Jane McGarry, the nationally-known news anchor of NBC Channel 5 in Dallas, Texas, has been arrested for suspicion of DUI. In a statement on their website, NBC 5 said:

NBC 5 confirms Jane McGarry, the anchor of NBC 5 News at 5 p.m. and Nonstop Nightly at 6:30 p.m., was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated.

This incident happened on Sunday morning.

According to Christian Post, she failed to signal a lane change and was pulled over:

McGarry’s arrest came after she reportedly failed to signal a lane change. When police pulled her over, they stated that she had “bloodshot, droopy eyes and used a loud tone of voice.” She explained that she had had three glasses of wine but refused a breathalyzer, instead opting to take a blood test.

Do you think Jane McGarry should be fired as a news anchor? Do we hold people in the public eye a bit more accountable because of the fact that maybe they should know better? Perhaps because news anchors report this sort of thing on the news just about every day?

The $3.5 million makeover includes the creation of the Marriott Great Room, expanded meeting space, including The Quorum Ballroom and the Blueprint meeting room, a new bar and restaurant, a new “We Proudly Brew Starbucks” outlet, upgraded front desk, business center and retail space.

Among those on hand for the ribbon cutting were Addison Mayor Todd Meier, members of the city council and Town of Addison City Manager and his staff as well as the Dallas Visitors and Convention Bureau and members of the Marriott Regional Sales Organization.

The hotel’s new restaurant and bar, Addison Grill/Texas Food and Cocktails, features a locally inspired menu offering simple and fresh regional favorites for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Enjoy your favorite drink served from the Proudly Brew Starbucks outlet.

– The Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum offers more than 547 guest rooms and 20,300 SF of meeting space including more than 30 meeting rooms and breakout rooms.
– The largest meeting room, the Grand Ballroom, offers a maximum meeting space of 9,450 sq ft and maximum seating capacity of 1,000.

More information about Dallas Addison Marriott Quorum Hotel is available at http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dalqc-dallas-addison-marriott-quorum-by-the-galleria/

With the adoption of social media as a viable venue for advertisers and consumers to connect, most top brands today are employing a social listening strategy which is either administrated internally or through their agency or PR firm. While these platforms do an adequate job of capturing and synthesizing the massive quantity of social conversations into aggregated sentiment ratings, the most candid conversations are more difficult to identify and manage.

The convergence of mobile technologies and social media is giving rise to a new paradigm in digital advertising. Today, word-of-mouth marketing between friends is possible at levels never before possible. Historically, word-of-mouth techniques could not scale, nor were they trackable and they lacked the necessary capabilities to encourage and reward brand advocates for their vocal loyalty en masse.

“Texas courts are falling behind because Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison won’t go out and fight for their own nominees,” said Matt Glazer, Executive Director of Progress Texas.

“Senate Democrats from California should not have more clout with Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell than Senate Republicans from Texas. Hutchison and Cornyn’s nominees – Texas judges Jeffrey Costa and David Campos Guaderrama – have cleared all the procedural hurdles and are simply waiting for an up or down vote by the Senate. When justice is delayed, justice is denied. Instead of sitting on the sidelines, we need our elected Senators to fight for Texas and urge Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow an up or down vote on these non-partisan nominees.”

Progress Texas is part of the Texans for a Fair Judiciary coalition. A diverse group of organization who have generated over 3,000 messages to Senator Cornyn and Hutchison’s Washington office and hundreds of calls urging our elected officials to fight for their nominees and end the judicial emergencies in Texas. The coalition includes Equality Texas, Texas Watch, Texans for Public Justice, Texans Together, La Fe and Texas Freedom Network.

For more information visit http://progresstexas.org/blog/tfj-senators-leahy-blumenthal-fight-fill-texas-emergency-judicial-districts and http://bit.ly/TFJAction

With over 37 years in the funeral business, John P. Brooks has always represented honesty and integrity for those grieving the loss of their loved ones. Rather than selling out to big business, Brooks has staunchly defended the personal approach, and his funeral homes and crematory remain family owned and operated to ensure the kind of treatment that his clients have come to expect.

The funeral chapel at the North Dallas Funeral Home can hold up to 300 guests and offers Internet video streaming services that can allow family and friends the sense of being at the service even if they are on the other side of the world. The Brooks family also specializes in creating beautiful video tributes made up of your choice of photos and music that are the perfect way to preserve the memory of your loved one in DVD format.

The current dividend is based on North Dallas Bank & Trust Co.’s current financial condition and is not a guarantee that dividends will continue to be paid in the future. Please direct any questions to Sam Renshaw, Vice Chairman and CFO.

North Dallas Bank & Trust Co., established in 1961, has more than $1 billion in assets and is a locally owned bank with five locations in the Dallas area.

SOURCE: North Dallas Bank & Trust Co.