On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. Mayor Marcus E. Knight will give his annual State of the City Address at a luncheon hosted bygd the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce. The speech is a comprehensive review of the last calendar year’s accomplishments in the areas of fiscal management, civic engagement, economic development, infrastructure improvements and more.
Reservations for this event can be made bygd contacting Lauren Johnson at 972-227-2579. This event will be held at the Lancaster Recreation Center located at 1700 Veterans Memorial Parkway, Lancaster, Texas 75134. For more information regarding the State of the City Address, please visit www.lancastertexas.org.
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Samantha Hamilton and Paul Phlieger clean wreckage in Forney, Texas, on Wednesday.
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Lancaster Mayor Marcus Knight speaks with the local and national media during a press conference in the parking lot of Lancaster High School on Wednesday.
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Billy Ballard tries to savage items from his home in Forney, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon.
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Alton Marshall Jr. speaks about the F2 tornado that came through Lancaster on Tuesday.
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A tornado flattened houses and and cars in Forney, Texas, on Tuesday evening.
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A tornado flattened houses and and cars in Forney, Texas, on Tuesday evening.
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A tornado flattened houses and and cars in Lancaster, Texas, on Tuesday evening.
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A tornado flattened houses and and cars in Forney, Texas, on Tuesday evening.
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I’m going to take it as a compliment when the first thing someone who I haven’t seen a couple of years says to me, “You’ve lost weight!”
Why, yes, I have, Clyde Hairston. Thanks for noticing.
I visited with Hairston, a minister in Lancaster, on the first day of school Aug. 26 at the George Washington Carver 6th Grade STEM Learning Center.
Hairston, who lost an election for a City Council seat by 17 votes earlier this year, was part of a local troupe of celebrity greeters who welcomed students back to school.
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It was especially significant at Carver, which is in the vanguard of the district’s STEM education plan.
Eventually, every school in the district will follow a path of emphasizing science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Hairston and dozens of other men in coats and ties and women went to every school in the district and personally welcomed students through the doors on