Fire Damage Restoration in Argyle, TX

Elite Level Fire Damage Restoration in Argyle, TX

Fire damage to your home is one of the most traumatizing, frightening tragedies a person can experience. This is especially true in apartment buildings and multifamily homes, where dozens if not hundreds of families are affected by fire and smoke damage. When a fire rips through an apartment building, the property damage can be catastrophic. But the damage caused by fires doesn't end once the flames have been extinguished. Victims are left wondering what happens next now that their belongings are destroyed. When will they have a roof over their again?

In these circumstances, prompt, purpose-driven fire damage restoration is key to reducing victims' financial and emotional strain.

The National Fire Protection Association states that a structure fire is reported every 65 seconds. When the fire alarm sounds, emergency responders answer the call for help with decisive action. But once the smoke clears, Atlas National Renovations' team of fire restoration experts step in to give hope to property managers, apartment tenants, and commercial property owners.

With decades of combined experience in disaster recovery, ANR understands the complexities associated with commercial and apartment building fires. We have helped the top multifamily groups in Texas recover their tenants' homes and belongings with care and compassion. If you're a property manager and you're still reeling from a fire disaster, know that we're here to help you too.

At Atlas National Renovations, our expert project managers and technicians play key roles in complicated fire restoration projects. We specialize in restoring Class A, B, and C properties like apartment complexes, high-rise buildings, multifamily buildings, mixed-use developments, large commercial properties, and more.

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If you're looking for a top-tier fire damage restoration company in Argyle, look no further than ANR. We're the top pick when it comes to large, detailed fire restoration projects because we:

Are a Trusted Partner in Restoration and Disaster Recovery
Adhere to OSHA Standards and State & Federal Regulations
Use the Latest Equipment & Remediation Techniques
Offer Innovative Solutions to Detailed Problems

Provide Seasoned Project Managers for Each Fire Restoration Project
Give Clients Clear and Consistent Communication
Work with Insurance Companies
Have a Knowledgeable & Courteous Leadership Team

Fire Damage Restoration for Apartment Buildings in Argyle, TX

Owners and managers of apartment complexes know that the safety of their tenants is a major responsibility. Unfortunately, nobody can completely control when apartment fires occur. Fires in apartments and multifamily buildings may start small, but they spread quickly, often destroying several living spaces. These frightening fires destroy prized heirlooms, important documents, and can even be fatal. However, the work is only beginning once the fire is put out and lives are saved.

In the aftermath of a disaster, figuring out the next steps is hard. During this difficult time, it's important to be prepared. As a property manager or owner, having a fire damage restoration company on your checklist of resources is crucial.

Unlike residential fires, apartment and multifamily building fires add several more layers of complexity and stress. In these situations, you deserve a restoration partner that you can trust without question, and that company is Atlas National Renovations.

With years of experience guiding our technicians and project managers, the ANS team responds quickly to your fire damage emergency. Using advanced protocols and state-of-the-art restoration equipment, we get to work quickly to repair and restore your commercial property to its pre-loss condition. While restoring your property, we always keep your tenant's care and comfort in mind.

Our fire restoration services in Argyle are comprehensive and include the following:

Rapid Mobilization and Response
Overall Catastrophe Management
Emergency Board-Up Services
Debris Removal and Disposal
Apartment Content Inventory and Cleaning
Soot and Smoke Removal Services

Water Extraction
Deodorization
HVAC Cleaning and Decontamination
Shoring Installment to Secure Buildings
Interior & Exterior Renovations

Our Fire Damage Restoration Process

It's imperative to have someone with knowledge and experience on your side during a fire crisis.

When you call ANS, our fire restoration experts can help walk you through the steps you need to take once a fire occurs. This allows us to quickly gain control of the restoration project on your behalf. Once we have inspected your property, we'll provide a detailed report and scope of work for your fire damage restoration project.

ANS repairs all property damage caused by soot, smoke, and fire. Our IICRC-certified fire restoration teams construct the best plan to quickly get your building back to its pre-loss condition.

Because every property is different, each fire restoration project for apartment buildings is too. However, every fire disaster will have a similar process and will often include:

Contact ANS

Your fire restoration process begins when you call our headquarters. Our specialist will ask you a series of questions about the fire event that occurred. That way, we can arrive on-site with the proper resources and equipment.

Fire Damage Assessment
and Inspection

Our fire damage restoration team will carefully inspect the entirety of your apartment complex, from building to building and room to room. We do so to determine the extent of your apartment's fire, smoke, and soot damage. This step is crucial to developing a comprehensive restoration plan.

Board-Up Services

First responders like firefighters must break windows and cut holes in roofs to slow fire growth and save lives. Once the fire is out, our team can get to work, boarding up holes and constructing temporary fencing around the property.

Water Removal

If there is water damage associated with your apartment fire, we'll remove most of the water immediately. From there, we use air movers and dehumidifiers to help complete the drying process.

Smoke and Soot Removal

Within minutes of a fire, walls, electronics, and other surfaces are covered in soot. Smoke and ash continue to cause damage to every inch of your apartment building. That's why ANS uses specialized equipment to remediate smoke damage and remove odors. This process is often labor-intensive and can take time, especially for large fire damage restoration needs.

Cleaning and Sanitizing

Using a variety of restoration and cleaning techniques, our team will help clean restorable items and sanitize units for safety.

Restoration

Getting your apartment buildings to their pre-fire conditions is our ultimate goal. Depending on the size and scope of the fire restoration job, minor repairs like painting, drywall replacement, and new carpet installation might be needed. You might also need major structural renovations like re-siding, re-roofing, new window installation, floor replacement, and more.

Tips for Preventing Apartment Fires

If you're a property manager or own multifamily residential buildings, the thought of an apartment fire is terrifying. What starts as a small fire can quickly turn into a catastrophic event, with your entire complex up in flames. However, one of the best ways of preventing these fires is to know more about them.

Share these tips with tenants to help prevent deadly apartment fires:

Turn Off Heat Sources

Data shows that a large number of apartment fires begin with cooking. Often, these fires are caused by the ignition of common items like rags, curtains, wallpapers, and bags. Encourage tenants to keep their kitchens and cooking areas clear of combustibles. Never leave a stove unattended for long, and don't leave burners on by themselves. Unintentional mishaps like leaving heat sources on are common causes of fires that can be prevented with a little forethought.

Electrical Safety

Like heat sources, electrical malfunctions are also common causes of fires in apartment complexes. It's hard to prevent all electrical malfunctions, but you can tell tenants to avoid bad habits. Tips include never using extension cords as permanent solutions and never using a cable if the third prong is missing.

Appliance Safety

Appliances are a part of everyone's lives. They're also standard equipment in most apartment units. But if tenants don't take proper precautions, these useful tools can spark deadly fires.

Tips for Preventing Apartment Fires

No matter how large or small, fires are nightmare scenarios for entrepreneurs with commercial properties. Fire damage can completely ruin storefronts and offices, leaving charred remains and burned-up files before firefighters arrive. To make matters worse, soot and smoke damage ruin your businesses' furniture, HVAC system, carpet, walls, and windows.

To eliminate health hazards and restore your business to its pre-fire condition, you need to bring in a team of professionals with years of experience in fire damage remediation. At ANR, we use commercial-grade equipment and cutting-edge tools to clean up the aftermath of your fire and rebuild your property. That way, you can get back to running your business and providing for your family.

Share these tips with tenants to help prevent deadly apartment fires:

Remove Smoke and Fire Damage

One of the most common causes of large commercial loss stems from smoke and fire damage. Of course, these disasters cause injuries and fatalities. But they also generate tremendous amounts of damage, rot, mold, and harm to structures. Not to mention the devastation that fire damage has to the appearance and livability of the facility. Fire damage restoration companies restore - and also prevent - the root cause of the fire. Electrical outlets, wires, and other fire-prone items will all be addressed to prevent a subsequent disaster.

Highly Skilled

The best fire damage restoration professionals are highly-trained, exceptionally skilled, and properly equipped to deal with every aspect of a commercial fire. From handling major renovations to taking care of the lingering effects of smoke damage, pro fire restoration companies take care of it for you. Hiring ANR means you'll be working with technicians who have the knowledge, tools, and materials to get the job done right the first time.

Insurance Claims

When you start the claim process with your businesses' insurance company, they'll ask whether you've hired a fire damage restoration company. That's because companies like Atlas prevent further damage from occurring and calculate an estimate of your total loss. You can submit this estimate to your insurance company, which may then provide you with resources to complete your company's disaster recovery mt-md-1

Discover the
Atlas Difference

Fire damage restoration is a crucial, complex process that professionals must perform. With decades of expertise, unmatched restoration quality, and the scalability for any job, Atlas National Renovations is well-equipped to be your single source for commercial fire damage restoration in Argyle, TX. We are specially equipped to make difficult restoration projects easy for owners.

When a fire disaster strikes, you need a timely response from a trustworthy team of experts. Don't settle for a mediocre fire restoration partner. Choose ANR to get the job done right the first time. Contact our office today to learn more about our fire restoration services in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

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Sheriff staff shortages impact services in 4 North Texas counties

North Texas sheriff’s departments have experienced staffing shortages at their respective detention centers.These shortages, which have been seen in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties, have been, in part, the result of a growing job market with more competitive salaries, according to data from the Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas.“I don’t know what we’re going to do but we’re going to get through it,” Denton County Sheriff Tracy Murphree said during a Lewisville Chamber of...

North Texas sheriff’s departments have experienced staffing shortages at their respective detention centers.

These shortages, which have been seen in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties, have been, in part, the result of a growing job market with more competitive salaries, according to data from the Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas.

“I don’t know what we’re going to do but we’re going to get through it,” Denton County Sheriff Tracy Murphree said during a Lewisville Chamber of Commerce meeting in the fall. There he described the “dire” staffing levels the department experienced as a way to help recruit.

Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner said economic factors contribute to public safety staffing such as the future of interest rates, inflation, job growth and even the possible ripple effects of layoffs in Silicon Valley.

Skinner also serves as the chair of the Government Affairs Committee for the National Sheriffs’ Association

The job market is also on the rise, according to the Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas data. From 2016 to 2021, jobs increased by 22.4% in Collin County from 420,897 to 515,163. This change outpaced the national growth rate of 1.9% by 20.5%.

In Dallas County, jobs increased by 5.1% during that same time. In Denton County, jobs increased by 21.6%. And in Tarrant County, jobs increased by 7.7%.

To combat the shortage, officials have turned to recruiting and financial incentives.

Staffing shortages

These law enforcement staffing challenges are not limited to North Texas but have been seen state-wide, Denton County Judge Andy Eads said.

“Denton county is not alone in our challenges here,” he said. “It’s a statewide and national trend.”

Denton’s Sheriff Department has seen a decrease in applications for law enforcement and is now experiencing a 35% staffing level at its jail. Having a fully functioning jail is essential to public safety and the judicial system, Eads said.

“You can’t incarcerate people without having detention officers,” he said.

These officers are “critical” to the public safety infrastructure, he said.

The shortage has caused a burden on the jail staff, Eads said, as employees now have to take on more shifts to appropriately man the detention center.

Skinner, from Collin County, reiterated Eads point. Staffing presents serious challenges and it is an issue that he manages on a daily basis, Skinner said in an email.

“Like other agencies in law enforcement, sheriffs across the state and across the nation are facing serious staffing challenges,” he said. “Because many sheriffs provide not only law-enforcement services but also supervise the county jail, a sheriff’s challenges extend to the corrections field as well.”

Currently, the Collin County Sheriff’s Office has just under 10% openings in line-level detention officers and just under 3% openings in line-level deputy sheriffs, Skinner said.

“Unfortunately, in many Sheriffs Offices across the country, the vacancy rate exceeds 35%,” he said. “By any measure this is a crisis.”

Challenges facing a short staff

In December, Dallas County had 120 vacancies in detention areas out of 1,481, Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown said.

That staffing level has created challenges, she said.

The issue is the jail is regulated by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, which comes with a required level of staffing per inmate, Brown said. If the staff does not reach that level, current employees must work overtime to meet that state requirement.

“We have to get creative,” she said.

Tarrant County has experienced its own set of challenges because of staffing shortages.

In August, Tarrant County sent 432 inmates from its county jail to a private jail near Lubbock because of a staffing shortage and planned maintenance this year, according to county commissioner agendas.

Tarrant County Commissioners approved an $18 million contract with Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility for the inmate transfer.

Staffing incentives

The local sheriff’s departments have turned to recruiting, incentive pay and other perks to help fill in the staffing holes.

“I regularly speak with other sheriffs and their senior supervisors about recruiting, retention and morale in my role as the chair of the Government Affairs Committee for the National Sheriffs’ Association,” Collin County’s Skinner said. “Many counties use various incentives, including compensation, recruiting or retention pay, employment and retirement benefits, and training and educational benefits, to improve their situations.”

Dallas County has been doing recruiting fairs to bring people to the job. Brown also regularly visits with commissioners about the issue, she said.

In Denton County, the department created temporary positions that were part-time as a way to attract people like retirees or people who don’t want or need a full-time job, Eads said.

The county commissioners also approved a pay raise during the fall for county employees, including those working in the jail. The starting salary increased two pay grades, which was about 15%, Eads said. County employees who also recruit people to work will receive $500 in incentive pay.

Despite staffing shortages, Skinner still wants people who are right for the job.

“These professions take commitment and resolve,” he said. “We want the right people. We plan, train and budget for them. We are very selective about who we select, given the enormous responsibility that they are given in keeping our citizens and communities safe.”

Samantha Douty joined Community Impact in 2021 as the Lewisville/ Flower Mound/ Highland Village editor. She now oversees the Flower Mound/Highland Village/ Argyle and Lewisville/Coppell editions. She graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2018 with a degree in journalism. But her passion for journalism started when she was 16 years old. Before joining Community Impact, she reported on education for the Victoria Advocate, a rural South Texas daily newspaper.

Local school districts to make up for missed days during ice storm

Two school districts serving southern Denton County announced this week that they will use built-in bad weather days this month to help make up for the entire week of school missed due to last week’s ice storm.Argyle ISD will conduct a normal school day on Feb. 13, which was built into the district calendar as a school holiday unless it is needed to make up for canceled classes due to bad weather. The district is only using one of its bad weather days because it built additional minutes into the instructional calendar, the distr...

Argyle ISD will conduct a normal school day on Feb. 13, which was built into the district calendar as a school holiday unless it is needed to make up for canceled classes due to bad weather. The district is only using one of its bad weather days because it built additional minutes into the instructional calendar, the district said in an email to families.

Northwest ISD changed its calendar to make Feb. 20 a full instructional day, and it said it will have to add additional instructional minutes to account for more of the missed time last week. The district will await guidance from the Texas Education Agency if additional school days could be considered for a waiver before further changes, according to a Northwest ISD news release. If TEA does not grant waivers for missed instructional time, the district will inform families of additional changes to the 2022-2023 school year calendar in the coming weeks.

Lewisville ISD has not publicly announced any makeup days, as of Wednesday morning.

The weather earlier this month has forced us to change some things on the calendar. Here’s the schedule for making up the learning time that we missed. pic.twitter.com/hIkYcITXWr

— Denton ISD (@dentonisd) February 13, 2023

A Flower Mound family is temporarily displaced after an attic fire, believed to have been caused by a lightning strike, caused damage early Wednesday morning.

Firefighters responded to the fire in the 3200 block of Hawthorne Court just before 6 a.m. Wednesday, according to Brandon Barth, spokesman for the Flower Mound Fire Department. The firefighters were able to get in and extinguish the flames quickly, limiting the damage to the roof and upstairs. No one was injured.

Barth said all of the home’s damage is repairable, but the family will be displaced until the repairs are made.

Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings

SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings for the week of Feb.13:FINAL GIRLS PUBLICClass 6A1. SA Northside Clark, 27-3; 2. Austin High, 29-3; 3. South Grand Prairie, 25-6; 4. Pearland, 30-3; 5. DeSoto, 22-5; 6. SA Northside Brennan, 29-4; 7. Fort Bend Hightower, 30-3; 8. Southlake Carroll, 28-3; 9. Humble Summer Creek, 31-4; 10. Lewisville Hebron, 28-5; 11. Coppell, 33-3; 12. SA Northside Harlan, 27-4; 13. Fort Bend Austin, 29-3; 14. Katy, 29-2; 15. Houston Westfield, 22-...

SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings for the week of Feb.13:

FINAL GIRLS PUBLIC

Class 6A

1. SA Northside Clark, 27-3; 2. Austin High, 29-3; 3. South Grand Prairie, 25-6; 4. Pearland, 30-3; 5. DeSoto, 22-5; 6. SA Northside Brennan, 29-4; 7. Fort Bend Hightower, 30-3; 8. Southlake Carroll, 28-3; 9. Humble Summer Creek, 31-4; 10. Lewisville Hebron, 28-5; 11. Coppell, 33-3; 12. SA Northside Harlan, 27-4; 13. Fort Bend Austin, 29-3; 14. Katy, 29-2; 15. Houston Westfield, 22-3; 16. Beaumont Westbrook, 31-4; 17. Deer Park, 28-3; 18. Klein Collins, 26-4; 19. Little Elm, 27-5; 20. Denton Braswell, 26-7; 21. Conroe Grand Oaks, 26-6; 22. Cypress Springs, 28-8; 23. Cedar Park Vista Ridge, 25-8; 24. Cibolo Steele, 25-11; 25. EP Franklin, 25-3.

Class 5A

1. Lubbock Monterey, 28-3; 2. Mansfield Timberview, 32-3; 3. SA Wagner, 24-4; 4. Pflugerville, 28-6; 5. Argyle, 30-3; 6. Mount Pleasant, 33-0; 7. Amarillo, 30-4; 8. Lubbock Cooper, 25-6; 9. Pflugerville Hendrickson, 30-5; 10. Lamar Fulshear, 28-5; 11. Buda Hays, 34-3; 12. McKinney North, 26-6; 13. White Settlement Brewer, 26-3; 14. Mont Belvieu Barbers Hill, 30-5; 15. Manvel, 27-7; 16. Frisco Memorial, 24-10; 17. Frisco Liberty, 22-10; 18. CC Flour Bluff, 30-5; 19. Edinburg Vela, 28-4; 20. Midlothian Heritage, 28-7; 21. Amarillo Tascosa, 25-5; 22. Leander Glenn, 27-5; 23. CC Veterans Memorial, 26-9; 24. Boerne Champion, 28-6; 25. EP Chapin, 26-6; 25. EP Burges, 25-3.

Class 4A

1. Glen Rose, 34-1; 2. Boerne, 30-1; 3. Waco La Vega, 31-5; 4. Canyon, 30-3; 5. Levelland, 30-3; 6. Fredericksburg, 30-4; 7. Hardin-Jefferson, 27-5; 8. Sunnyvale, 29-5; 9. Beeville Jones, 26-4; 10. Stephenville, 29-4; 11. Sanger, 27-5; 12. Geronimo Navarro, 29-7; 13. Seminole, 28-7; 14. Bishop, 31-4; 15. Silsbee, 29-3; 16. Paris North Lamar, 27-6; 17. Navasota, 31-4; 18. Van, 21-2; 19. Canyon Randall, 23-7; 20. Godley, 26-7; 21. Bay City, 28-1; 22. Madisonville, 30-4; 23. Gilmer, 23-8; 24. Brownsboro, 22-7; 25. Kennedale, 17-11.

Class 3A

1. Fairfield, 32-2; 2. Tuscola Jim Ned, 31-1; 3. Holliday, 27-3; 4. Pottsboro, 29-3; 5. Rio Hondo, 24-3; 6. Peaster, 27-5; 7. Mexia, 30-4; 8. Columbus, 26-4; 9. Winnsboro, 26-8; 10. Edgewood, 26-7; 11. Little River Academy, 28-7; 12. Kountze, 31-2; 13. Lorena, 29-5; 14. Brock, 29-6; 15. Wall, 26-5; 16. Hitchcock, 25-3; 17. Boling, 25-6; 18. Huntington, 27-6; 19. Jourdanton, 28-4; 20. Gunter, 25-9; 21. Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill, 25-6; 22. Lytle, 24-10; 23. Bushland, 24-6; 24. Nacogdoches Central Heights, 20-9; 25. Gladewater, 24-9.

Class 2A

1. Nocona, 33-0; 2. New Home, 27-4; 3. Lipan, 28-3; 4. Tenaha, 30-2; 5. Skidmore-Tynan, 34-2; 6. Martins Mill, 26-6; 7. Panhandle, 25-7; 8. Chireno, 29-3; 9. Gruver, 24-5; 10. Dallardsville Big Sandy, 29-4; 11. Muenster, 25-7; 12. Windthorst, 25-4; 13. Premont, 24-6; 14. Farwell, 27-5; 15. Falls City, 29-6; 16. Shiner, 27-3; 17. La Rue La Poynor, 27-6; 18. Sundown, 23-8; 19. Merit Bland, 24-4; 20. Timpson, 26-8; 21. Wellington, 21-9; 22. Ozona, 28-5; 23. Cisco, 25-6; 24. Clarendon, 26-6; 25. Ropesville, 25-6.

Class 1A

1. Huckabay, 34-2; 2. Neches, 27-2; 3. Slidell, 26-3; 4. Ackerly Sands, 25-6; 5. Gorman, 30-3; 6. Veribest, 27-5; 7. Nazareth, 24-9; 8. Saltillo, 33-4; 9. Dodd City, 29-5; 10. Jayton, 30-3; 11. Gordon, 22-8; 12. Hermleigh, 23-7; 13. Whiteface, 25-4; 14. Roscoe Highland, 25-7; 15. Gail Borden County, 28-5; 16. Eula, 24-9; 17. Cross Plains, 27-5; 18. Brookeland, 26-4; 19. Moulton, 27-7; 20. Aquilla, 25-5; 21. Turkey Valley, 22-9; 22. Rocksprings, 25-9; 23. Bloomburg, 27-6; 24. Lamesa Klondike, 20-3; 25. Graford, 23-7.

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Class 6A

1. Richardson Lake Highlands, 26-3; 2. Beaumont United, 29-1; 3. Katy Seven Lakes, 30-4; 4. Round Rock Stony Point, 28-1; 5. Arlington Martin, 27-4; 6. Dallas Highland Park, 24-6; 7. Killeen Harker Heights, 25-7; 8. San Marcos, 33-3; 9. Allen, 28-7; 10. Plano, 21-8; 11. Plano East, 29-4; 12. Pearland Dawson, 28-5; 13. Austin Westlake, 30-4; 14. SA Northside Brennan, 26-7; 15. Buda Johnson, 26-4; 16. Cy Creek, 27-6; 17. Keller, 22-10; 18. DeSoto, 24-8; 19. Arlington Sam Houston, 26-7; 20. Mansfield Legacy, 22-8; 21. Lake Travis, 24-7; 22. SA Reagan, 28-5; 23. SA Northside Warren, 27-6; 24. New Braunfels, 27-5; 25. Cy Falls, 26-7.

Class 5A

1. Dallas Kimball, 25-2; 2. Killeen Ellison, 31-3; 3. Fort Bend Marshall, 30-3; 4. Amarillo, 30-3; 5. Mount Pleasant, 32-0; 6. Lancaster, 19-7; 7. Leander Rouse, 25-8; 8. Forney, 27-4; 9. FW Wyatt, 16-10; 10. SA Veterans Memorial, 29-3; 11. Mansfield Summit, 28-4; 12. Red Oak, 23-10; 13. Lufkin, 32-3; 14. Dallas South Oak Cliff, 18-8; 15. Frisco Liberty, 24-6; 16. Port Arthur PA Memorial, 26-8; 17. Mont Belvieu Barbers Hill, 27-6; 18. EP Chapin, 25-6; 19. White Settlement Brewer, 28-3; 20. SA Wagner, 18-13; 21. Boerne Champion, 28-4; 22. CC Miller, 25-5; 23. Midlothian, 25-7; 24. Belton, 25-8; 25. CC Veterans Memorial, 23-10.

Class 4A

1. Dallas Faith Family, 25-3; 2. Dallas Carter, 27-3; 3. Silsbee, 21-11; 4. Houston Washington, 22-7; 5. Houston Furr, 18-3; 6. Dallas Pinkston, 20-11; 7. Boerne, 26-5; 8. Canyon, 26-2; 9. Stafford, 26-7; 10. Sulphur Springs, 27-7; 11. Alvin Iowa Colony, 26-4; 12. Somerset, 22-9; 13. Aubrey, 26-4; 14. Anna, 19-8; 15. Hardin-Jefferson, 28-5; 16. Jacksonville, 22-8; 17. Bullard, 26-5; 18. Tyler Chapel Hill, 19-6; 19. Canyon Randall, 23-9; 20. Pleasanton, 29-5; 21. Hamshire-Fannett, 27-6; 22. Center, 25-4; 23. Lubbock Estacado, 20-16; 24. EP Harmony, 25-5; 25. WF Hirschi, 14-12.

Class 3A

1. Dallas Madison, 21-13; 2. Hitchcock, 23-7; 3. Lorena, 27-5; 4. Peaster, 26-6; 5. Childress, 21-7; 6. Shallowater, 20-3; 7. Ponder, 27-5; 8. Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill, 32-2; 9. Lytle, 28-6; 10. Brock, 23-9; 11. Poth, 13-3; 12. Winnie East Chambers, 29-4; 13. Mexia, 26-6; 14. Nacogdoches Central Heights, 22-11; 15. Tornillo, 28-1; 16. CC London, 22-9; 17. WF City View, 20-7; 18. Holliday, 24-4; 19. Orangefield, 25-8; 20. Santa Rosa, 23-7; 21. Aransas Pass, 19-13; 22. Mineola, 20-9; 23. Santa Gertrudis, 24-8; 24. Diboll, 16-9; 25. Franklin, 13-4.

Class 2A

1. Lipan, 30-1; 2. La Rue La Poynor, 26-7; 3. Farwell, 24-4; 4. Big Lake Reagan County, 25-9; 5. New Home, 24-7; 6. Martins Mill, 24-6; 7. Douglass, 28-3; 8. Sulphur Springs North Hopkins, 25-6; 9. Dallardsville Big Sandy, 25-6; 10. Timpson, 18-3; 11. Flatonia, 28-4; 12. Floydada, 30-5; 13. Olton, 23-5; 14. Stockdale, 18-9; 15. Port Aransas, 24-9; 16. Gruver, 24-9; 17. Schulenburg, 17-7; 18. New Deal, 21-8; 19. Clarendon, 16-10; 20. Beckville, 26-7; 21. Tolar, 25-7; 22. Santa Maria, 19-9; 23. Grapeland, 24-8; 24. Ivanhoe Rayburn, 24-6; 25. Frankston, 17-12.

Class 1A

1. Graford, 29-3; 2. Jayton, 31-1; 3. Tilden McMullen County, 31-2; 4. Mertzon Irion County, 23-1; 5. Nazareth, 21-6; 6. Texline, 27-4; 7. Garden City, 29-5; 8. Perrin-Whitt, 23-5; 9. Dodd City, 26-7; 10. San Perlita, 11-17; 11. Huckabay, 25-5; 12. Abbott, 14-0; 13. Waelder, 26-7; 14. Fayetteville, 24-7; 15. Lorenzo, 21-9; 16. Neches, 23-8; 17. Martinsville, 26-5; 18. Rankin, 20-5; 19. Lenorah Grady, 24-6; 20. Benjamin, 15-1; 21. Brookeland, 25-5; 22. Munday, 23-4; 23. Gordon, 22-9; 24. Slidell, 18-13; 25. Lingleville, 17-11.

LU adds 22 football players on National Signing Day

Lamar University added 22 players on National Signing Day – 12 signees and 10 transfers (seven Division I transfers and three junior college) – announced head coach Pete Rossomando at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. With the 22 additions, it brings the Cardinals’ 2023 signing class to 28 overall.“I thought our staff did a great job of getting out there and ‘beating the bushes’ in our recruiting footprint, which we sort of created when I got here,” said Rossomando. “I think this c...

“I thought our staff did a great job of getting out there and ‘beating the bushes’ in our recruiting footprint, which we sort of created when I got here,” said Rossomando. “I think this class is pretty well-rounded and we hit all of our needs. Now it’s just a matter of getting them here on campus and seeing if they can live up to their hype.”

The 2023 class was weighted more on the defensive side of the ball with 14 additions, while eight are on offense. The position breakdown of the incoming class includes seven defensive linemen, five defensive backs, four offensive linemen, two quarterbacks, two linebackers, one running back and a receiver.

When combined with the Early Signing Period additions, 19 of the Cardinals’ 28 come on the defensive side of the ball with nine offensive players (including early signee Iyioluwa Adekoya who is currently listed as a tight end/defensive end).

“We had some immediate needs that we had to fill – with some guys leaving in the portal – we had to fill those positions in with some older guys via the portal to balance out the classes,” said Rossomando. “I think we did a great job of getting really high-quality individuals here and they’re going to be really good players too. On the high school end, we took some guys we think can help us immediately. This is a balanced class.”

Despite a strong Texas flavor to the class, Rossomando and his staff stretched beyond the Lone Star State for the newest members of the roster. Of the 22, 14 call Texas home (including one from the Golden Triangle – Jah’mar Sanders), while three hail from Louisiana. The class also includes one player each from California, Florida, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

LU’s coaching staff placed a focus on bulking up both sides of the ball with 11 additions coming on either the offensive or defensive front. The Cards four incoming offensive linemen average 6-3.5 and 288 pounds, while the defensive linemen come in averaging 6-3, 249 pounds.

“For starters, I’m a line guy,” said Rossomando. “So, we’re going to build this thing from the inside out. If we say that, then we have to follow through with it in recruiting. I feel we did that in this signing class.”

The coaching staff also added to the competition at quarterback with two additions – junior college transfer Robert Coleman and prep signee Aiden McCown. Coleman will have the obvious experience edge bringing two years of JUCO experience after passing for nearly 4,500 yards and 45 touchdowns at Mt. San Jacinto College.

“Robert is a junior college transfer who after we came in and saw him on film, we really felt like he fit what we want to do from a scheme standpoint,” said Rossomando. “Once we got to know him as a person, we realized this is a guy we need on our team because he’s driven, hyper-competitive and will lead from the front. We’ve hit a mark with Robert.”

McCown comes from a strong football bloodline being the son of former NFL signal caller, Josh McCown. Aiden is more than just the son of an NFL standout, a three-star prospect in his own right, McCown passed for 2,312 yards and 27 touchdowns during his first season of football. He also rushed for nearly 800 yards, while averaging 8.3 yards per carry.

“Aiden has only played quarterback one year at the high school level really, but we’re excited about his ability,” said Rossomando. “He can certainly sit back in the pocket and read defenses; he’s got a great understanding of schemes. We feel really good about his athleticism and the things he can do when plays break down. He played several other positions as well when he was a younger player. Aiden’s best football is ahead of him.”

Kevin Anderson – S – 6-0 – 200 – Lewisville, Texas/Lewisville HS (Texas State)Knox Boyd – OL – 6-4 – 290 – Denton, Texas/Guyer HS (Charlotte)Brenden Bradshaw – DB – 6-1 – 180 – Denton, Texas/Guyer HSPeyton Christian – DL – 6-1 – 290 – Kilgore, Texas/Kilgore HSRobert Coleman – QB – 6-0 – 190 – Riverside County, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS (Mt. San Jacinto Collegge)Zachery Curtis – OL – 6-4 – 260 – Dallas, Texas/Bishop Lynch HSAlex Haralson – DE – 6-5 – 240 – Argyle, Texas/Fort Worth Christian HSAndrew Hardin – S – 6-2 – 210 – Alexandria, Va./Chippewa Valley HS (Youngstown State)Foday Jalloh – LB – 6-2 – 220 – Reading, Pa./Wilson HS (Eastern Illinois)Rashaad Johnson – RB – 5-9 – 220 – Houston, Texas/North Shore HSJoshua Landrum – S/CB – 6-0 – 190 – Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill HS (Rice)Royce Maloles – DL – 6-2 – 240 – Cypress, Texas/Cy Ranch HSAiden McCown – QB – 6-2 – 180 – Rusk, Texas/Rusk HSJames Perkins – DL – 6-4 – 260 – Monroe, La./Neville HS (UL Monroe)Ashton (Makhi) Reed – DL – 6-3 – 300 – Minden, La./Minden HSElias Ripley – OL – 6-2 – 290 – Cedar Rapids, Iowa/CR Prairie HS (Iowa Western)Jah’mar Sanders – WR – 5-11 – 180 – Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial HS (New Mexico)Kei’trone Simpson – DE – 6-2 – 220 – Dallas, Texas/Duncanville HSAlex Sumler – DL – 6-3 – 240 – New Orleans, La./McDonogh 35 HSJonovan Tillis – OLB – 6-3 – 230 – Wesley Chapel, Fla./Wiregrass Ranch HS (Mt. SAC)Cecil (Tre) Turner – CB – 6-2 – 180 – Arlington, Texas/Liberty Christian HSKortez Winslow – OL – 6-4 – 280 – Houston, Texas/Nimitz HS

FBI arrests Denton County fire chief for allegedly stealing from firefighter pension fund, sources say

The chief had resigned from his position weeks before his arrest.ARGYLE, Texas — Agents with the FBI arrested Denton County Emergency Services District No. 1 Fire Chief Mac Hohenberger after he allegedly stole money from the fire department's pension fund, sources told WFAA.According to sources, officers were waiting for Hohenberger at DFW Airport, where he was returning from Las Vegas.Sources added that FBI authorities were at an Argyle fire station earlier Thursday, looking for evidence related to the theft of pe...

The chief had resigned from his position weeks before his arrest.

ARGYLE, Texas — Agents with the FBI arrested Denton County Emergency Services District No. 1 Fire Chief Mac Hohenberger after he allegedly stole money from the fire department's pension fund, sources told WFAA.

According to sources, officers were waiting for Hohenberger at DFW Airport, where he was returning from Las Vegas.

Sources added that FBI authorities were at an Argyle fire station earlier Thursday, looking for evidence related to the theft of pension funds.

Hohenberger appeared in court Friday, where he pleaded not guilty to all the charges he's facing. He was then released by the judge on his own recognizance. The judge said a new court date will be scheduled in January.

Argyle Mayor Bryan Livingston said he is "shocked and dismayed something like this is going on in Argyle."

Livingston stressed that Station 511, or Denton County ESD No. 1, is not under the jurisdiction of the city of Argyle.

However, Hohenberger has been with the Argyle Fire District since 1991 and was promoted to chief of the volunteer fire department there in 2000.

Argyle Professional Fire Fighters released a statement following Hohenberger's arrest, stating they have strongly supported an independent investigation of allegations that the retirement funds were mismanaged.

"We are monitoring today’s developments with federal investigators and local law enforcement officials; and we look forward to finding answers to the troubling questions raised by this matter," the statement reads.

Hohenberger became District No. 1 Fire Chief after merging with the county.

A lawsuit was filed a year ago against Denton County ESD No. 1, where Hohenberger served as chief, and against Hohenberger himself by a former engineer with the district, Harold "Trey" Ring.

The suit stated Hohenberger maintained all of the department's finances, leading to problems like employees not being paid for several days after payday. He was also the sole administrator of the department's 401(k) plan.

The suit stated that this 401(k) plan held at least $3,478,428 in assets, with about 33 beneficiaries. Hohenberger had been listed as the plan administrator since at least 2010.

"As the 401K’s administrator and as AVFD’s sole financial manager, Hohenberger removed funds from each employee’s paycheck for the purposes of putting the funds in the individual employee’s 401K accounts," the suit stated.

"However, Hohenberger failed to maintain a habit and practice of properly and timely moving these funds to the employees’ individual accounts or timely providing AVFD’s matching funds."

A class-action certification hearing was supposed to be held Thursday in connection to the lawsuit but was postponed due to a "scheduling conflict."

Ring's legal counsel said if certification were granted, an outside auditor could review the 401(k) fund for any alleged financial impropriety.

A job posting on Denton County ESD ESD No. 1 shows the department is hiring for a new fire chief and stated Hohenberger retired after 30 years with the district.

Ring filed his lawsuit against Hohenberger and the county in November of 2021.

The lawsuit, per court documents, was sparked by Ring's termination in April of 2020, which attorneys believe was for bringing up financial irregularities with his 401(k) account to Hohenberger.

Per court documents, "Sometimes payments were delayed for up to a month, and then an apparent catch-up payment was made. Sometimes payments were made in the wrong amounts. Sometimes the payments were too small, and sometimes they were too large."

When Ring confronted Hohenberger with questions, Hohenberger became enraged, per the suit, and loudly told Ring to "Mind your own f***ing business."

Ring's lawsuit also holds another major allegation surrounding the 401(k) fund stating, "there have been multiple times when beneficiaries have been marked as deceased, but no such death of a firefighter has occurred, nor has there been any recognition of a prior member of the AVFD passing away."

Ring's attorney, Eric Roberson, also alleges in his suit that evidence collected by his firm shows at least 18 payments for his client and other firefighters were missed from 2017-2020 prior to COVID.

"Defendants are wrong about their errors or wrong about fixing them," Roberson wrote.

Three days before his arrest, an attorney for Hohenberger and Denton County Emergency Services District No. 1 filed a response to Ring seeking class-action certification.

The response states that "401(k) payments were accurate and never missed."

Attorneys for defendants do admit that two months of 401(k) payments were missed due to financial burdens from COVID.

However, they also add that any issues were eventually cleared up.

"Fidelity undertook an analysis of each participant’s account for the time period from 2018 to September 2021 and informed Hohenberger that it used a DOL standard to calculate any effects of delays on each participant’s investments. The net result following that review was that any negative effect was remedied, and any shortfalls were paid by AVFD into the participant accounts, which Fidelity determined had been adversely affected by any delay, on the basis of their positive interim investment performance," attorney Lawrence McNamara wrote.

McNamara added that "AVFD’s accounting firm annually has compared participants’ paycheck deductions for 401k contributions with the sums transferred to Fidelity, and it has found no deficiencies."

"No 401(k) Plan participant has informed Hohenberger that he/she suspects any deficiencies or anomalies relating to their 401k account."

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