The National Weather Service at Shreveport, Louisiana surveyed the damage after a tornado hit the City of Lone Star in Morris County on Friday, April 4, and confirmed it to be an EF-2.
On Saturday, April 12, just a week after the City of Lone Star was hit by an EF-2 tornado, the people of the town came together to put on a festival that hasn’t been seen in over a decade: the 74th Annual Star Fest.
On Monday, April 7, multiple organizations that work to help children across local communities gathered at in the Morris County Courthouse as a proclamation was signed to officially announce April as Child Abuse Prevention month.
On Friday, April 11, the North Texas Water District (NTMWD) board decided to abandon their proposal to buy the water rights to Lake O’ the Pines. Instead, they’ve negotiated a deal to get water from resources closer to them.
On Saturday, March 29, two people lost their lives during a wreck in Daingerfield.