Also, mother sues Allen day care, shooting at DART station, restaurateur diagnosed with ALS [EVENING ROUNDUP]( Sponsored by: Content and story selection are solely editorial's decision. Good evening North Texas. Itâs Carmina Tiscareño with tonight's roundup of local news. Texas ranks 49th in the nation for womenâs health, according to a study from the Commonwealth Fund. Thirty percent of women received no early prenatal care in the first trimester, putting Texas last on this measure. But [a new clinic in East Dallas aims to help pregnant women with low-cost pregnancy testing, Medicaid enrollment and more](. Equity Reporter, Leah Waters, tells us all about CeCeâs Place. Thank you for your readership. More news in your inbox tomorrow morning. [Al Biernat on bottom center of photo, his wife Jeannie Biernat stands behind him with her around him. ]( Longtime Dallas restaurateur Al Biernat says his wife Jeannie Biernat has been his strongest supporter and his occasional interpreter since they learned that he has bulbar-onset ALS, a disease that makes it difficult to speak and swallow.(Courtesy of Al Biernat) [Dallas restaurateur Al Biernat diagnosed with ALS and says, âI want people to knowâ]( Al Biernat, the 68-year-old Dallas restaurateur who rarely forgot a customerâs name in nearly 50 years at Al Biernatâs and The Palm, [has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called ALS or Lou Gehrigâs disease.]( He would love to chat with Al Biernatâs customers like he did for so many years, he tells The Dallas Morning News in exclusive interviews. âBut,â he said, âthey wouldnât be able to understand me.â Biernatâs speech is slurred and he struggles to swallow, both symptoms of his neurodegenerative disease. During some of his interviews with The News, it was easier for him to communicate with emailed letters. [READ MORE]( ADVERTISEMENT
TOP STORIES [Dallas City Council punts on discussing projects for $1.25 billion bond after mayor memo]( The lack of discussion Wednesday means residents wonât get a clear idea of specific citywide projects the City [...] [Mother sues Allen day care after toddler wandered away, found near busy road]( A mother is suing an Allen daycare for negligence after her 2-year-old son wandered away and was found not far [...] [Pediatric flu death reported in Tarrant County as cases soar]( Tarrant County reported its first pediatric flu death of the season as cases soar across Texas. [Suspect arrested in September hit-and-run crash that killed Arlington police officer]( A suspect was arrested in the hit-and-run crash on I-20 in Dallas County that killed Arlington police officer [...] [1 dead, 1 arrested after shooting at Dallas DART station, officials say]( A suspect was arrested in a deadly shooting at DART's Bachman Station in the Love Field area of Dallas. [READ MORE NEWS]( ADVERTISEMENT
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