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Cardiac arrest survival rates in McKinney have increased more than 35 percentage points since 2023 when the McKinney Fire Department set a goal to improve response times.

In a nutshell: Those rates have increased by partnering with the McKinney Police Department and placing automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, in publicly accessible facilities across the city, officials said. While McKinney has already improved survival rates above the national average of 10%, fire department leaders are still looking for ways to improve.

The big picture: The McKinney Fire Department intends to place more than 400 AEDs in the hands of trained citizens over the next five years. The network of community responders is part of McKinney’s path to becoming a “Four-Minute City.”

“If we can get that call taker or a bystander to get on the chest and do CPR right away, and we can get an AED to them within those first four minutes, then their chance of survival skyrockets to well above 60%,” Battalion Chief Ben Jones said.

Ilio’s Greek & Lebanese Restaurant is now open in McKinney, Manager Jessica Gardener said.

The restaurant serves Greek and Lebanese dishes including beef and chicken kebabs, meat moussaka, and lamb shank, Gardener said. Ilio’s menu also includes gyros and wraps, salads, pastas and desserts, according to its website.

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The $30.8 million East-West Connector is now open at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, while Dave & Buster’s plans to debut its largest North Texas location in McKinney. Check out six trending stories from Community Impact’s Dallas-Fort Worth coverage areas.

1. East-West Connector at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport opens

2. Houston-based bar Kirby Ice House to open Plano location

3. Dave & Buster's to debut 40,000-square-foot McKinney arcade, restaurant in July

4. On the Border shutters all company-owned locations

5. Prosper council approves tennis-themed development

6. $2.5M purchase secures downtown Plano land for potential future redevelopment

The State Board of Education is nearing the finish line in its massive rewrite of what Texas public school students will learn about world and state history.

The details: The curriculum overhaul would shift the focus in social studies classes to a Texas-centered approach, deemphasizing lessons about world cultures and injecting more content about Christianity’s role in the founding of the United States.

Some educators and students have expressed concerns that the proposal lacks significant teachings about civil rights history, Japanese internment in the 1940s and people of color’s contributions to the nation. Meanwhile, Republican board members have pushed back, saying that the rewrite is necessary to teach students about American exceptionalism and Texas heritage in an attempt to undo what they called “a watering-down of American history.”

What's happening: The board has spent the bulk of its meetings this week making amendments to a 143-page social studies proposal, which includes hundreds of standards that students would be expected to learn each year. If adopted June 26, the new requirements would take effect in 2030.