It’s past time that I wrote about Shaun the Sheep, don’t you think? The adorable and highly tech-savvy sheep made his debut in Nick Park’s Oscar-winning 1995 stop-motion short film A Close Shave and has since embarked on a successful solo career. He has been absent from the big screen since 2015’s T
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New Name Reflects Expansion Beyond Workers’ Compensation and Broader Availability to Companies with Complex Risk Profiles (St. Petersburg, Florida) – CCI Insurance, a Higginbotham Partner (CCI), has rebranded its proprietary CompCorrect platform as RiskCorrect, reflecting its evo...
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Join The Business Press for the 2026 State of Higher Education Forum, where local college and university leaders will join business and community leaders to discuss the importance of partnerships between education and industry. These collaborations play a critical role in driving...
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Cowtown Tanning, a Fort Worth-founded custom sunless tanning salon, is expanding its North Texas footprint with a third location coming soon to Camp Bowie Boulevard in Fort Worth. The new salon will mark Cowtown Tanning's second Fort Worth location and third o...
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Reyes Flores, 61, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. Memorial Service: 12 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in Mount Olivet Chapel. Visitation: One hour prior to Service. Reyes was born on Jan. 6, 1965, in Eagle Pass, Texas, to Daniel Flores and San Juana Flores. Reyes had a lov...
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Tarrant Regional Water District board directors approved the agency’s proposal to increase tax and water rates in 2027 as the agency addresses costs on aging infrastructure, major flood control projects and future water needs. Board directors unanimously approved all of the agenc...
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Fort Worth has continued to take steps to address housing affordability even as staff turnover and lack of funding have slowed implementation of its plans. Presenting at a Community Development Committee meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Fort Worth Neighborhood Services Department s...
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Delmar Dunaway, 98, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. Delmar was born Feb. 20, 1928, in Bagwell, Texas to Sam and Viola Dunaway. He married Georgia Crouch in 1949, and they were married for over 70 years until her death in January 2023. He worked for LTV, and later the U.S. Ar...
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A man who died in Tarrant County Jail custody in June had complications of a rare brain disorder that led to his death by natural causes, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed Wednesday. Mack Greer, 46, was pronounced dead June 18 at John Peter Smith Hospital afte...
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The University of Texas at Arlington has a new leader, two weeks after Jennifer Cowley announced she would step down as president and return to the faculty. Archie Holmes, the UT System’s executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, began serving Sept. 15 as UTA’s acting presi...
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Republican incumbent and southwest Tarrant County lawmaker John McQueeney and Democrat Beth Llewellyn McLaughlin will appear on the ballot Nov. 3 in the race for Texas House District 97. If elected, McQueeney would serve his second term. The election marks the second time McLaugh...
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Welcome to the inaugural Texas Mead & Music Festival. Screams became Scarborough’s Hollow last year, and ahead of the second annual revamped spooky-season park, a new fall festival weekend emerges. This Sat, Sep 19, you can sample mead, hear live music, and get a sneak peek at th...
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Seven-year-old Holden O’Dell never showed much interest in soccer. Then the World Cup came to Tarrant County. The O’Dells tried to catch as many matches as they could. While the tournament was underway, a neighbor offered the family a pair of soccer goals they no longer wanted. H...
