Dallas, TX
Historic Church in Dallas Burns
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A fire all but destroyed the historic church sanctuary at First Baptist Dallas, sending smoke billowing over the city but causing no deaths or injuries, Dallas firefighters said. The fire in the Texas Historic Landmark, a Victorian-style red brick church built in 1890, was reported about 6:30pm Friday and contained about three hours later, the AP reports. “We think it may have started in the basement and then gone on to the second floor, but until we clear it out and do an investigation we won’t know” the cause, interim Fire Chief Justin Ball told KDFW-TV.
“The structure has largely collapsed,” said a city statement to ABC News. Senior Pastor Robert Jeffress expressed relief that no one was injured in the fire. “We just had 2,000 children and volunteers on campus for Vacation Bible School earlier in the day,” he said, per the AP. The evangelical megachurch, with 16,000 members, now holds its main services in a modern worship center next door to the historic sanctuary.
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Dallas, TX
FC Dallas vs New England Revolution: Preview, game notes, lineup predictions and how to watch
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FC Dallas looks to pick up their first road win of the 2024 regular season tonight when they take on the New England Revolution for the first time since the 2022 season.
Both teams are coming in after busy weeks that saw them play last weekend and this past Wednesday. New England has lost three straight, while FC Dallas is hoping to extend its current winning streak to three games.
Key player for FC Dallas: Logan Farrington – With Petar Musa out tonight due to a yellow card accumulation suspension, the rookie has to step up and lead the attack.
Let’s not let them go first: FC Dallas is 2-9-2 when conceding first and has won 7 points from losing positions in MLS.
Homegrown clock: In 2024, FC Dallas Homegrowns (Nolan Norris, Dante Sealy, Paxton Pomykal, Jesús Ferreira, Tarik Scott) played a total of 1931 minutes and made 31 appearances.
Games missed due to injuries: The injury watch continues into another season. So far, 122 games have been missed due to injuries this season. Even if you took out the three long-term injuries (Paxton Pomykal, Geovane Jesus and Alan Velasco), FC Dallas would still be at 54 games missed due to injury this season.
Potential Lineup:
It looked like Peter Luccin rolled the dice last week and put out strong lineups at home instead of rotating players like most would have expected him to (us included). That paid off for him with two straight wins. Maybe he’ll do it again on Saturday.
Paes, Junqua, Tafari, Ibeagha; Farfan, Ntsabeleng, Lletget, Twumasi, Kamungo, Arriola, Farrington
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MLS announces roster rule changes: What they mean and how they affect FC Dallas
Disciplinary Report
Suspended: Petar Musa
Suspended after next yellow: Paul Arriola
Availability Report
Geovane Jesus (Right knee), Alan Velasco (Left knee), Paxton Pomykal (knee), Jesus Ferreira (hamstring), Patrickson Delgado (knee), Liam Fraser (upper leg), Asier Illarramendi (ankle)
Questionable: none
On Loan: Antonio Carerra (North Carolina FC), Isaiah Parker (North Texas SC)
Unavailable (off-roster): Malik Henry-Scott, Tarik Scott, Alejandro Uraza
International duty: Nolan Norris
Key player for New England: Ian Harks
If you thought FC Dallas’ injury list was long, get a look at New England’s list.
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Behind Enemy Lines: Scouting New England Revolution 🔎
Disciplinary Report
Suspended: none
Suspended on next yellow card: none
Availability Report
Out: Emmanuel Boateng (Hamstring), Dylan Borrero (hip), Noel Buck (quad), Tomas Chancalay (knee), Carles Gil (leg), Nacho Gil (knee), Nick Lima (groin)
Questionable: DeJuan Jones (hamstring), Mark-Anthony Kaye (hip), Tommy McNamara (hamstring), Peyton Miller (thigh), Giacomo Vrioni (calf)
On Loan: none
International duty: none
📅 Date: Saturday, July 20, 2024
⚽️ Kickoff: 6:30 PM
🏟 Venue: Gillette Stadium
📺 Streaming: MLS Season Pass
💬 Gameday Social: #FCDvNER
☀️ Weather: 81, sunny
Dallas, TX
Letters to the Editor – Three cheers for Dallas library, a city contractor, customer care
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1 Dallas Public Library Bridgerton Ball — Women in glittering tiaras wearing empire-waist gowns and men in Regency-era jackets and top hats recently took to the dance floor for the Bridgerton Ball at a venue some might find surprising: the Dallas Public Library’s J. Erik Jonsson Central Library.
However, this pop-up ballroom at the downtown library was a fitting location for the Netflix show based on a series of novels and centered around Lady Whistledown’s society paper addressed to her “dearest readers.” Libraries are innovating more than ever to stay relevant in our changing times. Importantly, they strive to remain places that are welcoming community spaces.
Bridgerton Ball’s invitation to “the glittering world of high society” drew about 1,400 people. Admission was free and the event included English country dance lessons, lectures on Regency fashion, a theatrical performance and elaborate photo backdrops carefully constructed for Instagram success.
One young woman told me she often came to the library as a child. Her husband said he took her to the event to celebrate her birthday. Others mentioned seeing the event promoted on TikTok. A friend commented that fashion lectures such as the one at the ball usually cost around $60.
Thanks go to library staffers, including organizer and librarian Emily Goodwin, for their hard work on the ball.
The library’s vital role as a community center — demonstrated by the success of this event and other programming — is all the more reason to support the Dallas Public Library’s strategic plan, which calls for a major renovation of the Central Library to keep the facility the vibrant heart of the city’s library network.
I recommend that you check the programming calendar for your local libraries online. You may be pleasantly surprised by what you find.
Katherine Leal Unmuth, Dallas
Member (District 2), Dallas Municipal Library Board
2 Dallas contractor — Here’s a compliment on an infrastructure job by a Dallas contractor. The reconstruction of Live Oak Street from Fitzhugh Avenue to just past Skiles Street was completed quickly and looks great.
Yeah, the lane switches during construction were a little crazy, but overall the job was done in what seemed like record time. I don’t know who the contractor was, but I hope the city hires them for more projects. Well done.
Margaret Rogers, Dallas/Bryan Place
3 DMN customer care — I sent a question to Public Editor Stephen Buckley about the process covering local elections and the paper’s recommendations. I immediately received an electronic email telling me my question was received and I would hear back, the normal response with an electronic receipt to an organization.
What I didn’t expect was the level of detail that followed with additional information and specific links that were available to me while I waited for a response.
I didn’t have a chance to explore any of those links, because before I could, I had a very thoughtful and complete answer from Rudy Bush, editorial page editor. It was not just empty words, but a response that took time to compose.
I thought my request was complete until I heard from Eva-Marie Ayala, Education Lab editor, with another thoughtful and complete response. My question was more of a political one, yet her response was also detailed.
Three cheers for the new program and the well-thought-out response process. Even as busy as everyone at The Dallas Morning News probably is these days, three cheers for their customer care in answering my query completely and promptly.
Perri Brackett, Lewisville
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Dallas, TX
Firefighters battling 2-alarm blaze at First Baptist Dallas
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DALLAS – Firefighters are battling a downtown two-alarm fire at First Baptist Dallas.
The call came in just after 6 p.m. in the 500 block of Ervay Street.
A spokesman for the church says heavy smoke is coming from the historic sanctuary.
First Baptist has a complex of buildings in the downtown area.
There have been no reports of injuries.
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