Janice Eileen Gardner (neè Gravelle) passed away peacefully on Sept. 15, 2026. Graveside Service: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, at Greenwood Memorial Park, 3100 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107, with a visitation one hour prior to the service in Memorial Suite B, at Greenwood Funeral Home
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“Legend” isn’t a distinction to be thrown around much, but when it comes to Fort Worth music, blues in particular — and accounting for all the history in that genre dating to Robert Ealey, Blue Bird Café, and earlier — James “Gut-tar” Hinkle is a living legend. The blues singer-s...
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In Loving Memory of Ana Josefina Alfaro Dec. 10, 1931 – Sept. 13, 2026 CROWLEY – Ana Josefina Alfaro, 94, passed away on Sept. 13, 2026, leaving behind a beautiful legacy in the family she cherished so deeply. Funeral Mass: 12 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, in Independence Chapel ...
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Christy Lynn Wall, 69, was a beloved mother, Mimi, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend who filled the lives of those around her with love, laughter, and unforgettable memories. Christy had a fun and adventurous spirit. She was silly, full of personality, and always knew how to mak...
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Joyce Ann Strickland, 76, of Alvarado, Texas, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, at Mount Olivet in the Breyley Suite. Funeral Service: 12 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Mount Olivet Chapel. Interment: Mount Oliv...
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Tarrant County’s public health department is holding 14 community listening sessions this month to solicit feedback from residents and learn what matters the most to them about their health. The listening sessions are part of how Tarrant County Public Health creates its community...
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A little orange ball has taken Myles Turner around the world. It’s bounced him from Bedford to the University of Texas at Austin, through a decade with the Indiana Pacers and now to the Milwaukee Bucks. But Turner told Hurst-Euless-Bedford trustees that basketball has always brou...
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In Colby Ayers’ 20 years of bird watching at the Village Creek Drying Beds, he said he’s never seen water levels as low as this summer. When he last visited, Ayers noticed the drying beds were heavily vegetated, with the ponds almost completely dry, he said. Like Ayers, birders a...
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A Fort Worth-area Texas lawmaker plans to introduce legislation on a hot button topic: data centers. After co-authoring laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence within state and local government agencies, state Sen. Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound, is crafting bills relating...
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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...
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A piece of downtown Fort Worth history will get one final celebration Sunday before the Fort Worth Convention Center Arena — known as the “Flying Saucer” — is torn down. The free farewell party, called “It’s Goin’ Down,” will be the final event inside the arena, which has stood d...
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Joyce Marie Zachry, 93, passed away peacefully on Sept. 15, 2026, in Arlington. Joyce was born on Feb. 4, 1933, in Joliet, Illinois, to Ignazio Ferrandello and Mafalda Nardocci Ferrandello. She was raised in Chicago and later made Arlington, her home. Joyce retired from the U.S. ...
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Germany received its first F-35 fighter jet Friday, marking a major milestone in the country's effort to modernize its air force with the American-made aircraft. The aircraft, built at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth facility, is the first of 35 F-35s Germany has ordered. Germany's ...
