Piattello moves. Dickies Arena no more? Vulgar messages to principal. Today’s top stories

Developments in dining, education, entertainment and local governance. Here’s a quick look at top stories from the Star-Telegram.

• Piattello Italian Kitchen is relocating two miles from Waterside Shopping Center to The Shops at Clearfork, with a target opening in November. Chef Marcus Paslay’s restaurant, which opened nearly 10 years ago, will keep its menu favorites while expanding to both lunch and dinner hours at the new location. Reporting by Ella Gonzales.
• Former Wylie East High School principal Tiffany Doolan resigned after 19 years with Wylie ISD following a deluge of more than 1,500 vulgar and threatening messages, some sexual in nature and others calling for her arrest or death. The backlash stemmed from a “Why Islam” cultural awareness event held at the school in February. Reporting by Maven Navarro.
• Dickies Arena in Fort Worth may soon get a new name after Bluestar Alliance, which acquired Dickies in November 2025, told Trail Drive Management it is no longer interested in the naming rights partnership. Both Bluestar Alliance and former Dickies owner VF Corp are behind on payments, and Trail Drive is now searching for a new naming partner. Reporting by Harrison Mantas.
• Mansfield ISD board president Jandel Crutchfield signed a nonhomestead affidavit in March stating she does not live in the Mansfield home she listed as her primary address when she filed to run for school board in 2024. The document designates a property in Itasca, 40 miles away, as her primary homestead, raising questions about her eligibility under state law and district policy requiring trustees to live in the district. Reporting by Matthew Adams.

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