Plano TX

Firefighters forced entry into a first-floor apartment on Highland Road Sunday evening after hearing an alarm and found a woman on a burning mattress. The woman, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene despite being quickly pulled from the unit by first responders. The fire...

Pappalecco offers specialty coffees like the marocchino, a drink made with espresso and frothy milk topped with cocoa powder in a nutella-rimmed glass. (Courtesy Pappalecco) Check out five new places to eat in Plano now open or coming soon. Now open. The menu features coffee, pastries, gelato and light bites...

Carrollton’s food scene reflects the city’s diversity and rapid growth. Beyond long‑standing Tex‑Mex and barbecue favorites, you’ll now find inventive pubs, serious coffee shops, and some of the best Korean and pan‑Asian food in the Dallas suburbs. These five restaurants highlight the newer side of Carrollton dining.

Selda Bakery serves a range of Turkish and European pastries, in addition to all-day food. (Courtesy Selda Bakery) Selda Bakery soft-opened in Richardson on Jan. 20, serving all-day food and a variety of European and Turkish pastries, from honey-covered baklava to savory pide. The bakery is open from 7 a.m. to 2...

Shades of Green is moving all operations to Celina after more than 30 years of business in Frisco. (Community Impact staff) Shades of Green has closed its nursery at 7401 Coit Road in Frisco, according to the business’s social media. The company will now operate exclusively from its Celina location at 1213 E. Sunset...

Fifth Third Bancorp has officially swallowed Dallas-based Comerica, closing a deal that instantly redraws North Texas's banking map and puts everything from office leases to paychecks under fresh scrutiny. The Cincinnati lender is now planted squarely in the middle of Dallas's finance scene, and plenty of Comerica...

Adiah Roberson, 19, pleaded no contest in the 2024 killing of Daniel Shrewsbury at a San Antonio Sonic Drive-In

Nearly 70 years after he was executed for a crime he did not commit, Tommy Lee Walker, a Black teenager sent to death row by an all-white jury in Jim Crow–era Dallas, has been formally exonerated. On Jan. 21, 2026, Dallas County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution clearing Walker’s...

HUTCHINS, Texas — Hutchins Mayor Mario Vasquez says the city has not received any official confirmation, paperwork, or contact from the federal government regarding reports that a large warehouse in the community could be converted into an ICE detention facility. These comments came up during a Monday evening city...

DALLAS, Texas — The parents of a 12-year-old girl who drowned during a scuba certification training dive in North Texas have filed a sweeping wrongful death lawsuit against multiple dive shops, instructors, and two of the world’s largest scuba certification organizations. Heather and Mitchell Harrison filed the...