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Angela Karen Donovan Beeson, 56, of Fort Worth, Texas, passed away peacefully at her home in Haltom City, Texas, on Saturday, July 4, 2026. A Celebration of Life will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, 2026, 3 p.m. at Richland Hills Baptist Church, 6852 Baker Blvd., Richland...
Angela Karen Donovan Beeson, 56, of Fort Worth, Texas, passed away peacefully at her home in Haltom City, Texas, on Saturday, July 4, 2026. A Celebration of Life will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, 2026, 3 p.m. at Richland Hills Baptist Church, 6852 Baker Blvd., Richland...
Fort Worth’s proposed zoning and development ordinance on data centers — a first of its kind — received a 7-4 vote of denial before it heads to City Council. Zoning commissioners expressed a need for more details, stricter regulations and more time to review the ordinance. Before...
Panoramic views of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex can be seen for a few short seconds as Tormenta Rampaging Run creeps toward a 309 foot drop. While dangling over the city, Ricardo Vareoa was overwhelmed with anxious anticipation, but he still chose to look down. “It lets you en...
Preserving Mosier Valley — Tarrant County’s first freedmen’s town and an early all-Black community in Texas — is paramount as the far east Fort Worth community struggles to build more housing and stop new industrial sites from relocating to the neighborhood, residents say. The Fo...
Cecilia Lariba Sabiri, affectionately known as mama Ceci, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 12, 2026, at the age of 73. Originally from Bolgatanga, Ghana, she was born on July 19,1953, in Nangodi, Ghana, to the late Sabiri Kubota and Naidoo Sabiri. She was the first daughter...
HALTOM CITY – With grateful hearts for a life well lived, we celebrate the life of Reynaldo "Rey" Aquino, who went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 3, 2026, at the age of 65. Funeral Service: 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 10, 2026, in Mount Olivet Chapel. Visitation: 1:30 to 2:3...
FORT WORTH – Angela Robledo Tapia, 76, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 2, 2026. She was born on June 5,1950, to Lorenzo and Maria de Jesus in Juarez, Mexico. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at Our Lady Of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Interment: Mount Olivet C...
By day, Shareé Gill studies for a master’s in social work and interns at Liberty House, a Tarrant County MHMR facility for homeless veterans faced with substance dependency and mental health issues. By night, she tends bar at a VFW Post in Arlington. The apparent mismatch is not ...
Arlington is one match away from wrapping up its role as a host city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with next week's semifinal marking the final match in the city. As the tournament winds down locally, Arlington leaders say the event has already delivered historic economic results,...
With North Texas experiencing its first 100-degree day of the summer, The Salvation Army of North Texas has activated a region-wide heat relief response aimed at helping vulnerable residents stay safe during the dangerous temperatures. Volunteers with The Salvation Army and Relia...
The Fort Worth Zoning Commission will hear public feedback Wednesday, the next phase in an ongoing effort to address community concerns raised about data centers and their noise, water use and impact on nearby neighborhoods The zoning commission is discussing proposed regulations...
The Fort Worth Zoning Commission will hear public feedback Wednesday, the next phase in an ongoing effort to address community concerns raised about data centers and their noise, water use and impact on nearby neighborhoods The zoning commission is discussing proposed regulations...
Croatian FC Dallas striker Petar Musa is headed to the MLS All-Star game on July 29 in Charlotte. Musa, selected by the coaches, earned his second All-Star selection; he was also selected in 2024. Musa scored a goal against England at Dallas Stadium in Croatia's World Cup run, wh...
The City of Plano is inviting the media and the public to see the proposed Willow Bend District that could one day be the home of the Stars. The city is recruiting the Stars from Victory Park in Dallas. The Stars want a new arena and an entertainment district surrounding it, like...
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) invites residents to meet the candidates for the agency's open president and CEO position on Saturday, July 11, from noon to 2 p.m. DART did not release any candidate names or the number of candidates. The candidates' names will not be released un...
Former Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Karen Molinar will stay in Tarrant County education. Rev Partnership announced Tuesday that Molinar started Monday as the regional education nonprofit’s first CEO, four months after she left FWISD as the district moved under state-appointed le...
Most companies that want to do good start by writing a check. Status Labs started with its own toolkit. The reputation management firm built a philanthropic program, Incomplete Sentences, around the one thing it does better than almost anyone: telling a person's story in full. Th...
When Josephine Clapper walks into Bass Performance Hall, she first notices the size. The statues. The open space. The stairways. The feeling that the building itself is part of the performance. “It’s just really beautiful,” Clapper said, a recent graduate of Fort Worth ISD’s I.M....
Billy Jackson’s calling has always been social work. Whether it was his time in the Navy or working at the Veteran Resources Center at Tarrant County College, the 47-year-old has always supported others — even before he started studying for his bachelor’s degree this fall at the ...
Even before North Texas SC forward Ricky Louis scored the historic first goal at Texas Health Mansfield Stadium on Saturday night, thousands of fans had already turned the venue into exactly what developers and city leaders envisioned. Long lines formed outside each entrance well...
The ink is officially dry on a merger between Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County (BGCGTC) and Clayton Youth Enrichment, a move designed to ensure the long-term viability of affordable, school-based and out-of-school resources for children and teens. Approved by both boa...
The Trinity River Authority says no public drinking water has been affected after a ruptured wastewater pipeline caused issues in Southeast Arlington. The authority reported the ruptured sewer line off Mirabella Boulevard. The outflow exceeded 100,000 gallons, prompting notificat...
If you look hard enough, you’ll notice that all kinds of hobbies and interests have their own community – some larger, some smaller. Of course, you likely already know that casino gaming has a big and thriving community, with many people passionate about this pastime. However, th...
Presbyterian Night Shelter started UpSpire 10 years ago. The social enterprise initiative, which employs homeless people through contracting work with other agencies, began with two people cleaning up Lancaster Avenue. Now, UpSpire employs over 260 people in services ranging from...
Traffic relief may be on the horizon for far north Fort Worth motorists. Construction is expected to start in January to widen a vital east-west two-lane artery in a booming area near Eagle Mountain Lake where thousands of homes were built and more are planned. Since spring, crew...
Three months after Texas took control of Fort Worth ISD, the appointed board of managers asked community members how they want the 63,000-student district to improve. Managers are hearing familiar problems. At North Side High School, parents and staff said FWISD’s new leaders nee...
Fort Worth ISD is recalculating middle school math. Beginning this fall, on-level courses are gone, leaving two options for students: advanced or accelerated classes. District officials say the shift will give all students access to advanced math regardless of campus, with the go...
Fort Worth residents are sending a clear message about how they want the city to grow: build where infrastructure already exists, preserve open space, and create more walkable neighborhoods connected by parks, trails and transit. Those themes emerged during the Fort Worth Zoning ...
A scheduled meeting of the Mayor’s Committee on Persons with Disabilities was canceled on June 11 after the committee failed to reach the minimum number of members required to conduct official business. The meeting, listed on the city of Fort Worth Boards & Commissions calendar f...
Fort Worth’s City Plan Commission meeting on June 11 concluded in seven minutes after members addressed right-of-way stubouts along Maple Orchard Lane in the Orchard Village plans. Documenters empowers people like you to help fill the gaps in reporting on Tarrant County public me...
Emotional intelligence will be the focus of the Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County subcommittee charged with finding ways to improve the region’s workforce, its chairman said during the group’s June 3 meeting. At the meeting, Workforce Solutions’ Workforce Improvement Committ...
An Austin firm won a contract extension to continue operating Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County workforce centers for the 2026-27 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. At its June 10 meeting, the Workforce Development Board authorized Workforce Solutions executive director Robert St...
The match ball from Argentina's 1986 World Cup quarterfinal against England – better known as the 'Hand of God' ball, thanks to Diego Maradona's famous goal – is set to go up for auction. It has been auctioned before, previously for $2.4m. Maradona's shirt from that match sold fo...
Lee Nguyen is back in North Texas. The former US Men's National Team midfielder and NWSL championship-winning coach is now leading Dallas Trinity FC. Nguyen has been coaching in the National Women's Soccer League, including helping Trinity Rodman and the Washington Spirit capture...
There’s a big international professional sports competition going on now, playing some of its matches in North Texas. It’s a sport you might not be as familiar with as the four major U.S. sports, but the upstart wants to increase its market share in this country. And, like you, t...
For years, Texas Health Mansfield Stadium existed solely as construction plans, artist renderings and promises of what it could become. On Wednesday morning, the community it will serve gathered as that idea officially came to fruition. A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the openin...
In the early days of Major League Soccer, many of the league’s teams played home games in stadiums designed for American football. Their predecessors in the North American Soccer League had done the same. NFL and college buildings offered professional facilities with large grassy...
Tarrant County College aviation maintenance students will have a clearer path to American Airlines jobs under an agreement signed June 30. TCC and American formalized the memorandum of understanding at the Erma C. Johnson Hadley Northwest Center of Excellence for Aviation, Transp...
Residents are pushing back on a proposed North Texas data center that would pull up to 5 million gallons of water a day from Cedar Creek Lake in Henderson County — the reservoir that provides most of Fort Worth’s drinking water. Members of the public cite concerns about insuffici...
Annie Dobbins sees the fabric of American history like a quilt. Each square of cloth on its own may appear “insignificant,” the Fort Worth resident said. “But when you put the pieces together, it becomes this beautiful array, and it warms you,” said Dobbins, who identifies her he...
For the second consecutive year, the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership was chosen by Site Selection Magazine for the Mac Conway Award for Excellence in Economic Development, the most prestigious award in the field. The Fort Worth partnership is one of 23 organizations a...
Hospital maintains Joint Commission certification since 2016 Once again, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth earned Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and certification for its brain tumor care. Fewer than 10 facilities in the nation have earned the prestigio...
A new art exhibit might have the chance to set a new soccer world record: longest continuous use of a tifo. Up now thru Aug 30 at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, American Tifo consists mostly of huge supporter-created works of art previously unfurled for brief perio...
Thousands of city employees will be required to take unpaid time off after Dallas leaders announced furloughs as part of an effort to address a $30 million budget shortfall. City Manager Kim Tolbert said the decision was not the preferred solution but was necessary to reduce expe...
Less than a year after rainbow crosswalks disappeared from Cedar Springs, the neighborhood has found a new symbol of LGBTQ visibility: brightly painted rainbow steps. Community organizers celebrated the transformation of The Oak Lawn Library steps into a vibrant rainbow installat...
After a year without Tarrant County’s largest LGBTQ+ celebration, Arlington Pride will return in 2027, organizers announced Tuesday morning. DeeJay Johannessen, CEO of the HELP Center for LGBTQ+ Health, said the most recent local election outcomes showed the public wants politici...
McKinney National Airport's first commercial airline carrier has just unveiled its first nonstop domestic flights and its fall launch date. Houston-based Avelo Airlines announced Tuesday morning that it will provide five nonstop routes from McKinney National Airport (DTX) to Las ...
Future Fort Worth leaders gathered at the University of Texas at Arlington Fort Worth campus last week for a serious look at their business plans — and to eat pizza. The 13- to 16-year-old students took part in the inaugural Young Entrepreneur Summer Camp, a two-week event hosted...
The Trump administration is considering a series of recommendations aimed at expanding protections for religious expression in public life — an effort led by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick that is expected to reignite debate over the separation of church and state. President Donald T...
FORT WORTH, Texas — Trinity Metro's Juror Shuttle will discontinue service effective June 30, 2026, following changes to jury parking arrangements by Tarrant County. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tarrant County will no longer utilize La Grave Field for juror parking. As a result, the d...
Keep the Rosedale renaissance going. That’s the goal of the Poly Main Street program under the leadership of Texas Wesleyan University officials. The initiative is planned as a decades-long project to improve the area around the campus. On Thursday, two Fort Worth City Council me...
Martin Lisius has produced short films, business promos and weather footage for roughly 40 years in Arlington. In that time, the filmmaker hasn’t seen many large-scale film projects make their way to his hometown. He and other local filmmakers are optimistic that those major oppo...
By Michael Savala Whenever someone tells me they’re relocating to Fort Worth, I give them the same challenge: “Drive down Camp Bowie Boulevard and tell me what you can’t find.” The funny thing is, no one has ever been able to give me an answer. That’s because Ridglea Village isn’...
Editor’s note: Transcript provided by CoverGov and Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer. Offering financial assistance for tree planting along Colleyville roadways, the second phase of the Parkway Tree Placement Grant Program is in full swing. Funding covers half of total project c...
As the Fort Worth Public Library nears completion of an update of its multiyear strategic plan, members of the city’s Library Advisory Board considered strengths and weaknesses at their June 4 meeting. Documenters empowers people like you to help fill the gaps in reporting on Tar...
The Fort Worth Community Development Committee meeting on June 9 highlighted library planning and progress at the National Juneteenth Museum. Documenters empowers people like you to help fill the gaps in reporting on Tarrant County public meetings. Find out how you can join here....
The Fort Worth Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission met on June 8 to consider granting certificates of appropriateness for the construction of new residences in the Terrell Heights, Morningside and Carver Heights neighborhoods. All four cases were unanimously approved, cond...
The Texas education board on Friday approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible passages, widening conservative efforts to push Christian teachings in U.S. classrooms. The Texas State Board of Education, which is controlled ...
Fort Worth officials approved an agreement to guide development for about 1,476 acres in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction to the west. Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday approved the development agreement with Hines Acquisitions LLC for land known as Brown Ranch in Tarran...
