From a butterfly festival to a world champion pizza making class, take a look at these late August and September events happening in Keller, Roanoke and Northeast Fort Worth.

1. World Champion Pizza Making Class: Learn the techniques behind authentic Neapolitan pizza at a hands-on pizza making class hosted by Chef Gimmy Piperku, champion of the Caputo World Pizza Championship. The event will also have curated cheese and wine pairings.

• Aug. 31, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
• $129
• 967 Keller Parkway, Ste. 4, Keller

• Sept. 7, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Free (admission); $25 (entering a classic car)
• 2550 McMillan Parkway, Fort Worth

Digestive Health Center of North Richland Hills is now Digestive Health Center of Alliance.

The center is an independent ambulatory surgery center that offers comfortable care and transparent pricing for a variety of gastrointestinal procedures, such as colorectal cancer, difficulty swallowing and upper endoscopy, according to its website.

The details: The location has seven physicians and 18 other employees. It is part of a retail development from LanCarte Commercial near Harmon Road and Heritage Trace Parkway, according to previous reporting. The new facility features 9,500 square feet with three procedure rooms, one operating room, 14 pre-op/recovery bays and a waiting area.

What else? The other locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area include Plano, Dallas, Bedford and Allen.

• 9569 Harmon Road, Fort Worth

Check out five upcoming, ongoing and completed transportation projects around Dallas-Fort Worth.

1. Prosper Trail construction
Project: Prosper Trail will undergo a full pavement reconstruction from Coit Road to Custer Road. The new pavement section will be a four-lane concrete divided roadway.
Update: The design phase is nearing completion, and construction is expected to begin in summer 2028.

• Timeline: summer 2028-summer 2029
• Cost: $13.45 million
• Funding source: town of Prosper

• Timeline: Final design is expected to begin in fall 2026. Construction is expected to begin in 2028.
• Cost: $35 million
• Funding source: city of McKinney

Across Texas, public school districts have approved at least 150 campus closures in the last three years as they grapple with declining enrollment, state accountability issues and hefty budget shortfalls.

What's happening: Among the closures are 56 schools in Community Impact’s coverage areas. Some districts have said that additional closures are not off the table.

Roughly 76,000 fewer students were enrolled in Texas public schools during the 2025-26 school year than the year prior. This marks the first non-pandemic enrollment drop in recorded history, according to Texas Education Agency data collected annually since 1987.

Analysts warn that this year’s enrollment decline is not a one-off, with demographics expert Bob Templeton predicting that enrollment could “drop over 100,000 kids” next year.

What they're saying: “This was a decision that I made, even knowing some of the challenges our students are going to face, because I think the alternative is untenable,” Fort Bend ISD board President Kristin Tassin said as the district voted to close seven elementary schools ahead of the 2026-27 school year.