Zionsville opened the 215‑acre Carpenter Nature Preserve on the former Wolf Run golf course, adding trails, an amphitheater and new habitat‑restoration work along Eagle Creek. Funding blends state grants and private donations.

State inspectors ordered Mr. Lee's Chinese closed after finding live roaches, dead roaches and expired tofu, plus several sanitation and temperature violations.

The Yemeni Bean, a new coffee shop serving Yemeni‑style coffee and pastries, is slated for 16803 Stuebner Airline Road in Spring; opening date is TBD.

State police say a 27-year-old NYC man was arrested on I‑684 after troopers found a 1‑year‑old in his Jeep and a 0.08% BAC. He faces aggravated DWI charges under Leandra’s Law and will appear in Lewisboro court.

Georgia’s new Safe at Home program gives eligible survivors a substitute mailing address, mail forwarding and sealed voter records as the initiative goes live. It aims to keep home addresses out of public state and local files.

Spokane’s BuyWander has opened a 52,000‑square‑foot return center in Denver’s Central Park and is hiring for multiple warehouse roles as it expands. The site will run daily auctions and local pickup.

MJ Live will leave Harrah’s on Sept. 9 and reopen at Planet Hollywood’s Saxe Theater on Sept. 21, 2026, keeping its evening 7 p.m. slot. The long‑running Michael Jackson tribute has toured multiple Strip venues over 13 years.

Hillsborough deputies arrested 37 people during a Fourth of July DUI operation. A routine stop turned chaotic when two people tried to swap seats and their SUV rolled into a patrol car.

A 38-year-old Mount Vernon man died after his motorcycle left Knox Lake Road and struck a stationary object near State Route 95, officials said.

A former El Paso officer pleaded guilty to assault and family-violence charges and received 10 years of community supervision, short county jail time and must surrender his TCOLE license. The case stems from assaults involving two victims and months of court activity.

A motorist was killed early Monday after a black sedan struck the shoulder wall and overturned on the southbound 710 at Long Beach Boulevard. CHP and city crews responded.

Two early-morning shootings in Stockton left two men dead; police say the incidents are unrelated and no suspects were identified.

Survivors and lawmakers urged Congress to back community-led recovery and standing HUD funding after storms left neighborhoods without water, power and farms damaged.