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 — Crystal City and Pleasant Grove — border land and Southeast Dallas. She is enthusiastic about elevating voices through her role as a communities reporter.
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A year ago a gunman opened fire at the Dallas ICE Field Office, killing two men in ICE custody and wounding a third. The widow of shooting victim Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez is reflecting on what happened – and activists share why they have stepped up efforts to help immigrants as they show up for their check-ins. -
In a 4-2 decision, the council voted not to fire city manager Charles Fenner after his guilty plea last week stemming from a 2023 DWI arrest. -
City Manager Charles Fenner pleaded guilty this week in a case stemming from a 2023 DWI arrest. One council member is calling for his resignation. -
The Mesquite City Council adopted a budget that includes closing one of the city’s two libraries and consolidating it with a neighboring rec center. -
The Nepali community in North Texas is grieving after flash floods and mudslides devastated central Nepal and killed at least a thousand people. Various groups are gathering to pray, remember and raise funds to help rebuild their motherland. -
As thousands remain missing in Nepal following last week's devastating flood, Nepalese community members in North Texas remain hopeful they'll hear from missing friends and relatives. -
As the city of Garland transitions to a civil model for code violations, volunteers have been helping residents who are physically or financially unable to address code warnings or violations. -
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 — 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.
