The SMG Report

The Clark Sisters Dazzle at ‘Together We Sing’

by Fred Willis | Jun 20, 2025 | Church, Featured News, Gospel, Local | 0

Each carefully curated song and meticulously crafted arrangement by Maestro Leon Lacy, the concert crescendoed at just the right time

Frisco Unveils New Innovation Hub to Support Growing Innovation and Venture Capital Sectors

by SMG Staff | May 19, 2025 | Business, Local | 0

The flexibly designed space includes private offices, meeting rooms and co-working areas designed to accommodate the thriving startup ecosystem.

Not just any day…”Father’s Day: A Kirk Franklin Story” and why you just may need a moment, and some tissue

by Fred Willis | Sep 15, 2023 | Celebrity, Entertainment, Faith, Featured News, Gospel | 0

Kirk Franklin’s transparency reveals the innate desire of sons for their fathers and the deep pain experienced because the desire never truly goes away

Enrollment is now open at the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts in Fort Worth

by Fred Willis | Dec 3, 2022 | Academics, Featured News, Local, Parenting & Kids | 0

AVPA seeks to fill this void and make futures in visual and performing arts a possibility for more students with the opening of their school.

The Wait is Over! ‘Epitome’ by Kisha Grandy is Now Available

by Fred Willis | Jun 22, 2021 | Featured News, Gospel, Local | 2

Grandy is back with the same power singing a new song. “I don’t know how to sing any other way. When I sing, I have to give it my all!”

Hometown Hero! Kirk Franklin is Boycotting TBN and the Dove Awards (Read their response)

by Fred Willis | Oct 28, 2019 | Christian, Christian Perspective, Church, Featured News, Gospel | 1

Using the full heft of his influence, Franklin is a hometown hero-calling into accountability the long-standing practices of unconscious bias in Christian institutions like the Gospel Music Association and the world’s largest Christian television network, the Trinity Broadcasting Network.

COOKIE JOHNSON TO HEADLINE INAUGURAL MOTIVATED MOMS RETREAT IN DALLAS

by Staff | Aug 25, 2018 | Celebrity, Featured News, Lifestyle, Local | 0

With a theme of What Motivates You?, the 2018 Motivated Moms Retreat plans to set attendees on a path to answer that question through a weekend of empowerment, inspiration, relaxation, fun and pampering for moms.