When Libbey Tucker first heard about a chamber-led trip to Italy in 2023, she planned to go with her husband. Then she mentioned the price to friends. “It became a girlfriend’s trip,” …

Before Gabrielle “Gabe” Madison became CEO of Metrocrest Services, she showed up at the nonprofit’s resale store as a volunteer and kept quiet about why she was there. “I said, ‘Hey, …

For years, Debbi Hull has been one of the familiar faces quietly helping hold Farmers Branch together, greeting visitors, volunteering at community events and serving wherever she is needed. …

With the redevelopment of Farmers Branch Elementary School expected to temporarily displace neighborhood children from nearby recreational spaces, the city is working to complete improvements at …

In January 2025, Aria Dean went to a school board meeting because she was scared. She had heard that schools in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD might close. She wanted answers. What she found instead …

When Sasikanth Yangalasetty and Vamsi Chennupati set out to write a book about artificial intelligence, they weren't thinking about universities or tech conferences. They were thinking about a …

Brittnee Emerine doesn't wait for teenagers to come to the library. She goes to them. Each May, Emerine and her colleagues at the Carrollton Public Library show up at middle and high school pep …

The Farmers Branch City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday, to extend the city's garage conversion amnesty program for an additional six months, pushing the deadline to July 31, 2026, as roughly 600 homes …

If Addison voters choose to leave Dallas Area Rapid Transit on May 2, the town will need a replacement transit service ready to go almost immediately. On Tuesday, March 10, the Town Council heard from …

By the time Shay Patel won Carrollton's Youth Volunteer of the Year Award, she had already donated nearly 4,500 pounds of clothing, toys and blankets to area shelters, transformed how the city's …

Shawn Allen has always believed that the best thing a person can do is make someone else's life a little better. For 25 years, he did that wearing a badge. Allen retired in late 2025 as a …

Community members, leaders and volunteers from Carrollton, Addison, Farmers Branch, Coppell and Dallas came together to show their appreciation of outgoing CEO of Metrocrest Services Tracy Eubanks …

Mayor Terry Lynne opened the Tuesday, Jan. 6 City Council meeting addressing a social media controversy that erupted after the city posted recognition of Muslim American Heritage Month on Jan. 2. …

The woman who approached Tracy Eubanks in the Metrocrest Services lobby wanted to thank him. Because of the organization, she had stable housing, healthy food and a new job driving buses for …

When Firehouse Theatre lost its $10,000 matching donor days before North Texas Giving Day several years ago, most nonprofits would have panicked. Linda Bambina raided the costume closet. She …

Every morning, Walker McCain wakes up eager to start his day. The 31-year-old with autism and intellectual disabilities heads to what staff lovingly call “Walker’s Corner” at Caring …

"I think people need to stop and smell the roses," Clare Connally says with a laugh. "You've just got to enjoy life while you're going through it." It's advice the longtime Farmers Branch …

When Chandra Kancharla’s nephew was diagnosed with autism, he witnessed firsthand the exhaustion that consumes families navigating this complex condition. Years later, after moving to the …

At an age when most of his classmates were preparing for dorm rooms and debt, Brendan Curran was welding pipe and building his business network. He had already custom-built a truck bed designed for …

When Carol Dingman moved to this North Texas suburb in 1970, she had no intention of becoming a political pioneer. She simply wanted better parks for her children. More than five decades later, …