This week's hot headlines
Dallas neighbor's population boom tops this week's 5 hottest headlines
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1. Booming Dallas neighbor was the fastest-growing U.S. city in 2023. One Dallas suburb experienced the most rapid growth spurt in the country last year: Celina, whose population grew by 26.6 percent, more than 53 times that of the nation’s growth rate of 0.5 percent. The city's population was 43,317 as of July 1, 2023.
2. Amazing-sounding fast-food diner from California relocates to Dallas. A fast-casual restaurant chain from Northern California is not only opening a location in Texas, the company is moving here: Nation's, a diner-style restaurant with hot dogs, giant burgers, and pie, has opened a location in Frisco, at 3311 Preston Rd.
3. Walmart lays off hundreds, will require Dallas employees to relocate. Walmart on Tuesday announced layoffs affecting several hundred jobs at the retail giant’s campus offices. It also said it will require most remote workers and personnel in its Dallas, Atlanta, and Toronto offices to relocate to its primary offices in Bentonville, Arkansas; Hoboken, New Jersey; and the San Francisco Bay Area.
4. Dallas show by American Idol finalist Jack Blocker will be filmed for TV. Jack Blocker, a contestant on TV show American Idol, performed at Strauss Square in Dallas' Arts District on May 14 — an appearance that was filmed for the series' finale, to air on May 19. Thousands turned out for the show.
5. These 7 sweet towns are the best places to retire in the Texas Hill Country. Many Texans dream of retiring to the Hill Country and getting away from the big city hustle and bustle. There are seven places places in particular that should be on the radar for any retiring Dallasites, a new survey says.
