🌱 Thousands Attend Dallas Holiday Parade + 3 Dead In 2 Accidents

Hey, Dallas! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything worth knowing around town today.

First, today's weather:

Hazy sun; breezy, cooler. High: 58 Low: 36.

Here are the top stories in Dallas today:

1. Thousands of people packed downtown Dallas on Saturday morning to watch the annual holiday parade, which returned after a pandemic hiatus last year. This year's theme was "return to our traditions." Local residents lined the streets to experience the marching bands, the colorful floats, the huge inflatable balloons, and other holiday festivities at the AT&T Discovery stage. (CBS Dallas / Fort Worth)
2. Three people died in two unrelated Dallas accidents in the early hours of Sunday morning. The first accident happened around midnight at the intersection of Oak Lawn and Maple Avenue, when a woman who was not in the crosswalk attempted to cross the street and was fatally hit by a Volkswagen. The second incident was a five-vehicle accident on southbound North Central Expressway at Haskell Avenue that occurred just after 2 a.m. The driver and passenger of one car died on the scene, another person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
3. Diminishing financial reserves, along with a request for a proposal of new management by the city of Dallas, might mean radio station WRR 101.1 FM, which has played classical music for 57 years, could change its music format. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
4. The Hispanic 100 (H100) Latina Giving Circle at Texas Women's Foundation awarded a record $150,000 in grants to 29 North Texas-area nonprofits serving the needs of Latina women and girls in low- and moderate-income communities. (North Texas e-News)
5. On Saturday, Dallas Fire-Rescue units responded to a one-story house fire in the 1600 block of West Illinois Avenue, where a man was found dead in the home's bedroom. (FOX 4 Dallas)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.