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During the 2024 presidential election, UT Arlington student Lan Le and five friends made plans in a group chat to vote on campus at the Maverick Activities Center. Le, a psychology and medical laboratory science senior, did not vote there but accompanied her friends to make the w...
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The Tarrant County Commissioners Court seat significantly redrawn during last summer’s high-profile county redistricting is on the ballot Nov. 3, marking the first election under its new precinct boundaries. Republican Tony Tinderholt and Democrat Jared Williams are seeking the P...
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When Jeannie Deakyne took command of a company of U.S. soldiers in Baghdad in 2005, she spent the first two days writing home. Not to her own family and friends, but to the loved ones of the 100 or so soldiers under her command. Deakyne wrote to a parent, spouse, partner or sibli...
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Keller ISD recognized Keller Center for Advanced Learning graphic design teacher Andrea Haefeli as the first recipient of the Keller ISD Star Educator Award for the 2026-27 school year. Haefeli was nominated by former student Mackenzi Christenson, who credits her instruction with...
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William Edward “Bill” Bastable, 89, of Arlington, passed away peacefully on Oct. 7, 2026. Known to his grandchildren as “Grandpa Willy” or “Papa,” Bill lived a life full of creativity, curiosity, faith, and a wonderfully quirky sense of humor. Bill was born on March 16, 1937, in ...
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As Downtown Dallas faces losing some of its biggest corporate and entertainment anchors, city leadership is throwing its support behind an ambitious vision to reshape the urban core over the next decade. AT&T plans to relocate its headquarters to Plano, the historic Neiman Marcus...
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In Loving Memory of Malcolm Jenkins Malcolm Jenkins was a beloved son, grandson, brother, father, nephew, uncle, and friend with a big personality and an even bigger heart. Outgoing and full of life, Malcolm never met a stranger. He had a gift for turning strangers into friends, ...
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Getting sober is one challenge, but staying sober can be a lifelong journey. A North Texas nonprofit is helping people recovering from addiction find strength, accountability, and a sense of purpose through running. Running for Renewal brings people together through fitness, fait...
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A Dallas woman was found guilty of intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault for the deadly crash involving an SMU student on a Central Expressway feeder road. Lynlee Pollis had nearly four times the legal limit of alcohol in her blood after the crash, according to a tox...
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In Loving Memory of Kyle Smith Kyle Smith, 65, born in Houston, Texas, passed away at his home in Fort Worth, on Oct. 5, 2026. Kyle attended The Kinkaid School before continuing his education and graduating at Rice University in Houston, where he was a four-year letterman in foot...
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Lena was born on Feb. 16, 1929, to Homer and Shirley Register Farris in Fort Worth. She lived virtually her entire life in Fort Worth and died peacefully there on the morning of Oct. 9, 2026, embraced by the love of generations of her family. Earlier in her adult life, Lena worke...
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Patrick Gaylon Hicks, 60, of Grand Prairie, was born June 27, 1966, in Waco, Texas, and passed away Oct. 5, 2026. Patrick’s life was marked by steady dedication, hard work, and a spirit that could lighten any room—often with a quick laugh, a playful grin, or a perfectly timed bit...
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Hailing from a family that prioritized the importance of education, Dr. Karen Molinar knew from a young age that she would follow in the footsteps of her aunts and cousins and become an educator. She never strayed from that goal and went on to achieve a successful career in publi...
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CAREITY is partnering with SOLIS Mammography and THE CENTERTX for free 3-D Mammograms. Women who are uninsured and underinsured age 40 and over can apply for a voucher by calling 817-882-4100. If you are under 40 and notice something unusual or have breast pain, contact your phys...
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Hospitals honored for cardiovascular, diabetes, and stroke care Multiple Texas Health Resources hospitals and joint ventures were recognized by the American Heart Association for their advanced care of patients with heart attacks, strokes and diabetes. Sixteen Texas Health facili...
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The October 18 event will bring together fashion, art, music and community in celebration of CHAZLYN founder Chaz Pilarcik’s mother and women facing their own cancer journeys Texas-founded footwear brand CHAZLYN will bring its deeply personal Step With Her campaign to The Crescen...
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More parking — for automobiles, not horses — is coming to the Fort Worth Stockyards. M.L. Leddy’s and the Franklin family, in partnership with Parking Systems of America, began to turn dirt on a $14 million, four-and-a-half-story structured parking garage at Ellis Avenue and NW 2...
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An estimated 31,000 manufacturing jobs will become available in the Fort Worth-Dallas metroplex by 2030, according to the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, an organization based at the University of Texas at Arlington that supports the local manufacturing industry. Job growt...
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Editor’s note: Made in Tarrant is an occasional Q&A series on small business in Tarrant County. Optimized Waste Removal What: The company provides valet trash-and-junk-removal services for apartments, multifamily units. Originally operating only in North Texas, but now throughout...
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Enchilada restaurateur Mary Perez isn’t rolling over in an uncertain economy. She’s spicing up her business with new services. Since opening Enchiladas Olé at 1208 W. Magnolia Ave. nearly a year ago, Perez is tackling challenges as rising costs, limited parking and upcoming const...
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Fideo, a simple, but tasty Mexican comfort food dish, is a popular staple at Fort Worth’s Cafecito restaurant. Served as a soup, cooked vermicelli noodles and spices are blended in a savory tomato broth that makes a satisfying meal. Cafecito’s version adds a signature pink quesad...
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The packages just kept arriving at Literacy United. In the days leading up to TCU’s Oct. 3 football game against BYU, the Fort Worth nonprofit received deliveries from people across the country. Children’s books. Learning games. Educational supplies. As more Amazon boxes showed u...
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Friends and family members of all ages are invited to celebrate Hispanic Heritage at this year’s Michelada Festival in Downtown Fort Worth. The free event on Sunday, Oct. 11 offers street food, live musical performances, various vendor booths, and a Michelada Contest. Five blocks...
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Lawyer Andy Taylor has spent nearly 40 years drawing political maps and fighting them in court. Now, he’s ready to challenge Mansfield ISD. Taylor, who represented George W. Bush in Florida’s 2000 presidential election recount, warned trustees Oct. 7 that he will file a lawsuit i...
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Dallas police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy who was fatally shot at an apartment complex in southern Dallas early Sunday morning. The shooting happened around 1 a.m. at an apartment complex on Wadsworth Drive, off Loop 12 near Interstate 45. According to the Dal...
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Natalie Martinez has a soft spot for Fort Worth’s Northside neighborhood. Welcome to 52 Faces 52 Faces of Community is a Fort Worth Report weekly series spotlighting local unsung heroes. It is sponsored by Central Market, H-E-B and JPS Health Network. At the end of the year, thes...
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Downtown Garland Square is getting a colorful transformation as larger-than-life creatures inspired by Mexican folk art take over the heart of the city. "Alebrijes: A Dreamworld in Downtown Garland" is a free, six-month outdoor exhibition featuring monumental sculptures of fantas...
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Shirley Mae Risner Showmaker died peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Fort Worth, at the age of 90. Shirley Mae Risner Showmaker was born at home in West Frankfort, Illinois, on Monday, Feb. 17, 1936, during a snow blizzard. The sixth child of James Arthur Risner and Elsie ...
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Bernice Helen Stephens, known to most of her family and friends throughout much of her life as Bernice Miller, 93, of Arlington, went home to be with her Lord on Oct. 4, 2026. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in Memorial Suite B, at Greenwood Funeral Home,...
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Betty Mae Robison, age 89, a longtime resident of Plano, Texas, will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. Betty was born on April 29, 1937, in Fort Worth to Iva Mae Martin and Elmer Newton "Boots" Martin. She grew up in the Grapevine...
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Mrs. Rachel D. Rodriguez passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, surrounded by her family. Funeral Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. Interment to follow at Greenwood Memorial Park, 3100 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107. Rosary: ...
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Robert Joe Flores, 64, passed away Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. Rosary: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, in Mount Olivet Chapel. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery. Robert was born on Sept. 23, 1962, in Oscod...
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Phyllis Jean Propes, 93, passed away Sunday, October 4th, 2026. Graveside Service: 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, at Greenwood Memorial Park, 3100 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107. Celebration of Life to follow at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church Fort Worth. Visitation: 6...
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Velma was born in Fletcher, Oklahoma on December 4th, 1925, to Luther and Lottie Mauldin. She had 5 sisters and 2 brothers. She grew up in Oklahoma, playing with her sisters, climbing trees, and being ornery. She seemed to get in a lot more trouble than any of her siblings. She m...
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By Autumn Rose Reo When I first came to Arlington over two decades ago, I thought it would be a brief “layover” since I was traveling nonstop for work, so I wanted to live as close to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport as possible. However, as I drove around the rolling hill...
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Kenyon Smith is quite familiar with pipe organs. He grew up listening to the brassy tunes his father, a church organist, used to play regularly until his death two years ago. Since then, Kenyon and his wife, Dorothy, searched for ways to introduce their kids to the type of music ...
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The Fort Worth Board of Adjustment approved three property variances at its Sept. 16 meeting for the future Baylor Scott & White Health neighborhood hospital in east Fort Worth. The facility, located just off U.S. Highway 287 at 2511 Mitchell Blvd., is one of four emergency hospi...
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The Fort Worth Sports Authority approved its 2027 budget at an Aug. 11 meeting. Members noted that the city collected $579,000 in gas lease royalties, including those from Texas Motor Speedway in north Fort Worth. A 2008 settlement governs how that money is spent. The authority m...
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Tarrant County’s workforce board will spend $148.3 million next year, with more than three-quarters going toward childcare. The Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County and the Workforce Governing Board unanimously approved its fiscal 2027 budget Aug. 26. The Fort Worth Report Docu...
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Just beyond the front gate at Fair Park is a 90-year-old building brimming with history. The Continental DAR house has been owned and maintained by the Jane Douglas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution since 1937. One of the more well-known reasons fairgoers stop b...
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Girls Inc. of Tarrant County is inviting the public to The Grove at Fort Worth Botanic Garden for their annual Day of the Girl! The free event on Sunday, Oct. 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. offers an afternoon of shopping, wellness, and community fun the whole family can enjoy. There ...
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Dream Center Dallas is helping North Texas families in need by hosting a free grocery drive-thru and clothing giveaway this weekend. The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 10, from noon to 2 p.m. at Dream Center Dallas, located at 1900 S. Ewing Ave. in Dallas. Families can rece...
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Saturday is the 122nd edition of the Red River Rivalry: The University of Texas (4-0, 1-0 SEC) vs. the University of Oklahoma (2-2, 0-1) at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Fair Park. The game kicks off at 2:30 p.m., but the State Fair will open early, at 7 a.m. The gates to the Cotton...
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Student interest in manufacturing has peaked as the outlook for job growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex remains optimistic, pushing two local organizations to educate the sector’s potential future workforce. The Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center and TechFW, who together...
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Editor’s note: This story continues the Fort Worth Report’s coverage of Manor Independent Living. You can read the first two stories here and here. The Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office is moving to terminate its contracts with Manor Independent Living on behalf of three m...
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The North Texas theater community is in shock after two rising actors who colleagues called “the future” died this week. Madi Duren, 22, and her partner, Julian Harris, 23 died after a car accident on Garland Road in Dallas. Both recently graduated from the theater program at Sou...
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Patricia Delane Peery, was born on Dec. 12, 1940, in Mansfield, Texas, where she grew up and lived until her marriage to John Richard Peery on July 3, 1964. Following their marriage, Delane and John made their home in Arlington, where they built their life together. A talented ar...
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It’s not quite a Michelin star, but a Haltom City company offering authentic Mexican ice cream and desserts scooped up the grand prize in H-E-B’s 13th annual Quest for Texas Best competition. Sol Dias Ice Cream, a family-owned Mexican ice cream company founded in 2020 by Victor a...
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Mayor Maddie Parker Mistakes Michelle Obama for Kamala Harris During the celebration of the 100th birthday of Fort Worth legend Dr. Opal Lee, a.k.a. the Grandmother of Juneteenth, effortlessly elegant former First Lady Michelle Obama spoke — after she was mistaken for former Vice...
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A handful of candidates seeking to represent Tarrant County in the Texas House of Representatives say they want to give residents a voice in Austin and tackle the pressing issues facing local communities, with the foremost concern being affordability. Candidates discussed the rel...
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A list of 18 Grapevine-Colleyville ISD employees that a former school board member described as "poison teachers" has been released after a yearslong legal battle, leaving some current and former district employees questioning why their names were included. The list, which includ...
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What was supposed to be a fun family outing at the State Fair of Texas turned into a frightening ordeal for a mother whose son is battling terminal brain cancer after she said her purse was stolen with his emergency seizure medication inside. But an unexpected act of kindness fro...
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Fort Worth's historical role as a major manufacturing, railroad, and industrial center throughout the twentieth century means the city carries a significant legacy of asbestos exposure risk, affecting workers across multiple industries decades before the health dangers of asbesto...
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Lamborghini, Maserati, Viper and Porsche: At first glance, a North Texas garage looks like a dream exotic car collection but the story behind how the rides got here is riddled with fraud. "These cars do not belong to the defendant and they were paid for by lying to investors, lyi...
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Isaias strengthened Friday into a major hurricane as it headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, where final preparations were being made for potentially life-threatening storm surges and high winds. The hurricane is forecast to make landfall late Friday somewhere along the Alabama-Flo...
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Keith Argenbright, M.D., Director of the Moncrief Cancer Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center, received the 2026 Texans Conquer Cancer Award in Population Health from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) on Monday, Oct. 5, at the organization’s 202...
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A national veterans charity built a free, verified directory so no veteran has to dial a dead number twice.
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NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) invite you in the celebration of five decades of contemporary modern dance and community impact. DBDT, the oldest continuously operating professional dance company in Dallas, announces its 50th anniversary season, "50 Yea...
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When it comes to a private school application, test scores are just one piece of the puzzle — albeit an important one. The Independent School Entrance Examination is one of the most popular tests, which more than 1,200 schools around the world accept. That includes many of the Da...
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A shuttle driver said the word "embarrassing" in earshot of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott as he was walking to the locker room after Thursday's loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to NBC 5's Pat Doney. Prescott seemed irritated and said something to a team emplo...
