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Though many people have happily put the COVID-19 pandemic behind them, lingering issues related to the pandemic continue to affect individuals in unique ways. That's especially true for drivers looking to replace their existing vehicles. In the early days of the pandemic, efforts to contain the spread of COVID- 19 led many auto manufacturers to cease production at their factories. Semiconductor chip shortages related to the pandemic also led to factory closures. One of the ripple effects of those closures was a reduced inventory of new vehicles, which led individuals to look to the preowned market when they needed a new car. That increased the value of trade-ins, including trade-ins of leased vehicles. The automotive experts at Edmunds note that the average trade-in value of a vehicle leased in 2020 was 19 percent higher than the predetermined residual value, so lessees had greater incentive to keep the vehicles when their leases expired than in years past. That further affected the supply of preowned vehicles on the market, which Cox Automotive reports has led to a spike in the cost of preowned vehicles in 2023. The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index indicates that, by mid-March 2023, wholesale used vehicle prices had already increased by 8.8 percent, a trend that Cox forecasters expected to continue as the year progressed.

I suffer a great deal from anxiety and depression. I’m tired. I have tried therapy, and it didn’t help me at all. Do you have any ideas that might help me?

Forney resident Preston Dale Aymond graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing-Professional Selling as a part of the summer 2024 class, which included 311 students from throughout Oklahoma, the country and world.

For Texans, saving millions of migratory birds could be as simple as flipping a switch.

Forney ISD and the Forney Education Foundation announce the grand opening of “Assembly Required,” a state-of-the-art makerspace designed to inspire creativity and innovation. Join us on Monday, September 30, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at The OC in Forney, located on the 2nd floor of the east side of the building.

The Keith Bell Opportunity Central (OC) recently won four “Stars of Distinction” for Design, Planning, Community, and Transformation at the 2024 TASA/TASB Exhibit of School Architecture. This exhibit includes 41 projects from 30 school districts, two college systems, and one state school that were submitted by 21 architectural firms. To be eligible for consideration, projects must be newly constructed or renovated public education facilities completed in the past five years and not previously submitted in this annual exhibit.

There is an art to leveling soil that most people never get to see. The tractor driver seems to take endless trips around and around the same plot of ground not making any progress—until you really look at the difference in the slope of the soil where the tractor has traveled. The same can be said about the everyday life of a student.

Five-year survival rates for prostate cancer are notably high. Johns Hopkins Medicine notes that approximately 80 to 85 percent of all prostate cancers are detected in the local or regional stages, which plays a significant role in improving survival rates for the disease. Johns Hopkins notes that many men diagnosed with prostate cancer and treated at the local or regional stages are cancer-free after five years.

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Proposition A will be on the November ballot, and Crandall ISD Superintendent Dr. AJ Murry will be in your community soon to explain it.

This past Saturday, the Forney HS Drumline traveled to Bedford, TX to compete in the HEB (Hurst-Euless-Bedford) Drumline Contest for the 14th time.

It can be disconcerting to new dog owners when they discover their pooches whimpering, shaking or seemingly crying in their sleep.