Neighborhoods and Communities

McKinney resident Hollie Cavanagh needs your support to make it into the Top 3 on "American Idol." Let's all rock the vote Wednesday and support our local talent!

"GCB" is the new hour-long, weekly show that's set in Dallas. A former high school mean girl loses her husband and she's off to see if you really can go back home.

Spring brings flowers. Flowers bring pollen. Pollen brings itchy, watery eyes, stuffiness, sneezing for allergy sufferers.

A Jimmy Buffett concert is a festival experience but it's been moved from Frisco to Dallas in 2012.

Six Flags Over Texas, the largest themepark in North Texas, is conducting a Job Fair in January in preparation for the 2012 season.

Start the new year off with a resolution. Celebrate the Martin Luther King holiday, the Super Bowl, Valentine's Day, Ground Hog Day in DFW.

About Town highlights of 2011 with Angela Patterson.

DFW Xmas Lights can install and remove Christmas lights. Call for a free quote.

An earthquake just happened in North Texas just before 11 p.m. Saturday, November 5, 2011.

TCU's Frogs for the Cure is an amazing organization which is both raising funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure as well as awareness. Students and alumni have reached out to the community -- bring in people like Mark Cuban -- to assist with this wonderful charity and the events associated with it.

Santa Claus is coming to Stonebriar Centre on Friday, November 11, 2011.

TCU's Frogs for the Cure is an amazing organization which is both raising funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure as well as awareness. Students and alumni have reached out to the community -- bring in people like Mark Cuban -- to assist with this wonderful charity and the events associated with it.

Saturday, October 15, 2011 is the Dallas Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure.

Spa Nail 7 is a reasonably-priced, extremely sanitary nail salon in Frisco, Texas. Under new management, you will appreciate their customer service and relaxing atmosphere.

The Dallas area has some of the nation's largest haunted houses, including one that made it into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2006.

DFW finally got a record: 70 days of triple-digit temperatures!

It cooled off a little but recent temperature hikes are proving that fall isn't here to stay.

It's hot in DFW but at least we're NOT Wichita Falls. They've recorded 95 days of triple-diggies. Possum Kingdom Lake, west of Fort Worth, is experiencing grass fires for the second time this summer. At this time, the fire is 30% contained.

It's hot in DFW but at least we're NOT Wichita Falls. They've recorded 94 days of triple-diggies. Even worse, Possum Kingdom Lake is the victim of another grassfire. At this time, it's zero percent contained.

It's hot in DFW but at least we're NOT Wichita Falls. They've recorded 93 days of triple-diggies.

How many days of 100-degree weather have we had in 2011? Tune in for deets!

The city of Frisco starts Level 2 water restrictions August 19, 2011.

There are numerous 9/11 memorial services throughout DFW to commemorate the lives lost during the tragic events that occurred on that date in 2001 at sites in New York City, Washington and southern Pennsylvania. The open house will include demonstrations and displays by some of the FD's specialty units including: District 4 Councilmember...

We came so close to beating the 1980 record. If those darn clouds wouldn't have blown in from Oklahoma, we would have beaten it!

Angela gets her Meteorology Degree today -- with one good guess.

It's time to move to Canada.

It's hot.

Central 214 hosts benefit for Red Cross on 10th Anniversary of 9/11.

It's so hot!

We're going to see record-high temps all week long. Doesn't February's ice storm seem so far away?

We're going to see record-high temps all week long. Doesn't February's ice storm seem so far away?

The dog days of summer keep lingering with no relief in sight.

We are now in a tie with the second longest heat wave (29 days in a row in 1998).

It's gettin' hot in here. So take off all our clothes. To save money, of couse.

DFW is experiencing the greatest heat wave in years.

You won't want to miss an event called "Biscuits for Boobies."

DFW is experiencing the greatest heat wave in years.

DFW is experiencing one helluva heat wave.

DFW is experiencing one helluva heat wave.

DFW is experiencing a heat wave.

Dallas' Official Independence Day Celebration is July 4, 2011

Frisco, TX was named Number 20 in the Most Romantic Cities in America by Amazon.com.

DFW expects record lows. ERCOT warns residents to conserve energy or face rolling blackouts Thursday, February 10, 2011.

Ebony Emeralds Classic Theater returns to South Side on Lamar to perform “Three Tales of Black History" Monday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Blue Room.

Six Flags Over Texas, the largest themepark in North Texas, is conducting a Job Fair in January in preparation for it's 50th anniversary year.

DFW residents asked to conserve energy during one of the coldest days in the past 15 years.

Zumba classes are headed to the Oak Cliff Cultural Center beginning January 26, 2011.

Rain quickly turned to snow and DFW had its first snowstorm of 2011. Freezing drizzle is still in the forecast.

Frisco is a growing, affluent Dallas suburb with a population of over 120,000.

Forget everything J.R. Ewing taught you Dallas, Preston Hollow has some of the most expensive and luxurious homes in the state. You don’t have to be an oil tycoon to live here but it may help pay the mortgage if you’re a professional athlete or own the team.

Home dog training offers obedience classes in the comfort of your own home. Great for anyone whose dog could use a little (or a lot of) behavior modification, this is especially beneficial for dogs who get easily distracted by other dogs.

Not all pets enjoy being groomed, but they all need it! Sometimes I run out of time to bathe my three dogs and I have to have someone else do it. But taking them out can be a challenge: one compensates for her size by growling at everyone (although she's never bitten anyone, it understandably makes people uneasy), another has separation anxiety, and the third wants to be everybody's friend, wh…

Even the most fastidious of pets needs tender loving care at some point. Why not have someone come out to your house to groom them? Mobile pet groomers will come to your door with their own shampoo, water, grooming tools, and dryer in their van and will only need an electrical outlet to run it all. Best of all, it costs the same as if you packed up your pets and drove them to a brick-and-morta…

Arlington is the third largest city in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex with a population of more than 370,000. Centrally located between Dallas and Fort Worth, Arlington provides access to both cities, DFW airport, and many local lakes. But residents of Arlington don't have to leave their home city to enjoy some of the best fun the Metroplex has to offer.

Dallas's West End Historic District is located near downtown Dallas and contains a high concentration of shops, restaurants, and attractions. The nightlife is always hopping in the Dallas West End.

Downtown Plano has upscale, affordable apartments, art galleries and museums, restaurants, shopping, theatres, and a large park to relax in. Charming neighborhood filled with early twentieth-century homes lie within easy walking distance.

Like so many cities, Plano's downtown revitalization effort has paid off. Downtown is now a thriving location for restaurants, retail, and living.

Mockingbird Station, on the DART light rail's Red and Blue lines, has everything a Dallasite needs to live: lofts, restaurants and groceries, nightlife, cinema, and various necessities.

For a long time, downtown Dallas was the business district and nothing else. Streets cleared out shortly after five. Historic buildings sat empty at night, some empty during the day. Nowadays, downtown still has the businesses, but the efforts have brought in urban dwellers, more shopping, nightlife—downtown Dallas has a character all its own.

Enjoy this walking tour which takes you past some of downtown Dallas's nicest parks and well-known buildings. The entire tour can be completed in about forty-five minutes, but I encourage you to stop and relax in the parks, take in some shopping, and try the restaurants along the way.

Plano is the ninth largest city in Texas with a population of 250,000. Just a short drive to the north of Dallas, this affluent community is a popular place from which to commute to Dallas.

The revitalization of Fort Worth South is already bringing businesses and luxury lofts to the area around I-30.

This small city to the north of Fort Worth is an up-and-coming town.

Incorporated in 1909, Grand Prairie has grown like a weed. But a good weed. Home of Six Flags, Hurricane Harbor, and several other attractions as well as a great place to live.

Kaboomtown is a nationally recognized fireworks show in the town of Addison.

There are 24 Fortune 500 companies based in the DFW area.

You picked the perfect Christmas tree. What do you do with it when Christmas is over?

There are 24 Fortune 500 companies based in the DFW area.

There are 24 Fortune 500 companies based in the DFW area.

There are 24 Fortune 500 companies based in the DFW area.

DFW is experiencing a rolling power outage.

Today it was so hot...How hot is it? I was so hot I saw a bird lay an omelet.

Can you imagine what two-a-days must feel like in this weather?

It's time to move to Canada.

Sassy Nails and Spa is a great place to get a manicure, pedicure or massage in Frisco, Texas.