Coronavirus

An Italian Holiday, Airlines, and Bad Timing

By Karen Eubank / March 16, 2020 /

“No one at [Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport] was ready for this,” Robbie Terry said. Least of all the airlines. Robbie and his wife, Molly Terry, are Lakewood residents who returned from southern Italy last week. On Thursday, March 12, to be specific. Their story gives new meaning to the phrase “timing is everything.” The Terrys…

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The State of Dallas Real Estate: There’s No Place Like Home, So Stay There

By Candy Evans / March 13, 2020 /

It’s been a scary, challenging week. Schools are extending their Spring Breaks for a week, there are no NBA games, no NHL games, and no Dallas Art Fair. At least one brokerage has shut down an office. Conferences are canceling left and right. New Rochelle, NY, is on lockdown with the National Guard enforcing. Museums…

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D-FW Real Estate Brokerages And Businesses Plan For Coronavirus Fallout

By Candy Evans / March 12, 2020 /

This story will be updated as new closures and postponements are announced. Business is anything but usual as the Coronavirus pandemic forces real estate executives to make a difficult decision. As of noon on Thursday, the Texas Department of Health and Human Services reported 23 confirmed cases in the state. Seven of them are in…

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COVID-19’s Arrival in North Texas Impacting Millions as Churches, Sports, Schools Shut Down

By Shelby Skrhak / March 12, 2020 /

Updated March 13 North Texas officials announced this week the Dallas area’s first “presumptive positive” cases of COVID-19, prompting schools to close, sports to cease, and churches to halt services. Late Friday afternoon, Bishop Edward Burns of the Catholic Dioscese of Dallas announced that daily and Sunday Masses will be canceled, as well as activities…

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Have Y’all Really Only Started Washing Your Hands This Week?

By Adlene Neely Dealey / March 11, 2020 /

We’re taking a break from the usual macular atrocities of the Wednesday WTF to ask one specific question: Have you all really only started washing your hands this week? I mean, personally I’ve been washing my hands like I’m about to scrub in on Grey’s Anatomy and poke my finger in a brain for a…

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