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For several years, Andy Williams’ work training local veterans gave them the tools needed to start careers in real estate development and project management. Several years into creating and operating his trade school Rehab Warriors, Andy Williams felt like something was missing i...
For 16 years, North Texas band The Dick Beldings has performed ’90s music with a name inspired by one of the era’s familiar television characters. Now, the band is paying tribute to the man behind that character, actor Dennis Haskins. Haskins played Principal Richard Belding on “...
After four decades of building athletic facilities across Texas, Paragon Sports Constructors turned to J.P. Morgan to help chart its next chapter as a 100% employee-owned company. On Friday nights across Texas, thousands of students take the field under stadium lights. They run o...
Ivy Rebecca Odom, aged 54, passed away in her home at 12:40 a.m. Monday, September 23rd, 2026. She was a beloved daughter, family member, and friend. Born Feb. 23, 1972, in Fort Worth, Ivy attended L.D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas where she sang in the choir and took art cla...
With profound sadness and eternal love, we announce the passing of Esperanza "Espie" Almirante Espiritu, age 76, of Fort Worth. She passed away peacefully on Sept. 20, 2026. A visitation will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 6150 Pershing A...
Lake Worth ISD Superintendent Ena Meyers wants to better prepare her high school students for their futures. To that end, those students now have the chance to learn how artificial intelligence works, including how to recognize when it gets something wrong. The district is offeri...
Patricia Ann Washington-Waters, a woman of unwavering faith and boundless love, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. Memorial Service: 12 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Independence Chapel at Greenwood Mausoleum, 3210 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107, with an ...
Muckleroy & Falls (M&F), a Texas-based builder, announced that Josh Carson has joined the company as Vice President – Business Unit Leader. Carson will help lead the growth of M&F’s Dallas Business Unit, strengthening the company’s presence and ability to serve clients across Dal...
For the third year in a row, Highland Middle School student Alyssa Hoglund placed in the city of Saginaw’s Train & Grain Bake-Off. She earned second place in the adult Cakes & Cupcakes division with her mocha caramel frappuccino cupcakes. Submit a Student of the Week or Teacher o...
New UTA scholarship honors 1969 graduate who broke barriers and built a career in public service A new University of Texas at Arlington scholarship endowment has been established in memory of C. Donald Babers to support needs-based first-generation students. Babers, a 1969 UTA gr...
Almost three dozen teachers around North Texas got something good that brought a little boost to their classrooms. Teachers in 31 schools got 250 dollar grants from Dallas-based TSG Restaurants and McAlister's Deli. • One teacher used the funding to launch Leopard Brew, a student...
Giovanna Villalpando has found a new home for her family business, La Catrina, nestled in a shipping container retail park in southeast Fort Worth. Inside the shop, the walls are painted a deep black and contrasted with a white Mexican folk art design called Otomi. The hand-paint...
Before opening Floating Lotus Tea this summer, a Fort Worth tea sommelier who goes by her artist name Choke — which stands for Creating Her Own Kinetic Energy — had been working with the herb for many years prior. She owned an herbal apothecary across three locations, including o...
Commvault, a leader in unified resilience at enterprise scale, announced that Alex Levy, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), BNSF Railway, has been named the inaugural TIME + Commvault CISO of the Year. Commvault, along with a panel of industry experts, selected Levy among...
Cristian Edward Muñoz, beloved son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, and friend fell asleep in death at his home on Sept. 9 th , 2026, in Fort Worth at the age of 44. He was born on Jan. 14, 1982, to Edward and Linda Muñoz and awaits his god Jehovah’s promise of a resurrection, a ...
Fertie Louise Patrick was born on Aug. 26, 1934, in Trinidad, Texas, to Anthony Young and Louvenia Hubbard. She was the fourth of fourteen children. At an early age, her family relocated to Ralls, Texas, where she continued attending school. Fertie developed a love for music and ...
A new pastor will lead Fort Worth-based Pastors for Texas Children as its founder takes the group’s public education advocacy national. The Rev. Holly Gaskill Bandel is the nonprofit’s new executive director. She takes over from the Rev. Charlie Johnson, who founded the group in ...
For years, the price tag has been one of the biggest barriers to GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy. That is starting to change, though not in the same way for everyone. In February, Novo Nordisk, the maker of Ozempic and Wegovy, announced it will cut U.S. list prices star...
Carla Jo Gates passed away on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. Visitation: 5:00 – 7:00 pm Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026 at Thompson’s Harveson & Cole Funeral Home, 4350 River Oaks Blvd., Fort Worth. Service: 11:00 am Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 in the Leonard Chapel at First United Methodist Ch...
Generative AI is already changing the Texas job market, and new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas suggests recent college graduates in some fields are feeling the impact. The report determined that since the launch of AI programs like ChatGPT in 2022, graduates fro...
Keene ISD announced on a social media post that the district would cancel the 2026 and 2027 varsity football seasons due to a lack of healthy players. Keene ISD Superintendent Dr. Ricky Stephens said the athletic program's decision was effective immediately. "We are canceling the...
What does Willie Nelson have in common with Gucci Mane and Rick Ross? Metal band Korn and Hip-Hop’s Migos? How about R&B duo K-Ci and Jo-Jo and country star Miranda Lambert? All have recorded music at Audio Dallas in Garland. “We’re in a building that the greats have been in – An...
Trinity Metro’s 2.1-mile TEXRail extension is moving forward after the agency’s board authorized agreements needed to construct and operate a new train station in south Fort Worth. Under the agreements approved on Monday afternoon, Baylor Scott & White Health will donate 1.76 acr...
The gregarious, lighthearted, and athletic, David Leard O'Bannon, 84, found peace on Sept. 19, 2026, in Fort Worth. Funeral Service: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026 in Independence Chapel at Greenwood Mausoleum, 3210 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107, with a visitation on...
What happens when visual effects, video games, performing arts, immersive technology, and higher education come together in the heart of downtown Fort Worth? On this episode of Fort Worth Innovates, Cameron Cushman talks with Tim McLaughlin, Dean of Texas A&M University’s College...
Two longtime FWA educators promoted to lead Lower and Middle Schools; experienced independent school administrator joins academic leadership team. FORT WORTH, Texas — As Fort Worth Academy begins its 45th year serving Fort Worth families, the independent K-8 school has announced ...
Jackie Earl Barnett, 83, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2026. Funeral: 12 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, in Independence Chapel, 3210 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107. Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, in Memorial Suite B...
Thomas “Tom” Nathaniel Page passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, at the age of 88. He was Born on Sunday, Jan. 9, 1938 in Salina, Kansas, to Melville Gray and Margaret Jean Harris and was a resident of Grand Prairie. Tom was raised in Kansas, Nebraska, and Louisiana,...
Local couple to open premium early childhood education center to serve area families WILLOW PARK, Texas – The Goddard School®, a nationally acclaimed early childhood education franchise, is set to open its first location in Willow Park in the spring of 2027, bringing the inquiry-...
Carolina Ramona "Mona" Martinez, 85, of Fort Worth, passed away peacefully on Sept. 13, 2026, with her sisters by her side. Mona was born April 23, 1941, in Fort Worth to Ricardo and Maria Jesus Martinez. She grew up alongside her sisters, Lorenza, Julia, and Bertha, and remained...
67-unit complex pairs mixed-income homes with health services near JPS Health Network through J.P. Morgan Community Development Banking financing. After 25 years as a nurse, Debbie Frederick never expected to find herself worried about where she would live. A lifelong Texan, she ...
For decades, football coach Kevin Atkinson helped shape young athletes and build teams at Marcus High School in Flower Mound. Now, his family is rallying around him as he faces a rare brain disease that has taken away many of the things he once did for himself. Atkinson retired f...
Alison Ann (Hurtado) Yun, age 55 (May 11, 1971) passed into the presence of her Heavenly Father on Aug. 28, 2026, in Fairfax, VA. This followed a well-fought four-year battle with stage four breast and liver cancer. Alison was a princess warrior and never gave up hope; nor did sh...
For years, Lauren Scott dreamed of creating a space where she could help empower and uplift the next generation of girls. She initially thought starting a dance company would satisfy this calling, but Scott knew she could do more than just teach young girls to dance. She wanted t...
The University of Texas at Arlington has welcomed its largest incoming class of first-time-in-college students in University history, breaking the record set just one year ago. In newly released fall 2026 preliminary enrollment statistics, UTA enrolled 5,332 new first-time-in-col...
Fort Worth’s Texas Ballet Theater has tapped an experienced arts leader as its new executive director. Nicholas Dragga brings more than 15 years of executive leadership in the ballet field, including his current role as director of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Before that, he spent...
Runaway Sky came out of a chance meeting at a Fort Worth musicians mixer in 2022, when singer-songwriters Taylor LaCourse and Simone Nicole met each other for the first time. “We were both like, ‘We should know each other! Let’s write songs!’ ” Nicole said. Now, four years later,...
Tuesday was a milestone for the University of Texas at Arlington’s Jennifer Cowley. “This is day one I’m not president,” she said. Cowley was one of three North Texas university presidents who discussed their experiences as women leaders of higher education institutions during a ...
Gia Marie Elliott, 60, of Fort Worth, passed away on Sept. 12, 2026. Funeral: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in Independence Chapel at Greenwood Mausoleum, 3210 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107. Interment to follow in Greenwood Memorial Park, 3100 White Settlement Rd., ...
Believe it or not, Texas high schools are already gearing up for homecoming season — putting together their mums, spirit week outfits and planning what to wear for the dance. With the formal attire, flowers, dinner and everything else associated with the event, it can be an expen...
North Texas is full of innovators, movers, shakers and entrepreneurs. A company Built in Our Backyard in Fort worth is providing literal solutions to a problem that impacts everyone when it comes ears. Along the 5000 block of South Fwy in Fort Worth is a building with purple lett...
Kimberly Cooper, 61, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. Kimberly Cooper was born to John Dale Tucker and Celia June Kelso Tucker, on Sept. 22, 1964, in Fort Worth. She went to North Oaks Junior High and Richland High School. While in high school, she enjoyed performing as a f...
Gracey Tune, Peggy Bott-Kirby and Eddie Dunlap remember the excitement they felt to share their love for tap dancing and drums in their new creative center Arts Fifth Avenue. But their opening day emotions were shaken when national tragedy struck. It was the morning of Sept. 11, ...
For decades, Texas has allowed no-fault divorce, giving spouses a way to end a marriage without having to prove that one person was responsible for its breakdown. But the Texas GOP has made ending no-fault divorce one of its policy priorities heading into the upcoming Texas legis...
Veterinary medicine is often associated with treating household pets, but the profession has a much wider role in community life. Veterinarians help protect animal health, support responsible ownership and contribute to public health in ways that are not always immediately visibl...
The University of Texas at Arlington has announced the appointment of a new acting president: Dr. Archie Holmes. Last week, former UTA president Jennifer Cowley delivered her final State of the University address, the university said. Cowley announced her departure in August afte...
Fort Worth’s Fritz G. Lanham Federal Building has hit the market again. The U.S. General Services Administration on Sept. 10 announced plans to sell the 14-story, 669,264-square-foot building at 819 Taylor St., along with the adjacent parking garage, as part of the agency’s effor...
Dan Dipert Coaches is rolling into the third-generation of leadership. The 54-year-old Arlington-based, family-owned charter, tour and group-travel company has appointed Cade Muldrow as general manager. Muldrow joins Dan Dipert Coaches after building his career in sales leadershi...
The Fort Worth ISD board of managers approved more than $7 million in new spending in September. The biggest item was a $2.5 million increase to a previously approved contract for special education services. Now that contract is $3.2 million. Other large items include: More than ...
Fort Worth ISD will spend an additional $2.51 million on contracted speech-language pathologists and other special education service providers — more than three times what it planned in total three months ago. The Texas-appointed board of managers unanimously approved the increas...
Janette Hayden Haywood peacefully passed away from this earth to her heavenly home on Sept. 10, 2026. She was surrounded by love with her family by her side. Janette was born on Dec. 15, 1949, in Evening Shade, Arkansas. As the first child of Allien and Charles Lewis Hayden, she ...
The parents of a 4-year-old boy are suing a Fort Worth day care, alleging their son was restrained, dragged and yelled at by a teacher who also encouraged another child to hit him. The family said the April incident at Arka Montessori, off Risinger Road in Fort Worth, was more th...
Fort Worth Housing Solutions will cut the ribbon on Babers Manor, the latest piece of the plan to redistribute the units of the former Cavile Place housing project, Sept. 23. The grand opening of Babers Manor, 4400 Ramey Ave., is at 9 a.m. Named for the community leader Clarence ...
George (Mack) Morgan Jr, beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, and PaPa, 91, of Arlington, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sept. 7, 2026. Mack was born to the late George (Sr.) and Helen Morgan on Aug. 26, 1935, in Franklin, TX. George and Helen had nine children, and M...
Dana Leslie Russell passed away July 24, 2026 in Fort Worth. Dana was born Jan. 8, 1979, in Waco, TX, to Andy Russell and Sharon Anne Russell. She, her parents and two older sisters moved to Hurst, where she grew up and attended school. She is survived by her father, Andy; her mo...
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...
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 ...
William Douglas “Bill” Fisher was born Aug. 27, 1947, in Dallas, to Clifford Eugene Fisher of Des Moines, IA, and Annie Mae Fite Fisher of Ringgold, TX and passed away Sept. 4, 2026. Bill spent his early years in the small West Texas town of Crosbyton, where his father practiced ...
Annette Ward Wills, 66, of Fort Worth, passed away on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, at Mount Olivet in the Breyley Suite. Graveside Service: 9:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Annette was born on May 18, 1960, in F...
Bourland, Wall & Wenzel would like to welcome Senior Associate, Kayla Himes. Ms. Himes is a 2007 graduate of Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. Her practice as a long-time public defender focused on criminal defense and mental health law, and now is focused on fi...
