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I thought it was the 1970s political humorist Art Buchwald who first suggested that Wile E. Coyote sue the Acme Corporation for their defective products. Am I wrong about that? Anyway, Ian Frazier wrote a humorous essay along that line for the New Yorker back in 1990, and now it’...
Historic Fort Worth, Inc. invites the community to experience the 23rd Annual Preservation Is the Art of the City, a three-day art show and sale featuring exceptional artwork by talented Fort Worth-area artists. The event will be held Thu-Sat, Sep 3-5, at the Amon Carter Center a...
Some students graduating from high school need extra support as they transition into adulthood and the workforce. In Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, the 18+ Pathways Program is helping special education students build the skills they need for what comes next. The program, based at...
Victory+ has been dissolved by its parent company and will no longer stream high school games, according to an email sent to multiple North Texas school districts with games the service was set to broadcast this season. The Dallas Morning News confirmed with Prosper, Frisco, Sout...
Some students graduating from high school need extra support as they transition into adulthood and the workforce. In Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, the 18+ Pathways Program is helping special education students build the skills they need for what comes next. The program, based at...
A Fort Worth mother is demanding answers after her 5-year-old son left Rufino Mendoza Elementary School unnoticed Monday and was found crying in the street by a stranger about two blocks away. Isabel Barrera was visiting her parents in Fort Worth’s Northside around 11 a.m. when s...
Kenneth Bryan Jenkins was born on Sept. 29, 1940, in Quanah, Texas, and passed from this life to the next on Aug. 27, 2026, at the age of 85. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. at First Baptist Church Benbrook, with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment to f...
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time dedicated to increasing understanding of mental health, recognizing warning signs, and encouraging conversations that can help save lives. Mental health challenges can impact anyone, and barriers to seeking help often includ...
Higginbotham has added to its retirement plan business with the acquisition of Kansas City-based Two West Capital Advisors. “Bringing the Two West team on board immediately takes our capabilities in the retirement planning and wealth management space to another level,” said Rusty...
Higginbotham has added to its retirement plan business with the acquisition of Kansas City-based Two West Capital Advisors. “Bringing the Two West team on board immediately takes our capabilities in the retirement planning and wealth management space to another level,” said Rusty...
Arthur Jerry Dyck, 82, passed away peacefully on Aug. 24, 2026. He was born on Dec. 11, 1943, in Cotton Valley, Louisiana to Mamie and Curtis Dyck. Jerry will be remembered for his generosity and love of family, friends and country. He graduated from Northwestern State University...
Rebecca Sutherlin, a junior at Northwest ISD's Steele Early College High School, placed eighth in the 2026 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship in Anaheim, California, in July. The global competition recognizes students who demonstrate exceptional skills using Microsoft...
Wanda Fay Dibbern passed away on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026 in Arlington. She was born on Monday, Jan. 2, 1933 in Commerce, Texas to Olan “Dud” and Argrea McReynolds. She was raised in Greenville, Texas and graduated high school in 1950. She married and had a son, She divorced and mov...
Jennifer Cowley announced on Monday that she is stepping down from her role as President of the University of Texas at Arlington. Cowley was UT Arlington's first female president and served in the role for over four years. "What I will treasure most about my time as president is ...
Tammy McDonald, 63, passed away on Aug. 23, 2026, and entered her heavenly home. She was reunited with her beloved husband, Mike McDonald, and her parents, Thomas and Ida Green. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at Greenwood Funeral Home in Memorial Suite B, 3344 Whit...
A group of volunteers woke up before sunrise Aug. 20 and made their way to St. Stephen Presbyterian Church in southwest Fort Worth. Their mission? To pack over 500 brown paper bag lunches. The effort is part of St. Stephen Presbyterian Church’s sack lunch program. Every month, pa...
Martha Frances Cox, 82, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. Visitation: 4 – 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at Mount Olivet in the Breyley Suite. Graveside Service: 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Martha was born on April 14, 1944, in Fort Worth, to Gilfo...
A federal judge threw out educator Shayma Alzubi’s lawsuit against Fort Worth ISD on Thursday, ruling the district lawfully reassigned her from a job as principal after her social media posts drew backlash. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman decided that Alzubi’s promotion and pay ...
Schools across North Texas are in full swing, and a non-profit focused on helping kids succeed explains why routines and relationships are critical for children. Communities in Schools of the Dallas Region started in 1985 and, over the last 41 years, has provided services to kids...
FORT WORTH, TX—The Kimbell Art Museum is accepting applications for Local Lens: Analog Photography Showcase taking place Saturday, Dec. 12, 2026, in collaboration with Courtesy of, a Dallas-based curatorial project founded by Jesse Jackson IV and Katherine Stephens which focuses ...
FORT WORTH, Texas (Aug. 25, 2026) – Casa Mañana opens its 2026-27 Broadway Season with Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, running Sept. 12-20. Ain’t Too Proud tells the thrilling true story of The Temptations – five men who followed their dreams from the stre...
Fort Worth ISD is moving teachers from under-enrolled schools to ones dealing with overcrowded classrooms. The goal: Put teachers where the students are. The district announced the move Monday on its in-house newscast, and Superintendent Peter Licata discussed it that evening at ...
Keith Clarence McCall passed on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, at the age of 75. Born on Sunday, Dec. 3, 1950 in Onawa, Iowa to Clarence McCall and Winnifred McCall. Keith was a resident of Fort Worth. Keith graduated from Onawa High School in 1969. In 1970, he married Christine McCall,...
Patsy R (Bunch) Keefer was born January 29th, 1934. Patsy graduated from Holdenville High School in 1952 and soon met and married Wayne Keefer on October 1st, 1952, after his return from the War. They eventually moved to Texas and joined Tower Baptist Church and eventually First ...
Helen Rochelle Guthrie Lauderdale, known to everyone as Rochelle, died on Aug. 22, 2026, at the age of 89, after a long battle with cancer, with her family beside her. She was born March 22, 1937, in Antioch, Oklahoma, the oldest of three children of Helen Roberta Haney Guthrie a...
Jean Paul Isbell passed from this world on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, and is reunited with his beloved wife, Marjorie, and son, Darren Isbell, all of Heaven is rejoicing! Visitation: 5 – 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Mount Olivet in the Breyley Suite. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Satu...
The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) will hold its "White Coat" ceremony for first-year med students. For one student, getting into school took a little more determination than most. Austin Grubbs didn't grow up wanting to be a doctor. He had to find out what he was m...
Larry Dean Daniels, age 60, passed away on Aug. 22, 2026. He was born on Oct. 23, 1965, in Lake Worth, to Elaine Daniels and the late Don Daniels. Visitation: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026 in Memorial Suite B, Greenwood Funeral Home at 3344 White Settlement Rd., ...
A new $4.8 million Tom Thumb grocery store is planned for a booming northwest Fort Worth neighborhood. Construction for the 59,951-square-foot store at 6250 W. Bailey Boswell Road is expected to begin in December and take about a year to complete, according to a filing with the T...
Less than a week after he announced the Project Safe Schools initiative… calling for school districts to disclose unreported educator misconduct from the last five years, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould says it’s parents who are reporting a...
An Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD and Chisholm Trail High School parent reached out to EMS ISD administrators, wanting to recognize academic assistant principal Meredith Birdwell for making important senior information easy for families to access. "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘵���...
For many North Texas families, the initial first-day-of-school stress has come and gone, but the transition back to the classroom doesn't necessarily end after the first day. Mental health experts said the first few weeks of school can help parents and caregivers notice how child...
By Cheryl Brown When I think about where I live, I consider not only my location but especially the context of my life at this moment in time. My location is a retirement community between downtown Fort Worth and the Cultural District called Trinity Terrace. From 1979 to 1999, I ...
In a Denton backyard filled with peppers, zinnias, Swiss chard and more, Sarah Alday has cultivated more than a garden. She's grown a social media community of nearly 400,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram. Alday shares gardening tips from her backyard oasis through accounts p...
The Texas heat can turn a routine practice into a safety risk, and a new UIL heat stress policy is changing how schools determine when conditions are too dangerous for students to be outside. At Flower Mound High School, Head Athletic Trainer Cody Jenschke is following the new he...
Fort Worth ISD is defending the use of web cameras in classrooms at certain campuses within its Elevate Network, after some parents and community advocates raised concerns about privacy and a lack of communication from district leaders. The concerns surfaced this week after teach...
Fort Worth ISD’s Texas-appointed board of managers approved nearly $55.5 million in new spending in August, with most of the money tied to a new elementary school. The largest item was $52 million for construction services connected to the replacement campus for Worth Heights Ele...
Mary Kathalene Malone, 64, passed away on Aug. 13, 2026. Born on Oct. 9, 1961, in Fort Worth, Kathy was the daughter of Barbara Malone and Richard Malone, and her life was marked by a steady devotion to faith, family, and doing what was right—even when it required quiet bravery a...
Concerning live music, I think some artists play great concerts, while others put on a great show. I’ve seen Radiohead and Insane Clown Posse and found both groups to be exciting and even occasionally transcendent, but they each fit solidly into one side of the “great concerts/gr...
Relocating to Fort Worth is an exciting adventure for anyone who decides to start fresh in this vibrant city. The urban atmosphere invites people from all over the world to relocate here, but as with any adventure, it requires a lot of planning, budgeting, and a chunk of change t...
Texas Wesleyan University is beginning the process of transitioning to NCAA Division II and has an invitation to join the Lone Star Conference. Texas Wesleyan's application to move to NCAA Division II is due in October and the Fort Worth-based university said that membership stat...
The University of North Texas has trimmed its projected $45 million budget deficit to approximately $19 million, President Harrison Keller said at a Board of Regents meeting Thursday. Since February, the university has instituted cost-saving measures to address the projected shor...
Lake Worth ISD Superintendent Ena Meyers will make $240,000 a year — plus to-be-determined performance bonuses. The terms are part of a contract that runs from April 23, 2026, through June 30, 2030 — longer and more expensive than the three-year agreements offered to Meyers’ two ...
More than 40 area companies are listed on the 2026 Inc. 5000, a ranking of America’s fastest-growing independent and entrepreneurial companies from Inc. Magazine. The companies making the list range from a valet trash removal service for apartments to a Pilates franchise to an im...
A North Texas aviation company is soaring after officials were awarded a massive $10 billion long-term defense contract to train Army helicopter pilots. M1 Support Services LP, based in Westlake, was awarded the 26-year contract Aug. 13 by the Army Contracting Command at Redstone...
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Lone Star Conference has invited Texas Wesleyan University to apply for membership and begin the process of transitioning to NCAA Division II. The invitation marks a significant milestone in Texas Wesleyan's move from the NAIA to NCAA Division II, which is...
Rebecca (Becky) Ann Hanson Parker, 80, of Arlington, passed away on Aug. 13, 2026 due to recently diagnosed bladder cancer. She was born in Cleburne on June 24, 1946. Becky attended Trimble Tech High School in Fort Worth. She sold real estate for a number of years before working ...
Classrooms in Fort Worth ISD’s lowest-performing schools now have web cameras pointed at students — mirroring takeover changes seen in Houston classrooms. The cameras have alarmed a parent group and teacher association that say families and educators were not notified. District o...
Come out at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22 to meet some of the NBC 5/Telemundo 39 news teams and help us clear the Fort Worth Henry’s Animal Campus shelter. Meet NBC 5’s Brian Curtis, the NBC 5 / Telemundo 39 team, and find your furrever new family member. All adoption fees will be ...
As costs for everything from groceries and child care to housing and gas continue to rise, a Dallas nonprofit says single mothers are feeling the brunt of it. Interfaith Family Services provides transitional housing for homeless families and offers rent assistance to help them st...
Swarms of families covered George Stevens Park in Arlington Monday afternoon, perusing wares at booths and free offerings from food trucks. Preston Burnley, his three children and wife all shuffled through school supply giveaways, stashing them in a bag with a green 817 Day logo ...
John Uselding could tell jokes for 90 minutes straight. Donna Uselding knows because she once timed him. They were in college at the University of Wisconsin, and for an hour and a half one night, John rolled from one joke to the next while the room howled. He had a knack for the ...
Gibson Jester, age 86, died peacefully in his sleep on Aug. 11, 2026. Gibson was born on April 20, 1940 in Dallas. After graduating from Hillcrest High School in Dallas, he enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin. He majored in Marketing in The School of Business and receiv...
Education Service Center Region 11 has named Eaton High School aviation teacher Jeff Neaves one of five finalists for the 2026 Region 11 Secondary Teacher of the Year Award, selected from educators representing 76 school districts across North Texas. Each district in the Region 1...
School is back in session across North Texas and as families get back into the swing of the daily routine, knowing what to make for lunch or snack can sometimes be time consuming. To help make parents lives easier, Stacie Ellis, a registered dietitian and nutritionist said making...
Where I live is a unique neighborhood. I live in a gated condominium community called Villas on the Bluff in Cityview off Bryant Irvin Road. Our group of 80 fourplexes are among numerous apartment buildings, mixed with commercial enterprises such as a car wash, car dealerships an...
After months of uncertainty and a fundraising push to overcome a loss of more than $60,000, the University of Dallas men's basketball team is headed to London. According to the school, the team left Thursday and will play its first game in London Saturday. The trip was thrown int...
Charlotte Louise Vaught, 83, of Euless, Texas, left this life to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, passing peacefully attended by her loving family. Visitation for family and friends will be Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, from 6-8 p.m. at Greenwood Funeral Home in Me...
Texas is known for warm weather, wide open spaces, and an active lifestyle, but many people are discovering that stepping into a sauna offers benefits that go far beyond breaking a sweat. From easing sore muscles after long workdays to encouraging relaxation after navigating busy...
Multiple schools in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD have been placed on "secure" protocol due to an investigation at Colleyville Heritage High School. According to the school district, Heritage Elementary, Heritage Middle, the Early Childhood Development Center, and iUniversity Prep ha...
