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If you believe your information may have been affected by a data breach, please call us at 1-888-330-2852. DALLAS — Dallas County officials confirmed this week that a ransomware attack in October exposed personal information, including Social Security numbers, medical information and health insurance information, of more than 200,000 people. According to a notice posted Wednesday on the Texas Attorney General’s website, 67,701 Texans were affected by the data breach and notifications were provided to consumers. County officials said they became aware of the incident on Oct. 19, took steps to contain it, began working with third-party cybersecurity experts to…

Terms of the agreement between Issaquah, Washington-based Costco and the city have not been made public because they are still being finalized. Forney, Texas — read This story and more North Texas business news From our partners at Dallas Business Journal Hot dogs are about to start rolling out in Forney after officials approved an economic incentives package for Costco Wholesale Corp. After debating in closed session for weeks what is listed on the agenda as the “Hot Dog Plan,” the Forney City Council voted unanimously on July 16 to authorize Mayor Charles Daniels to negotiate and enter into a…

Zach Crain is a longtime writer and editor. D Magazine The magazine said the writer, who chronicled the city’s people, politics and culture, died at his home on Tuesday night after a short illness. He was 50 years old.Over 17 years D MagazineCrain wrote about everything from a weekend with a famously sober DJ to a 4th District drive with then-City Councilman Dwayne Caraway to an interview with an imaginary mosquito (who, according to Crain’s transcript, was outraged at being accused of carrying the West Nile virus).In 2013, Crain investigated the aftermath of a fertilizer plant explosion in his hometown…

A more than 277,000-square-foot office tower in North Dallas has changed hands.TXRE Properties, a small commercial real estate investment, brokerage and property management company, has acquired Churchill Tower, located at 12400 Coit Road in the city’s Park Central neighborhood.The 12-story building, located near the intersection of U.S. Highway 75 and Interstate 635, was completed in 1999 and recently renovated by its owners.Related:Law firm K&L Gates opens office in Dallas’ Harwood neighborhoodD-FW Real Estate NewsGet the latest real estate news you need to know.According to the Dallas County Appraisal District, Galveston-based American National Insurance Company has owned Churchill Tower since 2003.…

Isaac Cervantes’ Grand Prize-winning duct tape tuxedo [Photo via Shurtape Technologies] He designed a tuxedo for prom, and it was not only stunning; waterproofas well. And now Isaac Cervantes has won two international prizes and a $16,000 scholarship in the 2024 “Stuck at Prom” scholarship competition hosted by Ohio-based Duck Tape. Cervantes He entered the contest as a high school student in Pilot Point, a small town in Denton County. To compete against more than 150 contestants from across the U.S. and Canada, he designed a tuxedo that celebrated both his Mexican roots and his American homeland: a flamboyant design…

The joint venture will have crude oil storage capacity of more than 11 million barrels and operate more than 5,000 miles of crude oil and gathering pipelines. Dallas — This article was originally published by content partners of the Dallas Business Journal. Read the original article here. Two Dallas-based oil and gas giants that have been active in deal-making so far in 2024 have agreed to a joint venture in the Permian Basin. Energy Transfer LP and Sunoco LP announced on July 16 that they will combine pipelines and related equipment to gather crude oil and produced water in the…

It was a win for Coppell, a city of 43,000 just north of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. COPPELL, Texas — Suburban development in North Texas is growing, creating a lot of competition for everything from the best schools to the best cities to rent in to the safest communities. Everything needs rankings, and North Texas suburbs usually rank pretty well. So it can be considered a victory for Coppell, a city of 43,000 people just north of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Coppell was ranked No. 5 this week by Travel + Leisure magazine on its list of America’s Most Livable…

The plant is expected to create 141 jobs within five years. Mesquite, Texas — This article was originally published by content partners of the Dallas Business Journal. Read the original article here. A manufacturer of clean energy storage products is investing $100 million in a new 483,874-square-foot facility in Mesquite. According to the Dallas Morning News, Hysium Tech USA’s new battery module and system assembly plant will be located in the business park at 20 East Trinity Point. It will be Hysium’s first production site in the U.S. and will create 141 manufacturing jobs over five years. Hysium will be…

Left: A teacher works with students in a Dallas Independent School District elementary school classroom. Right: A teacher works with pre-kindergarten students through UT Dallas’ Child Development and Family Studies program. [Photos: UNT Dallas] A partnership between The University of North Texas at Dallas and the Dallas Independent School District is launching a first-of-its-kind teacher training program through which five University of North Texas at Dallas seniors, all education majors, will be paid to teach elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District for the entire 2024-25 school year. “I’m really excited to be in the classroom,” Valerie Castaneda, one…

North Texans have been getting plenty of exercise from pickleball for years now, either at sprawling indoor facilities or on local municipal courts, but now there’s a new way to “dink” your fitness: A new “phygital” pickleball fitness studio is opening in Dallas this summer. Called Playkout, the “first-of-its-kind” concept is the brainchild of co-founders Bahigh Acuna (a former Amazon technology executive who worked at Spotify, Ancestry and Postmates in “early or growth stage” roles) and Jorge Guerrero (who has driven strategy and financial planning in consumer tech, insurance and wellness). Photo: Playkout Located at 3501 McKinney in Uptown Dallas,…