$225 Million Indian Food Empire Lands Its Newest Kitchen in Frisco
Hocco The Indian Kitchen opened its doors in Frisco on May 25, bringing fast-casual Indian street food to a storefront at 2693 Preston Road. The restaurant marks the latest expansion for the Chona family, whose food-industry roots run three generations and eight decades deep, spanning restaurants, cafes, ice cream and
Hot chicken, boba tea: 5 Dallas-Fort Worth dining updates | Plano
Looking for a new dining spot to try in the Dallas-Fort Worth area? Community Impact highlights new or upcoming businesses weekly, along with other restaurant spotlights. This list is not comprehensive. Now open. The restaurant had its soft opening in Plano in June and has a wide variety of fried...
North Texas Irish Festival leaves Dallas’ Fair Park and heads north
The long-running North Texas Irish Festival has decided to pull up stakes from its home in Fair Park and relocate to Denton, starting with its 2027 edition. According to a release, the 2027 event will be held at the North Texas Fairgrounds on March 13 and 14. Produced by the...
WATCH: Flower Mound church uses ‘goatscaping’ to prepare new building
More than 100 goats were seen roaming the brush along Garden Ridge Blvd. in Flower Mound. They hadn’t chewed through a fence and escaped from a local pasture – they were there on business. Church of the Resurrection in Flower Mound will soon move into a new home...
Nevada, Texas, mayor urges TxDOT to fix deadly FM 1138 intersection after latest crash
A teen remains in critical condition as residents say years of pleas for safety improvements have gone unanswered.
Mo’ Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food Eyes Little Elm
The spirit of aloha is heading to Little Elm. According to public filings, Mo’ Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food plans to open at 26556 E. University Drive, Suite 210, with construction expected to be completed by February 2027. No opening timeline has been disclosed for this location yet. What Now...
Large home in Highland Village catches fire
A three-story home in Highland Village caught fire Wednesday afternoon. Shortly before 4 p.m. the Highland Village Fire Department responded to a structure fire at a large home on Edgewater Drive, located near the shore of the Hickory Creek arm of Lewisville Lake. According to a dispatch call, smoke was...
Ye Olde Butcher Shop: Fifty Years of Fresh-Ground, Wild-Game Burgers
Ye Olde Butcher Shop sits in a Plano strip mall next to a church, and nothing about the storefront prepares you for what’s actually happening inside. The shop has been running since 1974, with the current owner taking over in the 1980s, part butcher counter, part game processor, part burger joint that regulars swear is
McKinney Breaks Ground on Massive NeighborHub to Aid Collin County Families
McKinney is putting a shovel in the ground for a new kind of safety net: a 40,000-square-foot campus where nonprofits will share space and coordinate help for people across Collin County. The Collin County NeighborHub is designed to bring health care, food assistance, housing navigation and other services under one roo
Collin County Man Sentenced For Methamphetamine, Firearms Violations
An Anna man has been sentenced to over 20 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Pedro Rodriguez, 36, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a

















