Palladium Craig Ranch, a new multifamily development, is expected to bring 327 apartment homes to a roughly 4.7-acre site in Craig Ranch Town Center, according to a news release.

The project by Dallas-based Palladium USA will bring a four-story residential building wrapped around a concrete parking structure to southwest McKinney.

The specifics: The apartment community’s 327 apartment homes will total over 275,000 square feet of rentable space, the release states. The development will be located at 7909 Collin McKinney Parkway in the Craig Ranch area.

Diving in deeper: Project officials closed on the development March 3, with financing support provided by Gershman Investment Corp. and equity provided by Phoenix Capital alongside Palladium USA, the release states.

Quote of note: "Palladium Craig Ranch will bring new energy and vibrancy while continuing the vision of a walkable, connected district that serves residents and the broader McKinney community,” Craig Ranch Founder and Master Developer David Craig said in the release.

Stockyard Pantry is now open and offering beef tallow-based products at Tupps Brewery in East McKinney, according to a social media post.

The details: The business, owned by married couple Myk Walton and Peyton Shugart, offers a variety of chef-crafted goods that incorporate beef tallow. Products available include skin care products like whipped tallow balms and tallow lip balms as well as pantry staples such as hot sauces, fresh pasta and cookies.

“It's not a cookie that you're gonna find anywhere else,” Walton said, noting that the recipe took 6 years to develop.

Diving in deeper: Walton is a professional chef who worked with chef Gordon Ramsay for 12 years, he said. Walton first began working with beef tallow when he purchased a whole cow for the first time about 4 years ago, and was looking for ways to use the vitamin-rich beef tallow.

Stay informed on five road projects happening around Dallas-Fort Worth.

Collin County

Plano asphalt overlay projects
Project: A thin layer of asphalt overlay will be constructed on four roadway sections, including Legacy Drive between Coit Road and Custer Road, Park Boulevard between the West City Limit and Preston Road, Parker Road between Independence Parkway and US 75, and Independence Parkway between Parker Road and Spring Creek Parkway.
Update: Plano City Council members approved a contract for all four roadway sections at the Feb. 23 council meeting.

• Timeline: work to occur this summer
• Cost: $5.38 million
• Funding source: city of Plano

• Timeline: spring 2026-fall 2027
• Cost: $27.79 million
• Funding source: town of Prosper

Texas held its primary elections on March 3, with Republican and Democratic voters selecting their parties’ nominees for scores of federal, state and local seats. Yet for some candidates, a major hurdle still remains before the November election.

The overview: Dozens of primary races are headed to May runoffs after no candidate picked up more than half of the vote, triggering an overtime round between the two highest-performing candidates.

The details:  Texas’ runoff election is set for May 26, the day after Memorial Day. Early voting runs from May 18-22, per the secretary of state.

State law requires primary candidates to receive more than 50% of the vote to advance to a general election, meaning a candidate must earn a majority of the vote—not just the highest number of votes—to win their primary outright. This rule means crowded races in Texas primaries and special elections frequently result in runoffs.

In those races, the top two vote-getters advance to a runoff.

Keep reading to learn about voting in the runoffs and who's on the ballot.