Priscilla Rice
Communities ReporterA heart for community and storytelling is what Priscilla Rice is passionate about. She brings her experience in radio, television, translations, performing arts, and community involvement to her new role. She is from two spaces 鈥� Crystal City and Pleasant Grove 鈥� border land and Southeast Dallas. She is enthusiastic about elevating voices through her role as a communities reporter.
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The city of Garland is showcasing the work of local authors through a new collection launching next week at the Central Library. So far more than 70 authors have donated books. -
Richardson residents will vote on 50 proposed amendments to the city charter and five bond propositions during the May 2 elections. -
Anita N. Martinez represented West Dallas on the city council from 1969 to 1973 and later founded the Anita N. Mart铆nez Ballet Folklorico. She's remembered for her wide impact on the Dallas arts community. -
The allegations that the late farmer workers leader sexually abused and assaulted women and children have shocked many in North Texas' Hispanic communities, and stirred conversations about generational trauma among some women. -
Community leader and Southern Methodist University graduate Omar Salazar, who was taken into ICE custody last September, will not be allowed to stay in the U.S. An immigration judge granted him "voluntary departure," and Salazar will leave without facing deportation. -
On what would have been Cesar Chavez鈥檚 99th birthday, a group of Hispanic business and civil rights leaders gathered in downtown Dallas to ask for his name to be removed from any signs and buildings. -
McMillan is being remembered as a leader, teacher and healer who brought people together. " -
A new development in Ferris, 25 miles southeast of Dallas, is providing housing for elderly North Texans who experienced homelessness. -
Leqaa Kordia was arrested last year after she participated in protests at Columbia University against Israel's war in Gaza. Speaking at a news conference in New Jersey over the weekend, she said she will continue her activism 鈥� and her legal fight to stay in the U.S. -
The legacy of Cesar Chavez, renowned for decades as a leader in civil rights and labor organizing, is now in question after an investigation by the New York Times on allegations he continuously sexually abused underage girls. -
For the first time in over 40 years, the Cinco de Mayo parade on Jefferson Boulevard in Oak Cliff was cancelled due to a shortage of funding. Instead, organizers will host a community festival. -
Leqaa Kordia left the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado Monday afternoon after just over a year in immigration custody. She was the last Columbia University protester in detention.
