The Latest Breaking News from Garland

Texas’ discipline push sends kids to ‘jail-like’ campuses

Lawmakers increasingly view disciplinary alternative programs as a solution to behavior problems. Critics say they harm students.

The Texas Tribune · May 28

Census: As North Texas’ far-flung towns grow, Dallas and its bigger suburbs shrink

Six of Texas’ largest cities lost residents in 2025: Dallas, El Paso, Arlington, Plano, Irving and Garland.

The Texas Tribune · May 14

Texas set to execute 37-Year-Old man in Garland Studio murders even as cousin claims he was the real shooter

The victim's family called it a tactic by a “desperate defense team.”

We Got This Covered · Apr 30

Five seats up for election in Garland, Texas

The general election for Garland, Texas, is on May 6, 2023. The filing deadline to run passed on Feb. 17. 

Ballotpedia · Apr 21, 2023

Filing deadline passes in Garland, Texas

On Feb. 17, the filing deadline passed to run for elected office in Garland, Texas. Candidates filed for Garland City Council Districts 3, 6, 7, and 8, as well as for mayor of Garland.

Ballotpedia · Feb 28, 2023

Father found guilty of capital murder in Texas killings he drove his son to and from

DALLAS — A Dallas County jury found Richard Acosta Jr. guilty of capital murder Friday after he drove his son to and from a Garland convenience store where police say the 14-year-old shot four teenagers, killing three of them.

Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2023

He caught COVID 3 times. Then he delivered Uber Eats. So where did he end up? Broadway

DALLAS — Dallas actor Brian Gonzales has come down with COVID three different times. Unable to work, like thousands of actors across the country — indeed, around the world — he lived in his in-laws’ house in Garland and made deliveries for Uber Eats for more than a year.

Tribune News Service · Jun 8, 2022

3 Texas police officers indicted on assault charges from 2020 George Floyd protests

DALLAS — Two Dallas police officers and one Garland police officer accused of assaulting demonstrators during 2020 protests downtown were indicted Friday on multiple felony charges.

Tribune News Service · May 6, 2022