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The Weekly has two special issues coming up. Our annual Creature Comforts Edition hits the stands the last week of July, and our inaugural Back-to-School Issue comes out the first week of August. Creature Comforts 2026 Our annual animal-oriented issue comes out on Wed, Jul 29. Fr...
The Dallas Wings have two All-Star starters: Paige Bueckers and Jessica Shepard. Bueckers, who is averaging nearly 20 points this season, received the most votes among all starters and will make her second straight All-Star start. She's improved her points per game, assists per g...
We finally caught up with Matthew McNeal after he took home the Mullen & Mullen Music Project’s inaugural JAMBALOO Music Prize for his 2025 album HIGHLONESOME. Besides a bevy of local-music-industry-related boons, the prize package included $20,000 cash, a sum at which anyone (le...
Last week, a group of teenagers made their way into Arts Fifth Avenue in the Near Southside with backpacks over their shoulders. Although it’s summer vacation, these Fort Worth friends weren’t taking a break. The nearly 20 members of PassionFruit Theatre Company write, direct, co...
This story is the second in a two-part series examining Texas A&M’s growth in Fort Worth, looking at what job and workforce opportunities the campus could bring to Fort Worth and Tarrant County. Part 1 explored how A&M Law’s rise helped shape the new downtown building. Texas A&M-...
The Tarrant To & Through Partnership’s new CEO wants to ensure Fort Worth students are prepared for the opportunities that come from the city’s growth. The board of directors of the organization, also known as the T3 Partnership, on Monday appointed David Saenz as president and C...
This story is the first in a two-part series examining Texas A&M’s growth in Fort Worth, looking at how A&M Law’s rise helped shape the new downtown building. Part 2 will explore what job and workforce opportunities the campus could bring to Fort Worth and Tarrant County. Dean Ro...
The Dallas Wings have lost back-to-back games for just the second time this season, and it again involved the Minnesota Lynx. Dallas struggled offensively in the first half, only scoring 29 points and committing eight turnovers. Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd scored a combined 46 p...
Adrienne Haynes left Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa’s June 9 Fort Worth town hall with the same question she brought into it. If Texas returns control of schools to local communities, who makes sure struggling districts actually improve? Haynes, a Fort Worth ISD...
The Dallas Wings are trying to avoid losing the season series to the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday afternoon when they host them at the College Park Center in Arlington. The Wings are coming off a blowout loss to the Las Vegas Aces. The Lynx just split two games with the Washington My...
TheWings' young stars have elevated the team, leading them to their best start as a franchise since relocating to Dallas. The Wings have already reached 11 wins, more than each of the past two seasons, and they're on pace for their best season ever. The Wings have never won more ...
The modern adult desk has changed. Somewhere between the laptop, the coffee mug, and the plant that is technically still alive, there is often a tiny superhero, a cartoon character, or a plastic reminder of a show someone has watched more times than they would admit in public. Ex...
Rex Benson wanted something as big as Texas to draw attention to his sports bar, Rex’s Bar & Grill, during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. “I told my team I basically wanted a soccer ball so large that NASA could see it from space,” he said. “I’m not quite sure I understood just how lar...
Tarrant County College trustees approved about $24.3 million in contracts, renewals and purchases during their June 18 board meeting. The largest expense was a $9.3 million amendment for site utility relocation and long-lead materials for a new science building at the Northeast c...
By Hiya Bhatte I am originally from Prosper, around an hour northeast, but have been calling Fort Worth home for nearly four years now. Moving here was never part of the plan until I made the decision to do my undergrad at TCU. When I first moved to town, settled into my on-campu...
Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers has proven to be a favorite around the WNBA yet again, trailing only four-time league MVP A’ja Wilson in votes after the first fan returns for the 2026 All-Star game. The 2025 No. 1 overall pick and WNBA rookie of the year is averaging 19 points, ...
$10 million Roach Foundation gift establishes institute dedicated to advancing the future of human performance research Texas Christian University today announced the launch of the Roach Institute of Athlete Engineering, an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to advancing human...
Studying a Texas Christian University athlete’s performance may start with a football player sweating under sweltering heat. But it does not end on the field. The same research may help a firefighter in a burning building. A line worker on a power line. Or a police dog whose move...
On a bright day this spring, Karen Cramer stood before a sign marking the future home of Texas Wesleyan University’s new stadium. Cramer wore a yellow Texas Wesleyan sweatshirt, held a football helmet and raised her right hand in the “Rams Up” sign. Around her stood student-athle...
Planning to tee up a golf vacation to the iconic courses in Ireland? If that’s on your bucket list, there’s now a Fort Worth connection to the Emerald Isle to help you play through. Fort Worth’s Escalante Golf, a boutique owner and operator of luxury golf courses and clubs across...
Tarrant County College District trustees had blunt words for two outside forces complicating the district’s next budget. At a workshop Thursday, trustees reviewed a proposed $425.7 million operating budget for fiscal year 2027, up $10 million from this year’s adopted budget. The ...
The Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District board reviewed fiscal year 2026 second-quarter financial and performance updates as well as reports on community partnership initiatives during a May 19 meeting. Staff also presented updates on the school crossing guard program...
The numbers left Pamela Anglin, Tarrant County College chief financial officer, with few options for the upcoming budget year. Property tax revenue is projected to decrease. State funding is expected to remain flat. Tuition revenue may increase only slightly with enrollment growt...
Japan’s men’s national soccer team ranks 18th in the world. That rating and their track record indicate they stand a good chance of emerging from their group (F) at the FIFA World Cup 2026 but not impacting the later rounds. However, the Samurai Blue may have had a substantial ef...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former TCU star and Minnesota Lynx rookie Olivia Miles had 24 points, seven rebounds, and six assists; Kayla McBride added 22 points. The Minnesota Lynx used a big first half to cruise past the Dallas Wings 100-76 on Tuesday night for their eighth straight vict...
Ryan Litsey, Ph.D., joins Texas Christian University (TCU) as the dean of the Mary Couts Burnett Library. Litsey has more than 15 years of progressive leadership experience as a senior academic library administrator at Carnegie Classified Research 1 institutions and invitation-on...
The Dallas Wings are off to their best start to a regular season since the franchise relocated from Tulsa more than 10 years ago, including going 2-0 in Commissioner's Cup play. The Wings defeated the Los Angeles Sparks and the league's top scorer, Kelsey Plum, on Friday night. T...
Christopher Ray, senior vice president and provost, has a vision for UNT Health Fort Worth: double the number of students over the next five years. “North Texas is one of the fastest-growing regions in America, and I feel very strongly that the world needs more of what we provide...
Chuck Kalat, wife Janet and daughter Patricia walked in close step as they entered Texas Health Mansfield Stadium for the first time. Decked out in Czechia gear from head to toe, the family members admired the natural grass, joining others in the first public look at the soccer s...
Mistletoe Heights sits at a rare intersection of location, historic architecture and a wonderfully diverse mix of residents. As a third-generation Fort Worthian who has spent nearly my entire life in Council District 9, I’ve always been drawn to neighborhoods with an urban feel a...
Fort Worth’s newest round of public art projects, approved by voters May 2 as part of an $845 million bond package, is on the drawing board. The Fort Worth Art Commission discussed planning for the projects at a retreat on May 16. Documenters empowers people like you to help fill...
The Dallas Wings are off to the best start to a regular season since the franchise relocated from Tulsa after the 2015 season. They dominated Seattle Monday night en route to a 23-point win, in which they held Seattle to 33% shooting from the field. Paige Bueckers had 10 points i...
Barnes & Noble, which once had three locations in Fort Worth — four if you count the university-focused Texas Christian University location — will soon have three again. The New York-based bookstore chain recently filed a plan with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation...
It's been a decade since TCU hired the founding dean of its medical school in Fort Worth. A group of about 100, including prominent Fort Worth leaders, gathered recently to celebrate ten years of Dr. Stuart Flynn, the founding dean of the Anne Marion Burnett School of Medicine at...
