (Friday Jun 11)
  • Dallas Man Who Sexually Assaulted Three Young Sisters, Oscar King Gets 85 Years In Prison from CBS Dallas / Fort Worth (Friday Jun 11)
  • 10 People Facing Federal Drug Charges After Large-Scale Operation In Dallas’ Fair Park Area from CBS Dallas / Fort Worth (Friday Jun 11)

Other Events Around Town

  • Traditional Summer School Monday, June 14 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287
  • Traditional Summer School Tuesday, June 15 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287
  • Traditional Summer School Wednesday, June 16 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287
  • Traditional Summer School Thursday, June 17 from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm Long Middle Dallas, TX 75287
  • Administrative Buildings Closed Friday, June 18 Mitchell Dallas, TX 75287

CURRENT COVID-19 INFO

In County there are:

  • 128 hospitalized
  • 3.92 cases/100,000 people
  • The infection rate is 1; infection rates above 1.0 mean infections are likely to increase.

This compares to statewide where there are

  • 128 hospitalized
  • 3.35 cases/100,000 people
  • The statewide infection rate is 0.92

There have been 2,930,970 cases in since the beginning of the pandemic, of which 295,141 have been in County. Statewide we have lost 52,064 to the pandemic, of which 4,094 have been in County.


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