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New coffee shop cleared for take off at Frontiers of Flight Museum
| April 7, 2026
coffee | Community | Cultivar Coffee & Tea | CULTURE | Dallas Love Field | DFW | DFW-hardgate | FAMILY | family friendly | food and drink | Frontiers of Flight Museum | Jetsetters | LIFESTYLE | Maman tea cakes | Sugar & Sage Bakery pastries | Tacodeli tacos
A new coffee shop is opening at Love Field’s Frontiers of Flight Museum. Here’s everything you need to know.
The history of Fort Worth-founded Mrs. Baird’s bread
| April 7, 2026
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW-hardgate | food banks | food donations | FORT WORTH | History | mrs. baird's bread | TEXAS HISTORY
Mrs. Baird’s bread began from humble origins in 1908. Here’s everything you need to know about the Fort Worth brand.
Is fracking in Texas endangering a day care’s children?
| April 6, 2026
After years of opposition, a new drill site near where children learn and play has resurfaced a community's fears about the dangers it poses.
A new era begins for Amarillo’s most cherished amusement park
| April 6, 2026
amusement park | central texas | Community | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | FAMILY | family friendly | History | LIFESTYLE | Local news | outdoor recreation | outdoors | STATE | TEXAS | TEXAS HISTORY | THINGS TO DO | Wonderland | Wonderland Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park is under new ownership for the first time in its 75-year history. Here’s what you need to know.
Fredericksburg Racquet Center swings big with $5.5M groundbreaking this month
| April 6, 2026
Affordability | Community | construction | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | exercise | family friendly | Fredericksburg | Fredericksburg Racquet Center | fun | GROWTH | HARDGATE | HEALTH | LIFESTYLE | local | local business | Local news | outdoor recreation | outdoor workouts | outdoors | public health | recreation | SPORTS | STATE | TEXAS
The Fredericksburg Racquet Center is set to break ground on a $5.5 million project at the end of April. Here’s everything you need to know.
These North Texas deviled eggs received Mark Cuban’s last ‘Shark Tank’ deal
| April 6, 2026
DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW-hardgate | food and drink | FORT WORTH | local business | North Texas | restaurants
The DFW food chain does nothing, but creative deviled eggs.
Inside Texas’s controversial social studies overhaul
| April 3, 2026
DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | educators | K-12 education | public education | school voucher | school voucher program | state board of education | TEXAS | texas education agency | Texas Lead Story
The politicization of Texas classrooms continues as the State Board of Education (SBOE) will deliberate rushed social studies teaching standards next week that put a greater emphasis on Western and Texas history at the expense of other cultures.
Protein ice cream and free pre-k: Here’s what you missed this week in Dallas- Fort Worth
| April 3, 2026
animals | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW-hardgate | EDUCATION | food and drink | FORT WORTH | Local news | TEXAS POLITICS | THINGS TO DO
Here's the news you missed from March 30-April 3, 2026.
Fort Worth city council greenlights $189K for new public art installations
| April 2, 2026
Art | artists | arts | Community | CULTURE | DFW | DFW-hardgate | LIFESTYLE | Local news | public art
The Fort Worth city council approved $189k in commission contracts to go toward two new public artworks. Here’s what you need to know. On March 31,the Fort Worth city council approved $189,141 in commission contracts to put toward the installation of two new public artworks—one will be developed outside the Eugene McCray Community Center and the […]
8 animal sanctuaries in Texas (+ the cute critters you’ll see at each one)
| April 2, 2026
animals | cats | Community | conservation | DALLAS | EQUALITY | FAMILY | HARDGATE | HTX | LIFESTYLE | News | pet adoption | pets | San Antonio | STATE | TEXAS | tyler | wildlife | wylie
From big cats to reptiles, these animal sanctuaries in Texas rescue wildlife in need and promote conservation.
Texas lawmakers to study AI data centers ahead of legislative session
| April 1, 2026
Data centers will be a top priority for the Texas legislature next year as countless communities continue to push back against their development across the state.
Texas’ HUB program on the brink as expanded lawsuit hits state agencies
| April 1, 2026
Black-owned businesses | dei | ECONOMY | EXCO-Player | local politics | old texas | TEXAS | women-owned businesses
More impacted businesses are joining the landmark lawsuit and the harm is growing: 15,000+ decertified businesses, canceled contracts, and erased opportunities.