The Latest Breaking News from Southlake

Wealthy Texas suburb denies permit for church to hold a Pride event

The Southlake City Council approved the permit for the Pride event last year

The Independent UK · Sep 17

Texas GOP Rep. Giovanni Capriglione admits affair, denies abortion allegations

A conservative news site published an interview with a woman who alleges a 17-year affair with the Southlake representative, who said this week he wouldn’t seek reelection.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 25, 2025

Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, first Texas DOGE chair, will not seek reelection

The Southlake Republican will serve the remainder of his seventh term. Keller Mayor Armin Mizani said on Wednesday he would run for the District 98 seat.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 24, 2025

Texas school quits nonpartisan board association over politics

Southlake Carroll ISD school board members renounced the nonpartisan Texas Association of School Boards on Monday, citing the group’s promotion of “divisive political ideologies” largely related to diversity and inclusion.

Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2023

Cartel leader El Gato, wanted in US murder, is seized in Mexico city

El Gato wanted in the US for alleged role in orchestrating 2013 murder in Southlake, Texas

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023

Texas school district rejects ‘In God We Trust’ signs featuring rainbows, Arabic

When a Southlake parent attempted to donate “In God We Trust” signs written in Arabic and decorated with rainbow colors, the school board president informed him that schools already have enough posters displaying the national motto.

Tribune News Service · Aug 30, 2022

They named a school after him, and now they’re not sure if students should read his book

DALLAS — You name a new school building after a man or woman, and decades later few remember who that person was. In the case of the late George Dawson of Dallas — he of George Dawson Middle School fame in Southlake’s Carroll ISD — the reason his name is…

Tribune News Service · Aug 29, 2022

Will Southlake approve using book by grandson of slave in school bearing his name?

DALLAS — A book about the grandson of a slave who learned to read when he was 98 years old is currently under review for use in the school named after him in Southlake.

Tribune News Service · Aug 23, 2022

Top-ranked QB recruit Arch Manning commits to Texas

DALLAS — Former Southlake (Texas) Carroll star Quinn Ewers just got some added competition in the quarterback room at Texas.

Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022

Cynthia M. Allen: One silver lining in the cloud of pandemic schooling: support for school choice is soaring

FORT WORTH, Texas — If you’ve paid any attention to the very public, very divisive debates over school administration, policy, curricula and academic outcomes — in Fort Worth, Southlake and several other parts of the country — you know that we have yet to experience all of the aftershocks from…

Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2022