✈️ McKinney City Council members approved a grant agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation during a Nov. 18 meeting.

The gist: Under the agreement, TxDOT will provide $14.8 million in funding for infrastructure projects on McKinney National Airport’s east side, according to a city document. McKinney National Airport Director Ken Carley said the funds will be used for projects currently underway.

“This is all for the infrastructure that is under construction today: the terminal building, the parking, the terminal loop roadway,” Carley said. “Pretty much everything that will enable the east side to accommodate commercial service going forward.”

The grant was announced in June 2025, shortly before officials broke ground on the $79 million project. 

In case you missed it: McKinney National Airport’s commercial service terminal is expected to open in late 2026 with four gates and the capacity to expand to six gates. 

The terminal will also include on-site car rental facilities, concessions and a 980-space public parking lot with the ability to expand to 1,450 spaces. 

🥗 Bread Zeppelin is set to open a McKinney location, according to the company’s website.

On the menu: In addition to build-your-own salad options, the eatery also has a variety of salad menu items including Buffalo chicken, Caesar, Southwest and more. Salads can be served in a bowl or in a baguette.

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Cases for two flu variations and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, have more than doubled since the end of October, according to data from Cook Children's Health Care in Fort Worth.

In a nutshell: More than 11% of all patients tested at Cook Children’s Medical Center-Fort Worth for respiratory viruses on the week of Nov. 9 were positive for Flu A, Flu B or RSV. The hospital tested a total of 757 patients during that week.

By comparison, the hospital tested 633 patients on the week of Oct. 26 and saw 5.53% of those patients tested positive for one of the three respiratory viruses.

🗓️ Frisco ISD students will be out of school a week earlier than usual in the 2026-27 school year due to the upcoming PGA Championship.

The championship, which will be held the week of May 17, 2027, creates operational and safety concerns that district officials began discussing a year ago, FISD Deputy Superintendent Todd Fouche said during a Nov. 17 board meeting. 

Put in perspective: Officials estimate the PGA Championship will bring in 30,000 people daily to Frisco. Fouche explained that a temporary city will essentially be built in the northwest side of the school district near about nine FISD schools and that the tournament will not just affect those schools, but the entire FISD community.

District leaders met with the Frisco Police and Fire Departments, emergency medical services and city officials, Fouche said, and determined from a safety and security standpoint that the best way to move forward was to end the school year a week earlier than typical.