City Manager Chris Hillman toured the site as crews tile the new indoor pool ahead of a November opening.

The quarter-acre park now has a half basketball court, pavilion with a grill, and rubberized safety surfacing.

Crews are building shaded play structures and inclusive swings at The Oaks Park, with completion expected this fall.

Officers waited days to catch the dehydrated raccoon before she finally walked right past them near an abandoned Dallas house.

Saturday's grand opening brings live music, free pastries, and a new ADA-accessible kayak launch to the East Peters Colony Road lake.

Stephens County rancher Robbie Davis's land will offer walk-in dove hunts once the new WMA opens in 2027.

Dallas Zoo has welcomed a healthy male African elephant calf after Mlilo’s nearly 21-month pregnancy. The new arrival is Mlilo’s third calf.

A record 1,450 participants helped turn the 30th Great Texas Birding Classic into an $85,000 conservation windfall.

Dallas Park & Recreation says White Rock Boathouse's 2025 code of conduct limits access and violates its development agreement; the operator has 30 days to fix it while litigation continues. Community groups and a 2019 audit raised long‑running oversight concerns.

Fort Worth’s Trinity River is both a growing recreation network and the site of a major flood‑control reroute that will reshape downtown waterfronts. Community projects and big engineering plans are colliding this year.

Ellis County commissioners approved a countywide burn ban on July 21, 2026, effective immediately across unincorporated areas amid high fire danger.

Illegal fireworks scorched newly installed turf at Willis C. Winters Park, closing the field while officials investigate and community leaders vow to rebuild.

New reporting and longtime mammal inventories show more than 100,000 free‑roaming exotic mammals in Texas — from nilgai to blackbuck — raising disease and regulatory questions. The split between free‑roaming animals and fenced game ranches complicates management.