Is the web the new future for local news? More and more it seems so.
 
When the latest incarnation of the historic Garland News ceased publication several months ago, a greater silence fell over the community. We do have very competent local coverage by the Dallas Morning News but, as in all print publications, space is limited. There is more local news than can be fit to the space allotted. Also, there is the DMN NeighborsGo and the Garland Messenger as print mediums. Together the local picture reported gets a bit broader.
 
On the electronic side, sources vary but the DMN Garland Blog and the DMN Garland Community pages add to or recap the print edition of the Morning News. I think this blog fills a slot. Longtime local web surfers are familiar with the Garland Citizens Forum and Suzy Blitz but those are discussion forums, generally not news sites.
 
Two new sites have been established that are purely local news and both by reporters that were long with the Garland News. Linda Jaresh is continuing to publish stories and photographs at Around Garland and Kim Everett is publishing at The Garland Texan. I've added links below as part of each post that connect to their sites and to two of the DMN sites.
 
If you check all the sites regularly, you'll probably get some repeated information but some things need to be said three times to sink in (especially for politicians).