Tarrant County College sees 4% enrollment increase from 2024
Tarrant County College has seen a 4.31% year-over-year increase in enrollment from the 2024 fall semester.
The overview: Tarrant County College has 49,393 students enrolled for the fall 2025 semester, according to a news release from the college. Student enrollment is counted from the 12th class day of the semester, Sept. 10, for 2025.
Karma & Kocktails now serves dumplings, noodles in Grapevine
Karma & Kocktails is now open in Grapevine, taking over the previous Teatro Bistro and Cocktail Lounge.
The details: The restaurant serves dumplings with Himalayan spices, smoked chicken, noodles and vegetables, and Gulab Jamun, a soft milk dumpling soaked in fragrant, sweet syrup, according to its website.
The background: Teatro Bistro and Cocktail Lounge served pasta, shrimp, Chilean sea bass, Australian lamb, steak and short ribs, according to previous reporting.
Maple Street Biscuit Company locations close in Frisco, Keller, McKinney
Representatives of the Florida-based breakfast restaurant Maple Street Biscuit Company have closed four locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The details: The Frisco, Keller and two McKinney locations have closed. Sign at the former Maple Street Biscuit Company locations in Keller and McKinney point customers to the company's website. The restaurant's parent company, Cracker Barrel, announced 14 Maple Street locations would close in a Sept. 17 financial report.
Thousands of Texas businesses barred from selling THC to customers under 21
Many Texas retailers can no longer sell consumable THC products to customers under 21 years old after the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission approved two emergency rules Sept. 23.
The overview: The new rules, which were drafted after Gov. Greg Abbott issued a Sept. 10 executive order requesting tighter THC regulations, apply only to retailers that sell alcohol. The rules state that businesses may not sell, serve or deliver consumable hemp products to minors and must check all customers' IDs before selling them THC products.
Zooming in: About 60,000 Texas businesses hold TABC licenses and will be prohibited from selling THC products to minors. Those businesses include bars, restaurants, liquor stores, grocery stores and some convenience stores.
However, the rule does not apply to THC retailers that do not sell alcohol or have a TABC license, such as smoke shops, gas stations or online sellers. The TABC and the Texas Department of State Health Services are working to determine how to best enforce age restrictions for THC retailers that do not sell alcohol, agency spokespeople said.
