A lifelong fascination with Antarctica and maps has helped create a new exhibit at the University of Texas at Arlington that traces 500 years of exploration of the remote continent. Longtime NBC 5 meteorologist David Finfrock began donating his Antarctic map collection to UTA Special Collections in
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Some people say that filmmakers don’t make different movies, they just make different versions of the same movie over and over. Martin McDonagh’s filmmaking debut was 2008’s In Bruges, about two Irish hit men in Belgium, one of whom has secretly been tasked with killing the other...
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I made some new friends who had come in town for a collegiate sporting event in the Austin area this past Saturday. I happened to have my phone out while sharing a car ride and talk turned to how their alma mater had done on the gridiron that day. So I looked up the score for the...
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Mattie Louise Cole, 94, passed away Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. Graveside Service: 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, at Greenwood Memorial Park. Mattie was born on Sept. 30, 1932 in Mineola, Texas to Clarence Jack and Mary Mattie Stroud. Mattie worked at Monings Department Store as the Bern...
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Archbishop Dr. Jerry King, 88, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, at Christ the King Church, 2800 Tin Top Rd, Weatherford, TX 76087, with an interment at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, at Greenwood Memorial Park, 3100 White Settleme...
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Elizabeth "Earline" Wood, 83, beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, went home to be with our Heavenly Father on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. A celebration of Earline's life will be held at Lakeside Baptist Church in Granbury, Texas, on Nov. 12, 2026, at 11...
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Alma Ozena Perez, 82, passed away Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. Funeral: 12 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Independence Chapel at Greenwood Mausoleum, 3210 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107. Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park, 3100 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107. Alma Ozen...
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It will be a long-awaited celebration that marks the beginning of a new chapter for the community. The community is invited to a public groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Evans & Rosedale mixed-use development in the Historic Southside neighborhood, followed by a block ...
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Trinity Metro broke ground today on a 2.1-mile TEXRail extension that will bring regional commuter rail service to Fort Worth’s Medical District and Near Southside, connecting more people to jobs, healthcare, education and local businesses. The $270 million extension will continu...
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Part Two: Start With One Thing In Part One, we looked at an encouraging idea: Caring for our brains doesn't have to begin when we're older. Some of the daily choices we make at 40 and 50 may influence our brain health decades later. And some of those choices are surprisingly simp...
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Charles Waithaka Gathungu was born on Sept. 14, 1957, in Nyeri, Kenya, to the late Wilson Gathungu and Elizabeth Mugure. He peacefully departed this life on Oct. 27, 2026, in Milford, Massachusetts, USA, at the age of 69, following a long and courageous battle with illness. Charl...
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Business, civic, and community leaders gathered at the Fairmont Hotel to honor the Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman and former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas DALLAS, Nov. 4, 2026 — The World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth presented the 43rd annual H.Neil...
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Mr. Jeffery Wright Jr. was born on Monday, Jan. 6, 1936, in Lake Providence, Louisiana to the loving parents of Deacon Jeffery Wright Sr. and Lillian Wright. He was the second of seventeen children. Jeffery was a man of faith who believed in serving the Lord and living a life ded...
