FWISD celebrates early A-F rating improvements. Will a school trigger intervention again?
The cheers from Diamond Hill Elementary cut through the noise reverbing inside Dickies Arena. The Fort Worth ISD campus had good reason to c…
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Proposed Arlington budget shows surplus, but bump in tax rate considered for projects
After just under a year spent fighting a $25 million shortfall, Arlington city staff are proposing a $769 million budget in the upcoming yea…
Where Are Your Manners?
Twice a year, area restaurants band together to not only give diners a chance to try gourmet meals at a discount but also to help a local no…
Period Poverty
I recently met up with several of my fellow volunteers for one of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas’ period-packing parties. Surrounded by…
Keep Duane Tyree Rockin’
Of all the arbitrary cruelties in the world, cancer is easily the most insidious. This May, Platinum Music Complex owner Duane Tyree learned…
School Plays
When it comes to live theater, serious fans know that you can’t sleep on the universities. College theater productions might not have the sa…
Fort Worth ISD sees highest principal turnover in more than a decade
Khristina Goady still remembers her first day as Jean McClung Middle School principal in 2023. Goady, who arrived as a turnaround principal …
After School Music Academy
Nate Krieger talks a lot with his hands, and when the subject is music education, he gets into it. Clearing off a space on his desk at Broad…
Schools that Rawk!
Fun fact: I’ve been playing bass for nearly 30 years, and in all that time, I’ve taken only two lessons. The only way I really learned the i…
Esther Barbara Calk – Oct. 13, 1926 – Aug. 2, 2026
Esther Barbara Calk (nee Keller), 99, of Arlington passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, August 2nd, surrounded by the love of her famil…
Reverse Midas Touch
His name was Mr. DeVore. When I was in ninth grade, he was my world geography teacher. Somehow, he recognized the 14-year-old punk me had so…
Casino Night
Since the pandemic, historic levels of inflation, a never-ending supply-chain meltdown, and petty tariffs have forced the restaurant industr…