Berkner football builds on brotherhood under Bryant
Richardson Berkner head coach Tyey Bryant credits player bonds for recent playoff success after a long drought.
Renata FerrisOctober 15, 20261 min read
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Richardson ISD students get Election Day off as campuses serve as polling sites
Nov. 3 is a student holiday and staff development day in Richardson ISD, and the Arzell Ball Center hosts early voting Oct. 19-30.
Reese PenningtonOctober 15, 20261 min read
RISD establishes bond oversight committee following 2025 election
Richardson ISD has formed a 15-member Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee to monitor the fiscal stewardship and transparency of the newly approved Bond 2025 program.
Reese PenningtonOctober 15, 20262 min read
Richardson ISD reports $386 million of 2025 bond money spent or committed as trustees take up a $372 million tax levy tonight
Monthly reports in tonight's board packet show 82% of the bond's current budget under contract a year after voters approved $1.4 billion, alongside the final 2026 tax roll and three state and federal grants.
Renata FerrisOctober 15, 20262 min read
Richardson ISD says candidate used superintendent's photo without consent
Richardson ISD stated that a local political candidate used a photograph of Superintendent Tabitha Branum in campaign materials without authorization.
Renata FerrisOctober 15, 20261 min read
Richardson ISD trustees vote tonight on nine policy changes from new state laws, from lesson plans to out-of-state gun licenses
Parents could formally ask for a review of instructional materials, homebound services would cover psychological conditions, and staff would be told when a campus is threatened under revisions on Thursday's board agenda.
Reese PenningtonOctober 15, 20262 min read
Hawthorn extended-stay site on Municipal Drive seeks apartment zoning at Tuesday planning hearing
Zoning File 26-20 would move about 2.4 acres at 250 Municipal Drive from retail zoning with an apartment-hotel permit to a planned development based on the city's apartment district. The plan commission meets Oct. 20.
Renata FerrisOctober 14, 20262 min read
UT Dallas lab finds a missing gene brought early hearing loss to female mice but spared males
Professor Bohua Hu's study, published in Hearing Research, is part of his lab's search for why hearing loss from noise, drugs and aging plays out differently in men and women.
Renata FerrisOctober 14, 20262 min read
Town halls, council recap videos and Facebook streams: staff lays out ways to reach more residents
Monday's briefing slides weigh benefits and risks of each idea and price a bigger State of the City at the Eisemann Center's Hill Performance Hall at up to $46,150 for 1,000 guests.
Reese PenningtonOctober 14, 20262 min read
Council to study housing finance and public facility corporations Monday, a follow-up to the city's housing study
The Oct. 19 work session agenda, posted Tuesday, brings in the city's financial and legal consultants to walk the council through two kinds of entities used to build or rehab rental housing.
Reese PenningtonOctober 13, 20262 min read
Richardson ISD receives Excellence in New Teacher Support Award
Richardson ISD has been recognized by Teachers of Tomorrow for its commitment to supporting new educators through mentorship and professional development.
Renata FerrisOctober 13, 20261 min read
Richardson ISD highlights Texas-grown foods during school lunch week
The Oct. 12–16 observance coincides with a month of food-learning activities, including a planned purple-potato tasting at Merriman Park Elementary.
Renata FerrisOctober 13, 20261 min read
Richardson ISD runners advance to regionals after District 7-6A meet
Richardson ISD cross country teams and individual runners qualified for the regional championship following the District 7-6A meet in McKinney.
Renata FerrisOctober 13, 20261 min read
Methodist Richardson's campus rezoning gets an Oct. 20 hearing after notice error; $64 million bed tower already filed with the state
The hospital wants to fold 8.95 more acres into its zoning district at Renner, Shiloh and the Bush Turnpike. A separate state filing lists a three-story addition with a 25-bed intermediate care unit.
Renata FerrisOctober 13, 20262 min read
Cotton Belt Trail segments, a retail-to-medical conversion and an Italian restaurant turn up in state filings
Two city trail projects along the Silver Line total about $19 million in state accessibility filings. Other new registrations include medical offices on East Arapaho Road and at Richardson Medical Village.
Opal KellerOctober 12, 20262 min read
Artist Anne Ferrer talks Thursday as Crow Museum's UT Dallas site rolls out its fall shows
The free talk at the Athenaeum anchors a week that also brings a poetry reading Tuesday and a library exhibit on poisonous plants and arsenic-tinted books. The Spancake textile show runs through June 2027.
Renata FerrisOctober 12, 20262 min read
Three early voting sites in Richardson, all on the Dallas County side; Collin lists none in the city
Dallas County's updated list puts three of its 84 early voting centers in Richardson. Collin County's preliminary list has none in the city, though both counties have Election Day sites here.
Renata FerrisOctober 11, 20262 min read
Richardson expands student workplace tours into a full week
Students from Richardson ISD and Plano ISD visited companies and city departments during the expanded annual program.
Richardson NewsroomOctober 11, 20261 min read
Council takes up the Safer Streets traffic safety plan Monday, with Spring Valley, Plano Road and Belt Line atop the draft's danger list
Richardson's draft safety action plan found that 6% of city streets carry 63% of crashes that kill or seriously injure someone. The council reviews the plan in its Monday work session.
Reese PenningtonOctober 11, 20262 min read
Richardson Gas Prices Ease to $3.7825 as Monthly Costs Ease — October 11, 2026
Regular unleaded averages $3.7825 in the Dallas area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the Texas average.
Renata FerrisOctober 11, 20261 min read
UT Dallas show brings Depression-era Texas art out of storage, free and open this afternoon
About 75 New Deal works from the Dallas Museum of Art, most never exhibited before, fill three galleries at the university's Athenaeum through July 18, 2027. The museum is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
Renata FerrisOctober 11, 20262 min read