Author: Bill Conrad

Residents can find comprehensive winter weather updates, including facility closures, warming center information, and safety guidance, at www.cor.net/WinterWeather. 

The City of Richardson will close all City facilities at 6 p.m. today and has announced the closure of all City facilities tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 24 and Sunday, Jan. 25, in response to severe winter weather forecast to impact North Texas.   

Three 24-hour warming centers will open at 5 p.m. today, Friday, Jan. 23, to provide a place for people who may lose power and/or need temporary sheltering from the storm.  

Electric utility provider Oncor provides an online storm outage map at stormcenter.oncor.com, and recommends any branches located near powerlines be trimmed on personal property to help avoid outages.  

Rehearsals have been underway for the City’s State of the City Address, which takes place Wednesday, Jan. 28 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Eisemann Center’s Bank of America Theatre. The public is invited to join the Mayor and City Council for the annual event, this year themed “Innovation in Every Direction.” The Address will focus on the past year’s highlights for the City of Richardson and take a look at the City’s goals and priorities for 2026. A reception will follow in the Leftwich Grand Foyer.