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Grapevine-Colleyville ISD annual art show switches to a virtual medium The annual District Art Showcase can now be viewed online. GCISDs annual art showcase is virtual this year.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) In a typical year, the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD’s student art showcase would be displayed at the Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau every April. This year, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the district has changed the format so the art can be enjoyed virtually. “In this showcase, v...

Stars and Stripes will return with fireworks and more in Southlake Town Square The event, which was virtual from Bicentennial Park last year, will go off on July 3. Stars and Stripes, Southlakes annual Fourth of July celebration, returns to Southlake Town Square this year.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) The annual Fourth of July spectacular is returning to Southlake Town Square. This year’s edition of Stars and Stripes will feature “patriotic fun” July 3 in various locations throughout the...

McKinney City Council will meet to declare Justin Beller winner of council race after opponent’s withdrawal Stan Penn announced he was withdrawing from the race Thursday, allowing Beller to assume the position, according to the city, pending a special meeting Monday. McKinney City Council will hold a special meeting Monday morning to determine the outcome of the District 1 seat after Stan Penns withdrawal.(David Woo / Staff Photographer) The McKinney City Council will hold a special meeting M...

New retailers, including Free People, will open at Southlake Town Square The shopping center has also signed leases with outdoor furnishings store Summer Classics and Express Edit. More stores are headed for Southlake Town Square.(JESSIE PREZA) Add Free People to the roster of clothing stores at Southlake Town Square. The Philadelphia-based company, part of the Urban Outfitters Inc.-owned umbrella of brands including Anthropologie, will open later this year at the center, according to a press r...

Colleyville gateway project stalls after bid exceeds $6 million budget Part of the city’s beautification project includes adding tower-like stone gateways along State Highway 26. Tower-like gateways are part of the State Highway 26 Beautification Project through Colleyville.(Courtesy City of Colleyville) Colleyville’s beautification project along State Highway 26 has hit a detour. The second phase, $38-million reconstruction project from John McCain Road to Brown Trail began in 2016 and wa...

McKinney puts out the call for a Texas muralist to tackle $10,000 project The deadline to apply for the 100 by 50 foot mural project is Friday. A public art project featuring a mural will soon be on view in historic downtown McKinney.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) The McKinney Arts Commission has put out a call to Texas artists for a public mural project in historic downtown. The commission is looking for a professional artist to paint a mural on the north-facing wall of the future Caden...

Pokeworks eyeing a June opening in Southlake and another Dallas location Southlake will be the third store in North Texas for the Hawaiian-style restaurant. Pokeworks has two new locations planned for North Texas, including one in Southlake.(Courtesy Pokeworks) Poke is coming to Southlake. Pokeworks, the Hawaiian-style restaurant based in Irvine, Calif., will open a store at 2801 E. Southlake Blvd. near Duff’s Famous Wings, sometime early this summer, according to The restaurant is known for...

Mask opponents display ‘I can’t breathe’ signs during Carroll ISD meeting in Southlake Protesters wanted school board trustees to end the COVID-19 protocol immediately, but they voted to keep it in place through the end of the school year. Protesters held "I cant breathe" signs outside the Carroll ISD board meeting Monday night, two days after two trustees who oppose the districts cultural competence plan were elected.(Bjorn Bennett / Courtesy) Updated at 4:30 p.m. with details througho...

Incumbents win nearly every seat in Grapevine, Colleyville elections A runoff on June 5 will determine who will win the Place 1 trustee seat in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD. One school board member was unseated in Saturdays municipal elections, which was the only instance when an incumbent lost in Grapevine and Colleyville.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) 2:55 PM on May 3, 2021 CDT Voters in Grapevine and Colleyville overwhelmingly chose to keep previously elected officials in office in Saturday’...

Southlake appoints new municipal court judge City Council confirmed Judge Lindsay Marie Kinzie to serve on the Southlake Municipal Court of Records. The City Council has appointed a new judge in Southlake.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) The Southlake City Council has appointed a new associate judge to the Municipal Court of Records. Judge Lindsay Marie Kinzie assumed her new role Saturday. She had most recently served as legal program director at The Gatehouse, a Grapevine nonprofit dedicated to...