Editor’s note: Made in Tarrant is an occasional Q&A series on small businesses started in Tarrant County. Submit your business here. The Velvet Box, Marcelle LeBlanc’s growing Fort Worth chain of luxury adult toy stores, has come a long way since she and a partner began the business in 2009. The com
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In the last couple of decades, Catholic Charities Fort Worth added new services to address client demand. The nonprofit began offering transportation services throughout Tarrant County in 2012. It started a dental clinic in 2013. However, the organization dedicated to providing p...
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Ben Eliot Dyess, Jr. age 80, passed away peacefully at his home on Sept. 21, 2026. Memorial Service: 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, at Fort Worth Presbyterian Church, 6251 Oakmont Trail, Fort Worth. A private family burial will be held prior to the memorial service. Memorials: ...
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It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of William "Bill" Ernest Martin, Jr. age 83 at his home in Arlington, on Sept. 17, 2026. He was born Feb. 8,1943, in Cameron, West Virginia, to William Ernest Martin, Sr. And Lola Elaine Stanborn-Martin. He graduated from c...
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Debby Levon Lewis passed on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the age of 77, having been born on Tuesday, July 12, 1949 to Lloyd Short and Betty Inman, Debby was a resident of Kennedale, Texas. Debby will be truly missed by many relatives and friends, cherishing all the good memories sh...
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Four Tarrant County women say the Tarrant County Commissioners Court Decorum Policy violates people's civil rights, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday. The suit against Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare and the county was filed by residents Reed Bilz, Katherine Godby, Eliz...
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A longtime Fort Worth financial institution is being acquired in a transaction set to close in the first quarter of next year. Fort Worth’s Colonial Savings, a financial institution with $502 million in assets that focuses on home mortgages, has agreed to be acquired by Gateway F...
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Memories of the old TCC Northwest Campus return to persistence coach Candace Soto as a string of used-to-bes. Soto graduated from Marine Creek Collegiate High School on the campus in 2014. She stayed at Tarrant County College to earn more credits before transferring to a four-yea...
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Yaw Anane, 76 ARRANGEMENTS PENDING To send a flower arrangement in memory of Yaw Anane, please click here to visit our sympathy store.
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This weekend, music streamed from the streets between the George W. Hawkes Library and Theatre Arlington. The songs ranged in genre and were interspersed with the sounds of people talking to one of the more than 70 vendors along the corridor. The West Main Arts Festival spread ac...
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Frankie Louise Robinson Sorenson passed away on Sept. 1, 2026 at her home with her son Tony and wife Sheila, having lived a full life of love and devotion. Frankie was a quintessential woman of West Texas of her generation-young to marry, young to become a mother, devoted to fami...
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Leaders from across Texas will gather in Fort Worth this week to promote the state’s Black-owned businesses. The Texas Association of African American Chambers of Commerce will hold its 2026 annual conference Sept. 23-25 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Fort Worth South Hotel & Confer...
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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...
