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A long drive: Dallas-area Hurricane Katrina survivor recounts narrow escape 20 years later
| August 28, 2025
A Forney woman looks back on evacuating New Orleans and finding a new life in Texas.
Classroom doors open, but wallets stay empty for Texas teachers
| August 27, 2025
A study found that Texas teachers spend about $100 of their own money on school supplies.
It’s not in your head—downtown Dallas is getting hotter. Here’s what the city is doing about it
| August 26, 2025
Dallas is partnering with the Smart Surfaces Coalition to help combat the city’s increasingly hot urban core. Here’s what they’re planning to do.
10 things I did in Frisco that made me feel like a kid again
| August 20, 2025
There are plenty of exciting things to do in Frisco for kids and adults alike. You’ll certainly get a nostalgia kick from our tour of the city. Sitting about 30 miles north of Dallas, Frisco is quickly becoming one of the fastest-growing cities in all of Texas. In fact, a recent study from GoBankingRates.com named Frisco the most affordable […]
Road Trippin’: Five fabulous road trips within five hours of Dallas-Fort Worth
| August 18, 2025
North Texans in need of low-cost vacation ideas can consider these COURIER DFW road trip itineraries.
Project expected to reduce temps in Dallas’ heat island
| August 14, 2025
A groundbreaking project is planned for the SouthwesternMedical District that developers say will improve health and help cool the Dallas heat island. The medical district is working with the Texas Trees Foundation to add more trees and landscaping to the corridor and build a park in the middle of the 14 acres of land that houses Parkland Hospital, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Hospital.
There’s still time to participate in DFW’s indie bookstore crawl
| August 13, 2025
Through the month of August, 24 bookstores in the DFW area are hosting a bookstore crawl. Here’s what you need to know.
Dallas and Fort Worth end their diversity efforts to keep federal funding
| August 12, 2025
City councils have cut funding for programs and policies that consider religion, race, gender, and other identity markers.
My friend group tried Dallas’s coolest new take on shuffleboard (& yours should too)
| August 11, 2025
There’s a new game in town. See how Electric Shuffle elevates shuffleboard and provides a delightfully enjoyable group experience.
10 places to take guests if you want them to fall in love with North Texas
| August 7, 2025
A visitor’s guide to 10 must-see spots in North Texas that make it stand out as one of the coolest places in the country. “I’m from Dallas,” I say with a smile when someone asks about my hometown. I can’t help it—growing up in North Texas evokes some of the happiest memories of my life. […]