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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Dallas County commissioners are naming a community room at the Oak Cliff Government Center after Sylvia Collins, one of three people who died in an Oak Cliff apartment fire in May. -
The city's newly approved 2026-27 budget does not include the Bradfield Recreation Center and Pool. The pool closed for the season earlier this month, and the rec center will cease operations after Sept. 30, the last day of the current fiscal year. -
North Texans with ties to Colombia are working to send aid to the areas hardest hit by last week's 7.4 magnitude earthquake. -
Less than a month after historic flooding hit a wide swath of Texas, residents in the rural Zavala County town of Crystal City are working together to salvage what they can 鈥� and piece their lives back together, one day at a time. -
City staff recommend closing and eventually demolishing the more than 50-year-old Bradfield Recreation Center and Pool because of aging infrastructure, irreplaceable parts and expensive upkeep. -
Javier "Chicharito" Hern谩ndez was announced as Atl茅tico Dallas' first player this week. Fans around Dallas are excited about the Mexican soccer star's arrival. -
Under the proposal, Mesquite's North Branch Library would close and services would be relocated to three rec centers around the city to provide "equitable access." But some worry it will mean fewer for some residents. -
Friday marks 53 years since a Dallas police officer shot and killed a 12-year-old Mexican American boy. Activists want Santos Rodriguez's story to continue to be told. -
A 四虎影院 reporter heads south to Crystal City in Zavala County to check in on her community. -
Mi Barrio 214, an art gallery in the Southeast Dallas community of Pleasant Grove, recently closed after its building was sold. Founder Viktor Ortiz is assessing and what next steps to take. -
Organizers and local leaders say other private religious events have been held at publicly owned venues without issue 鈥� and that the canceled event at Epic Waters in Grand Prairie was targeted by politicians. -
North Texas community organizers are asking for accountability in the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston early Tuesday morning as he was on his way to work a construction job.
