State filings show a new 2,700‑sqft Panda Express with a drive‑thru is planned off Randall Street in Denton, with construction slated for mid‑2027.

Addison-based CECO surged after closing the Thermon acquisition and raising 2026 guidance, buoyed by accelerating AI and data-center orders.

Light Up Arlington moves to the Entertainment District on July 5 for an expanded fireworks-and-drone show. Extended museum hours and a 7:30 p.m. First Cavalry Band concert will precede the display.

Mesquite announced overnight mosquito spraying after West Nile–positive samples were found; officials attached spray maps and urged residents to use repellent and drain standing water.

Public records show a 337‑acre parcel along Bonds Ranch Road could be converted into single‑family homes with a commercial component near Blue Sky Drive.

A late‑night shooting on Las Vegas Trail left one person critically injured and two people arrested, Fort Worth police say.

Three drive‑by shootings hit the same Prosper home over several early‑morning incidents; a 20‑year‑old woman was arrested and police are still searching for two men and two vehicles.

A multi-vehicle crash in West Dallas early Saturday left one person dead and another critically injured; police arrested a suspect as investigators probe the scene.

PopUp Bagels opened June 5 on Henderson Avenue, offering piping‑hot kettle‑boiled bagels and rotating schmears — including a limited‑time jalapeño cheddar — to East Dallas.

Walton Global bought about 59 acres in Ferris to add roughly 260 single-family lots to its Bluff Springs master plan. The move adds more shovel‑ready inventory for Metroplex builders.

Premier PV has leased the entire 265,400-square-foot Ridge at Mountain Creek warehouse in southwest Dallas. The deal puts a solar-sector occupant into 4715 Mountain Creek Parkway.

Mesquite is drafting stricter development standards — noise caps, utility-demand and water-impact studies, and a five-acre minimum — after debate over a Long Creek Road data‑center bid.

A Denton County jury handed Derrick King life for two counts of continuous sexual abuse and 20 years for indecency with a child, plus a $10,000 fine. Local authorities announced the verdict on Friday.