The city of Keller is providing another opportunity for shoppers to “keep it in Keller” through its cashback program, which will relaunch on Nov. 22.

What you need to know: Participating restaurants and retail stores will offer 10% cash back through the Open Rewards app, according to the city website. Customers can view participating businesses and automatically earn cash back on purchases by downloading the free app.

Participants cannot earn more than $50 of cashback rewards per transaction and cannot earn more than $100 total per user, city officials said.

Hydrate IV Bar opened a new location in Fort Worth in September, a company representative said.

The company specializes in providing intravenous treatments to improve health, including immune system support and athletic performance, according to the company website. All staff that perform the IV treatments are registered nurses, the website states.

The new Fort Worth location will hold a grand opening event on Nov. 12, the representative said

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Local universities announced a partnership for the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator to address high maternal morbidity rates.

The new partnership between Texas Christian University and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center was announced at the TCU campus Nov. 17.

In a nutshell: The accelerator will primarily focus on reducing obstetric complications by more than 20% over three years and rewarding maternal health improvements through sustainable incentives.

Data gathered through the partnership will come from patients in Tarrant and Dallas counties with assistance from every major health system in North Texas, according to a news release.

“Keeping all of our mothers healthy requires our health care system to coordinate in some new ways,” said Cameron Combs, senior director of Child Poverty Action Lab and the Nov. 1 event emcee. “What North Texas is attempting represents a radical departure from the status quo by tying our coalition’s revenue to demonstrating clinical improvements.”

Looking forward: The partnership will officially start in January 2026, with initial impact results expected to be released in mid- to fall 2026. 

Thanksgiving week is expected to be one of the busiest U.S. travel periods in history, according to projections from AAA. A record 5.8 million Texans are projected to travel at least 50 miles from home Nov. 25-Dec. 1.

Zooming in: About 5.3 million Texans are expected to drive to their Thanksgiving destinations, according to a Nov. 17 news release, while about 328,000 people will fly and 140,000 will use other forms of transportation.

The impact: Texans should give themselves extra time to reach their destinations during Thanksgiving week, with the most congestion expected Nov. 25-26. Traffic is also expected to be heavy as Texans return home Nov. 30, according to INRIX, a transportation data company.

Minimal traffic is expected on Thanksgiving Day.

More details: Texas drivers will pay about the same for gas as they did last Thanksgiving, according to AAA Texas. One gallon of regular unleaded gas cost about $2.65 in Texas as of Nov. 13, down from $2.69 last year.