Rolling Acres Trail construction in Fair Oaks Ranch began Dec. 1, temporarily closing lanes and implementing traffic signals throughout construction.

What’s happening? The Rolling Acres Trail and Willow Wind/Red Bud Hill Water Line Replacement Project began in August to replace approximately 5,600 feet of aging water mains, including 3,300 feet along Willow Wind Drive/Red Bud Hill and 2,300 feet along Rolling Acres Trail.

Willow Wind Drive Replacements were completed in October, while Red Bud Hill remains under construction until around Dec. 10, according to the city website.

Construction on Rolling Acres Trail began Dec. 1 and is expected to be completed in early February. Traffic signals and changes will be implemented during the construction, with overall impacts expected to be minimal. Residents can expect increased activity in the area and one-lane traffic flow.

A San Antonio-based card and hobby shop has launched into the Hill Country, opening a second location.

Latest update: Heroes Hideout officially opened its new Boerne location on Dec. 8, Owner Michael Godfrey told Community Impact.

The storefront currently sits at 1026 N. Main St. in the Live Oak Shopping Center strip.

More details: Godfrey said that the shop has a large selection of mostly trading cards, along with some new twists from their original location on San Antonio’s West Side.

“It’ll be 95% trading cards,” he said. “But the difference with the new shop is we’ll have Dungeons and Dragons supplies, books, and other tabletop games.”

TCG collections available at Heroes Hideout include Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering and more.

• 1026 N. Main St., Boerne

A dozen new Texas laws are scheduled to take effect Dec. 4. The new laws come 90 days after the end of a special legislative session that took place this summer.

The overview: Some of the bills becoming law Dec. 4 include:

• House Bill 8, which will replace the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, with three shorter exams beginning in fall 2027
• House Bill 18, which is designed to deter future legislators from leaving the Texas Capitol to prevent a legislative chamber from considering legislation, known as breaking quorum
• Senate Bill 54, which will roll back a short-lived rule that allowed registered Texas voters who moved within a county to update their address at the polls and immediately vote in their new precinct