A speakeasy-style venue mixing theatrical escape rooms with craft cocktails is slated to open in downtown McKinney on June 18.

La Picosa opened April 1 on Richardson's Main Street, offering handmade tortillas, enchiladas and mole rojo and mole verde from 310 E. Main St.

North Fort Worth's 76177 ZIP shot up the national list of fastest‑growing new neighborhoods, driven by a multi‑year building boom.

A woman was shot on the 2400 block of N. Bell Ave.; police say the suspect fled on foot and remains at large. Investigators have established a perimeter and are canvassing the area.

A Texas Restaurant Association poll and local restaurateurs say menu prices are rising even as profit margins squeeze, with gas surcharges and delivery fees to blame.

A Collin County jury convicted Donte Murry of capital murder in a 2024 McKinney shooting. He was sentenced to life without parole after prosecutors presented ballistics, texts and a recorded admission.

A 15‑story, 330,000‑square‑foot Class A tower along LBJ Freeway in Lake Highlands has hit the market; it's about 75% leased and marketed as a value‑add play.

A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday after hitting the HOV barrier on southbound North Central Expressway near Midpark Road. Southbound lanes were closed for hours as Dallas police investigated.

Choctaw Casino & Resort–Durant completed a six‑phase refresh that made its Grand Casino fully smoke‑free, and the resort says it’s now the largest non‑smoking casino floor in the U.S.

Constellation plans a nearly 500,000-square-foot speculative warehouse at 5933 South Freeway in south Fort Worth, with construction targeted for 2026–27.

Haltom City expanded sex‑offender residency buffers to 2,000 feet, modernized food‑truck rules and updated youth recreation standards at Monday's council meeting.

A UT white paper finds data centers could use up to 9% of Texas’ water by 2040, complicating planning as drought and a $174B price tag loom.

Tarrant County renewed a contract with a data vendor after officials acknowledged it had wrongly flagged more than 200 living voters as deceased. Officials say affected voters can check their status and cast provisional ballots while the county audits matches.