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A woman who was one of three people killed in an Oak Cliff apartment explosion was honored on Tuesday by Dallas County leaders.Sylvia Collins was remembered by the Dallas County Commissioner’s Court as someone who fought for the community.Sylvia Collins Community RoomCollins was one of three people killed back in May when her apartment building exploded.She leaves behind quite a legacy through her community. And on Tuesday, Dallas County Commissioners made it known that the county will rename a community room at the Oak Cliff Government Center in her honor.Collins spent decades fighting for voter engagement, civil rights, and neighborhood affairs. Commissioners Theresa Daniels and Elba Garcia spoke about Collins’ impact."She most definitely had an impact on all of Dallas County. So, you can see a very nice community activist will be honored with a room. A room is going to be named in recognition of all that she has done," Daniels said."She loved democracy. She was always asking people

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Crimes and Misdemeanors

This past July, Will Evans and Madison Ford hosted the inaugural Deep Vellum Music & Literature Festival in Deep Ellum. Today, D Magazine is publishing the essay Dallas author Mike Nagel read at the event. I was at a company-sponsored happy hour at a bar called Midnight Rambler when my co-worker Linda told me she’d recently … Continued The post Crimes and Misdemeanors appeared first on D Magazine.

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