A developer is seeking approval to rezone two wooded tracts to build a nearly 51-acre housing development. The California-based Elbaz Family Foundation wants to construct single-family homes. The proposal involves two tracts, one of which would be rezoned to allow for detached single-family homes with smaller minimum lot sizes.
A similar zoning change is requested for the second tract, which would permit zero-lot-line detached single-family homes or two-family homes with smaller lots. The Fort Worth Zoning Commission has recommended the proposal. Further details about the development and the zoning changes are available from the source.
After launching a therapeutic program a year ago blending religion and mental health, Texas Health Resources is expanding the effort beyond Tarrant County. The Faith-Based Intensive Outpatient Program offers adults the opportunity to participate in a form of therapy that integrat...
The Ross Fire in Palo Pinto County has grown to become the state’s largest summer blaze since the Texas A&M Forest Service began recording fires in 2005. The fire, which has burned 90,400 acres, is 76% contained as of Thursday, according to the latest data from the state forest s...
Donald Kay Shipe, age 92, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026 at his home surrounded by his family. Don was born to Jack and Ruth Cowan Shipe on Oct. 19, 1933, in Fort Worth. He attended North Hi Mount Elementary, Stripling Middle, and Arlington Heights High School in Fort Wort...
Celia "Mami Celia" Diaz Ramirez, age 99, of Fort Worth, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, at 4:27p.m., surrounded by family and love. Rosary: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026 in Independence Chapel at Greenwood Mausoleum 3210 White Settlement Rd, Fort Worth. Funer...
Former state representative Lon Burnam is seeking Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare’s removal from public office, alleging official misconduct by the judge for expelling speakers from government meetings. Burnam’s petition for O’Hare’s removal was filed the day before the former le...
TGIF! Pretending not to be horrified at Six Flags Fright Fest was always a go-to for someone like me, growing up with a Halloween Eve birthday. If you’re ready to dive into the spooky season, explore any of the theme park’s five haunted mazes or brave its scare zones. Fright Fest...
A plan to transform Roy Pope Grocery into a full-service restaurant is off the table for now. Westland Hospitality Group, a growing Fort Worth-based restaurant group, was denied a zoning exemption Wednesday as they seek to open a Southern-style eatery and bar at the shuttered nei...
LaTamara Annyce Reza Taylor, 44, was born on June 21, 1982, in Fort Worth, to Tony Ray Taylor and Frances Denise Bedford Taylor. The youngest of two children, LaTamara’s joyful spirit and radiant smile made her a light in every room she entered. She attended Eastern Hills High Sc...
Evans Gilbert Asare, aged 80, passed away peacefully on Sept. 4, 2026. He will be remembered with love and respect by his family, friends, and all who had the privilege of knowing him. Over the course of his 80 years, Evans touched many lives through the various roles, relationsh...
Texas Wesleyan University has broken its own record for the largest first-year cohort in university history for the second consecutive year, university officials announced today. The milestone caps two years of sustained growth, with total enrollment up 15% over that period. The ...
The family of Fort Worth’s only recorded Black lynching victim has stepped away from nonprofit Transform 1012 N. Main Street’s redevelopment of a former Ku Klux Klan hall into a cultural hub. Fred Rouse III, the grandson of Fred Rouse, resigned from his board position at Transfor...
