Keller City Council listened to an appeal from the Alliance Rugby Club to receive permission to use Keller Sports Park at a work session Jan. 6.

The organization was previously removed as a user at a regular council meeting Nov. 4.

In a nutshell: Mayor Pro-Tem Ross McMullin said Keller City Council will be in contact with Alliance Rugby Club if officials decide to take action on the appeal.

Brad Dulong, a representative who spoke on behalf of the club, said the youth rugby program has taken place in Keller since the group’s start in 2003. He said the adult rugby team didn’t start until roughly eight years ago.

“The kids grew up, they went to college, they came back, and they go, ‘We want to have a men’s team for Alliance,’” Dulong said. “That’s traditionally how rugby clubs grow.”

The background: The rugby club was previously removed as a Keller Sports Park user because of concerns from other users about the damage on the fields from games, which Dulong disputed during the appeal.

From a new Mediterranean restaurant to upcoming health and beauty spots, take a look at 15 business updates from the Keller, Roanoke and northeast Fort Worth areas.

Now open
Magnolia Atelier Mani & Pedi Spa
The business offers classic manicures and pedicures and the latest in nail art designs and techniques.

• Opened Nov. 1
• 4009 Golden Triangle Blvd., Fort Worth

Resistance Comics & Games is now offering a variety of comic books and specialty games in Roanoke.

The breakdown: The store had a soft opening at the end of October and sells comic book brands such as DC Comics, Marvel Comics and American Caper.

The store also has trading cards, books, board games and games like 7 Wonders. The inventory is geared toward both children and adults.

Along with games and comics, Resistance Comics & Games hosts game nights and opened its game space Jan. 6, according to a Facebook post.

What’s next? Resistance Comics & Games will have a grand opening event in the near future, according to a social media post.

• 610 E. Byron Nelson Blvd., Ste. 105, Roanoke

A new John Peter Smith medical outpatient facility could be constructed in Fort Worth, among other projects recently filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Here are five of the most expensive permits filed with TDLR in the past week.

1. JPS medical outpatient building
The public, Fort Worth-based JPS Health Network filed a permit to add outpatient services to a new 10-story, 300,000-square-foot medical outpatient building, according to the TDLR filing. The new facility will offer laboratory and imaging services and is scheduled to open in 2029, according to the health system.

• Location: 1300 S. Main St., Fort Worth
• Estimated timeline: Jan. 9, 2026-July 29, 2029
• Estimated cost: $250 million

• Location: 2400 Maumelle Drive, Plano
• Estimated timeline: May 15-Aug. 1
• Estimated cost: $5.5 million

Texas health officials are proposing sweeping new regulations on the state’s hemp industry, including raising the fees required to sell and manufacture consumable hemp products by roughly 10,000%.

The overview: In late December, the Texas Department of State Health Services published a slate of proposed rules regulating consumable hemp products. The proposals include:

• A prohibition on sales to customers under 21 years old
• Stricter testing and labeling requirements
• Guidelines for product recalls
• Tens of thousands of dollars in annual fees