Keller City Council granted a request from Kroger to table a specific use permit approval at the Oct. 6 meeting for a planned Kroger Marketplace. 

The gist: Sarah Hensley, Keller's director of development services, said the grocery chain altered plans for the fuel center kiosk, increasing the size previously proposed.

The plan is for a 99,992-square-foot grocery store with fuel pumps, a pharmacy with a drive-through, outdoor display and seasonal sales. The development is on a 17.58-acre tract of land, according to city documents.

Going forward: The SUP request will have to navigate back through the Keller Planning and Zoning Commission. Council voted to table the public hearing for the proposal until the Dec. 1 meeting. 

Planning and zoning will meet Nov. 10. During that meeting, Hensley said the commission will review the SUP, the revised site plan and the alcohol sales variance due to the proximity to Keller High School property.

Passage Church held its first community services in a new location in the middle of September, according to a social media post.

The details: The church offers services at 10 a.m. on Sundays and has a vast number of life groups for all ages, according to its website. 

Founded by James and Bridgette Morris, the church had been located in Southlake since August 2024, according to previous reporting. Passage Church was sharing the space with St. John Church Unleashed at 800 S. Kimball since May 2025. 

• Relocated Sept. 13

For the first time in service history, Trinity Metro’s TEXRail reached 1 million annual customers, according to a news release.

Team members with the commuter rail line celebrated the record breaking ride earlier this week on the train with the millionth rider.

Marking a milestone: TexRail, which spans the 27 miles between downtown Fort Worth and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal B, welcomed its first riders in January 2019. Since then, 4.8 million travelers, tourists and employees have ridden the train, according to the news release.

Looking ahead: On Oct. 29, Trinity Metro will break ground on its expanded route and new station in the Fort Worth Medical District, according to the news release.

Ahead of Texas' 2027 legislative session, the state comptroller's office has asked lawmakers to double funding for its $1 billion education savings account program.

The overview: The program gives participating families taxpayer dollars for private education and homeschooling, and officials said at least $2 billion are needed to maintain current participation in the program.

Meanwhile, some Texas families are raising concerns about their local school districts losing money as students leave public schools to participate in the program, known as Texas Education Freedom Accounts.

What they're saying: "149 students have accepted vouchers that were otherwise enrolled in Pflugerville ISD, [resulting in] an estimated loss of $1.2 million in attendance funding," said Stacy Harrell, a PfISD parent. "That lost funding will add to budget cuts that are already affecting Pflugerville ISD families. Four elementary schools [are closing], with the possibility of more."