DTX-KRN: Impact 10/24/2025

A traffic study conducted in 2023 will lead to improvements in traffic signals and pedestrian crossing at SH 114 and Championship Parkway, near the Texas Motor Speedway.

The estimated project is $5 million, with Denton County funding $3.5 million of it. The city of Fort Worth will use $1.5 million from tax increment reinvestment Zone No. 2 to pay for design and construction. Denton County will advertise, bid and award the contract for the work, according to city documents.

According to city documents, work will start Jan. 31, 2026, and will be completed no later than Jan. 1, 2028. There is a six-month option for an extension, if needed.

A closer look: According to city documents, pedestrian crossings will be added due to safety concerns for northbound and southbound traffic near the intersection across from Texas Motor Speedway. Championship Parkway leads to North Central Texas College’s Champions Circle location and to the Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Hotel & Golf Club at Champions Circle.

Chrisea Oakley was named the first principal for Northwest ISD’s Dr. David Hicks Early Childhood Center Oct. 20.

In a nutshell: Oakley will be the principal at Northwest ISD’s first facility exclusively for pre-kindergarten students.

She has experience at the district as the principal of Cox Elementary for the last seven years and has been in the district for 17 years, according to a news release from the district.

What they're saying: “Early childhood is where it all begins. It’s where we first discover our love of learning, building relationships and where confidence and curiosity will start to take root,” Oakley said at a district board meeting Oct. 20.

Two constitutional amendments on the Nov. 4 ballot would impact the operation and oversight of Texas’ judicial system if approved by voters.

The details: State Proposition 3 seeks to require judges to deny bail for certain felony offenses, keeping more defendants in jail as they await trial. Proponents of the measure, which passed the Legislature with bipartisan support, said in June that it would improve public safety by keeping violent offenders behind bars.

Proposition 12 would rework the 13-member State Commission on Judicial Conduct, allowing the governor to appoint a majority of the commissioners and requiring most sanctions for judges accused of misconduct to be issued publicly. The bipartisan proposition faced pushback from some House Democrats who expressed concerns that allowing the governor to appoint a majority of commissioners would politicize the nonpartisan judicial conduct commission and give Abbott more power to remove from office judges whom he does not agree with.

Zooming out: The measures are among 17 state propositions being considered by Texas voters in the Nov. 4 election.