$1.1M Watters Trail South project set for May debut in Allen
The Watters Trail South extension will begin at The Montgomery Apartments at Watters Creek and end near the future Rowlett Trail. (Mary Katherine Shapiro/Community Impact) Watters Trail South is scheduled to be open to residents at the end of May, Allen Trail System Planner Krishan Patel said. The project kicked...
Medical City McKinney now offering implants designed to reduce stroke risk
The surgery involves inserting implants into the heart through a catheter that closes off the left atrial appendage. (Courtesy Medical City McKinney) Patients at Medical City McKinney have a new option for cardiovascular care. Medical City McKinney is offering a new procedure called Left Atrial Appendage Closure, which is designed...
McKinney Wire Giant Gets Jolt With New Plant After Prysmian Takeover
McKinney’s industrial engine just got a serious upgrade. A ribbon-cutting yesterday at the Encore Wire campus in McKinney marked the official opening of a new Copper Building Wire Plant and a significantly enlarged service center under Prysmian’s North American operations. The new plant adds roughly 340,800 square feet of production space, while the Service Center now totals about 1 million square feet. Company...
Only in Texas Could a Target Run Involve an Actual Longhorn
A longhorn bull was spotted roaming near Target in Flower Mound, Texas, and the video is peak Lone Star State energy.
Painted Tree in Highland Village shuts doors among companywide closures
Vendors that had set up shop at the Painted Tree Boutique in Highland Village were asked to pack up their inventory after the company suddenly ceased operations Tuesday. Locations across the nation were affected as the company sent a letter to vendors giving them an 8-hour time window on Tuesday to come to the store and retrieve their inventory.
This Grapevine cotton candy store is offering a new spin on spun sugar
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Sugar is sweet, but it’s even sweeter as art. “We’re definitely cotton candy elevated,” said Courtney Polk, co-owner of Puffy Cotton Candy in Grapevine. The new sweet spot is inside the Grapevine Mills Mall, and it is not your grandma’s cotton candy.
Grapevine High Chaos as Cops Clear Campus During Mystery Probe
Grapevine High School was evacuated yesterday while police worked an unspecified incident on campus, according to school and city officials. Grapevine police and Grapevine-Colleyville ISD posted on social media that any remaining students and staff were moved off campus so officers could continue their investigation. The posts did not spell out what triggered the response.
A Plano man says checks were stolen from post office drop box. Now, federal...
PLANO, Texas — Phil Carter wrote several checks to pay his mortgage, credit card and utility bills in February. He and his wife physically dropped the sealed envelopes to two local post offices in Plano. Their bill payments never made it to their correct destinations, but when Phil’s wife...
$77.8 Million Apartment Community Coming To Grandscape
A big change is underway at Grandscape as JPI officially breaks ground on Jefferson Grandscape II, a 277-unit apartment community set to rise along Nebraska Furniture Mart Drive in The Colony. Backed by a partnership with Nebraska Furniture Mart and financing support from QuadReal, the project carries a total cost of $77.8 million and adds to JPI’s already extensive footprint across the Dallas...
Texas Music Revolution Fest Reveals 2026 Lineup, New Documentary
2026 will mark 30 years of the Texas Music Revolution Fest in McKinney, TX, hosted by radio station 95.3 KHYI in Dallas that shirks the same tired pop country format that has infected the airwaves coast to coast to focus on Texas music, bluegrass, and and just about everything else that’s great.

















