He was a remarkable mentor : Long-time Texas Woman s University regent dies Thursday
In the 12 years he served as regent, Schrader helped oversee growth on TWU’s Denton campus and helped establish new campuses in Dallas and Houston.
Credit: Texas Woman s University Author: Jay Wallis (WFAA) Updated: 11:28 AM CST January 2, 2021
Updated at 11:30 a.m. Saturday with a statement from the current city manager.
Former Dallas city manager and long-time Texas Woman s University (TWU) regent George Schrader died in a North Texas hospital Thursday.
Schrader was first appointed to the Texas Woman’s University Board of Regents in 2007 by then-Governor Rick Perry. Schrader was re-appointed by Perry in 2013 for a second six-year term on the board.
As U.S. Vaccine Drive Lags, Fast-Moving Coronavirus Variant Is Making Inroads
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New York, moving toward a targeted reopening, will allow some fans to attend a football game. Britain approves the vaccine from AstraZeneca and Oxford.
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People waiting in line to be vaccinated at a library in Bonita Springs, Fla., on Tuesday.Credit.Octavio Jones for The New York Times
A slower-than-expected vaccine rollout in the United States may be about to meet a fast-moving new variant of the coronavirus.
Officials in two states, Colorado and California, say they have discovered cases of the more contagious variant, which was first identified in Britain.
Temporary ground stops ordered at Dallas airports due to COVID-19, weather
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Dec. 30 (UPI) Aviation officials issued a temporary ground stop for all flights into and out of Dallas two largest airports Wednesday due to a combination of factors including COVID-19 and severe thunderstorms.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport the fourth largest in the United States and Dallas Love Field Airport announced the disruptions around 3:30 p.m. Flights resumed around 5:30 p.m.
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FlightAware tracking website said there was an average departure delay of 40 minutes to 49 minutes for the airports and average inbound delay of 58 minutes to 74 minutes shortly after the ground stoppage was ordered.
Closing of air traffic control center for coronavirus cleaning halts flights in Dallas
By Neil Vigdor New York Times,Updated December 30, 2020, 9:09 p.m.
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Travelers waited for their luggage at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Dec. 23.Yffy Yossifor/Associated Press
An air traffic control center that serves Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport was closed for several hours Wednesday for cleaning after an unspecified number of employees tested positive for the coronavirus, grounding flights at one of the worldâs busiest hubs.
The disruption at the center â which handles high-altitude air traffic for most of North Texas, Northwest Louisiana and the southern parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas â caused ripples of delays and diverted flights across the country.
Flights are being halted at 2 major airports in Texas to disinfect an air traffic control centre where 2 workers tested positive for COVID-19 this week Thomas Pallini An American Airlines plane at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for flights departing and arriving into Dallas while a facility is being cleaned after two workers tested positive for COVID-19 this week. Flights are also temporarily barred from landing or taking off from any airport under the airspace, which extends across Northern Texas from parts of New Mexico to parts of Louisiana and Arkansas. Exactly 22 people working at the facility reported having COVID-19, the highest of any FAA facility in Dallas.