Editor’s note: The top Dallas news of the week includes an A-plus for a local school and a pretty-in-pink bakery coming soon. Get the details on our most popular stories below, then visit our event planner for Halloween weekend fun.
1. Dallas middle school ranks No. 1 in Texas for 2026, per U.S. News. More than a dozen Dallas-Fort Worth elementary and middle schools have excelled on U.S. News and World Report’s just-released list of the best K-8 schools in Texas for 2026, with one that’s first in class.
2. Over-the-top bakery-candy shop puts Dallas’ Bishop Arts in the pink. Dallas’ Bishop Arts neighborhood is about to get a dazzling shot of hot pink, via Pinkitzel, a fabulously over-the-top candy shop, coming soon to 417 N. Bishop Ave…