Shipley Do-Nuts opened a new location in Humble on Nov. 15, company officials announced in a news release. 

The details: Founded in 1936 in Houston, the bakery offers over 40 types of doughnuts handmade daily including its signature glazed doughnut. For a limited time, guests can enjoy Shipley’s Duo Deal, a new breakfast bundle that pairs any kolache and doughnut for $4, per the release. 

In addition, the new shop also offers fall flavor dozens featuring chocolate, maple and white-iced doughnuts decorated with fall sprinkles.

• Opened Nov. 15
• 17155 Hwy. 59, Humble

Humble ISD officials celebrated the opening of a new “Wizard of Oz”-themed playground at Greentree Elementary School on Nov. 18.

The details: According to a Nov. 18 news release, the playground is designed for children ages 5-12 and includes the following features:

• An emerald play structure with multiple slides
• Climbers
• A ruby slipper slide
• Swings

• Opened Nov. 18
• 3502 Brook Shadow Drive, Kingwood

As Thanksgiving week is expected to be one of the busiest U.S. travel periods for Texans, according to projections from AAA, Houston travelers flying on Frontier Airlines from George Bush Intercontinental Airport will have four new nonstop services starting Nov. 20.

What they're saying: “With our launch of new service to Baltimore, Detroit, Philadelphia and Fort Lauderdale, we are thrilled to offer Houston-area consumers affordable travel to even more exciting destinations just in time for the busy holiday travel season,” said Josh Flyr, vice president of network and operations design, in a Nov. 20 news release.

Digging deeper: A record 5.8 million Texans are projected to travel within and outside the state from Nov. 25-Dec.1, according to AAA, which is up from approximately 5.7 million travelers in 2024. The airline announcement comes just days after the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration lifted a flight reduction emergency order for 40 airports across the country, including IAH, on Nov. 17.

Harris County officials announced the launch of a new online platform designed to make it easier for business and property owners to process tax payments ahead of tax bills arriving in the mail throughout November.

Quote of note: Tax Assessor Annette Ramirez announced the new online system launch of “My Harris County Tax Account” on Nov. 19 in Downtown Houston.

“Anything that we can do to make it easier to help our homeowners stay current on their taxes and not go delinquent, that is my goal,” Ramirez said.

What to expect: Key features on the new platform will include:

• Prepayment plans for 2026 taxes starting in February or March
• Automatic monthly payment withdrawals to avoid penalties and interest

The takeaway: Users can now create a profile on the new tax site, Ramirez said, and starting in February, homeowners and business owners can start a prepaid tax payment plan and choose how many months in advance to spread payments automatically.