TGIF! With three lively FIFA World Cup matches under Arlington’s belt so far and six more to go, I think that’s worthy of a pat on the back. With an abundance of World Cup matches and festivities buzzing through North Texas, weekdays have started to feel like weekends. But even i...
With a massive increase in game-related events in recent years, American Mahjong has taken the country by storm. Players of all ages enjoy the tile-based game, which is currently played almost exclusively in a digital format, and as the popularity of the game continues to increas...
For many North Texans, Lewisville Lake is a destination for boating, fishing, and weekend getaways on the water. But tucked into the Hickory Creek Arm is a quieter stretch where paddlers can glide past herons and kingfishers just minutes from busy roads. Officials held a ribbon-c...
A driver who admitted he was behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer when he fell asleep and collided with stopped traffic pleaded guilty Thursday to nine charges related to the deadly 7-car pileup that killed five people and injured four others. A plea hearing was scheduled for Th...
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A new five-year collective bargaining agreement with Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway is in place after members of the Transportation Communications Union/IAM ratified a new contract. The agreement with BNSF Union 41 — approved on June 12 — covers member pay increases totaling 17.5%...
Many celebrate America’s birthday with backyard barbecues and gatherings with loved ones. If grilling isn’t your specialty, however, there’s no reason you can’t mark the occasion with a special meal, and several restaurants around town are proving it through their Independence Da...
The city of Dallas shared more about the $120 million expansion of Klyde Warren Park. Construction is expected to start later this year, with completion by 2029. The 1.7-acre addition will also have more shaded space for dogs. The expansion will stretch the park from Saint Paul S...
Police are reviewing security at Dallas Stadium in Arlington after several people entered Monday’s World Cup match without tickets and one eluded capture. Arlington Police told NBC 5 Investigates they arrested four people who entered the stadium without tickets ahead of the match...
A family of ducks has been reunited thanks to a group of heroic Lewisville firefighters. According to the Lewisville Fire Department, the firefighters were finishing a workout on Thursday when they noticed a duck was standing near a water overflow drain, quacking loudly and swimm...
North Texans are literally opening their doors to soccer fans for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Maggie Walters is hosting a 22-year-old Japanese college student named Yuto Osato. NBC 5's Noelle Walker first caught up with him two weeks ago. "This is my home. Yeah, I'll be here. I feel...
Texas would make Bible stories required reading for more than 5 million public school students under a proposal that has reignited debate over widening efforts in the U.S. to put more religion in classrooms. A final vote by the Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education...
Germany has won the group and will play in Boston on Monday, June 29, at 3:30 p.m. Their opponent is still to be determined. Côte d’Ivoire will qualify as Group E runners-up and play either France or Norway in the Round of 32 at Dallas Stadium on June 30 at noon if they win or dr...
Thousands of Sweden fans are expected to march through Arlington on Thursday afternoon ahead of the Group F match against Japan at Dallas Stadium this evening. Organizers said they'll gather at about 1 p.m. near Choctaw Stadium, the former home of the Texas Rangers; the march sta...
The USMNT has clinched its spot in the knockout rounds and will play in Santa Clara on Wednesday, July 1, at 7 p.m. CST. Today's game against Turkiye in Los Angeles takes place at 9 p.m. Turkiye has already been eliminated after losing to Australia and Paraguay. Meanwhile, Austra...
Group F wraps up play today with three teams still alive to win the group – Netherlands, Japan, and Sweden. Japan and Sweden play for a chance to lock in their spot in the Round of 32 tonight at Dallas Stadium. The Netherlands plays Tunisia at the same time (6 p.m.) in Kansas Cit...
When the U.S. Men's National Team hits the pitch in Los Angeles, fans will bust out in "Take Me Home, Country Roads." U.S. Soccer officials picked John Denver's 1971 country folk song as the post-match sing-along. Before he changed his name to Denver and became famous, the man wh...
IRVING — There may not be a place where J.P. Hurlbert feels more comfortable than skating on his home rink. The Children’s Health StarsCenter in Valley Ranch has been his hockey home since he was 4 years old. For over a decade, he’s spent six days a week training at the facility ...
One child is dead, and several others are hurt after a house fire on the 4200 block of McCart Avenue in southwest Fort Worth. Fort Worth Fire Public Information Officer Craig Trojacek said his department received the call just before 3:00 a.m. on Thursday morning. Trojacek said t...
A school-aged child was killed, and several others were injured in an early morning house fire in Fort Worth that drew dozens of first responders and prompted a desperate rescue effort by a nearby driver who is now being hailed a hero by firefighters. At about 3 a.m. Thursday, fi...
Nominations close June 30, 2026 The Business Press will present the inaugural Business Titan Awards, a celebration of leadership, achievement, and community impact in Fort Worth. The event will recognize men whose influence extends far beyond the workplace. These are leaders who ...
Memories, it could be said, are the most precious thing in our lives. When all else is gone, they are what we cling to most to take us to places forever special. Then there's Alzheimer's. It steals memories, taking with it joy and happiness. I've never had a family member deal wi...
The horror movie Leviticus makes no overt reference to the Book of Leviticus. I dare say that gay readers are more familiar with the third book of the Old Testament than most Christians of any stripe. The relevant passage in the book says pretty unambiguously that male homosexual...
Mayor Mattie Parker is not legally required to abstain or recuse herself from city decision- making related to data centers because of her husband’s position at a firm that lobbies for a data center coalition, three experts in local government ethics told the Fort Worth Report. B...
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit involving Gateway Church leadership, Robert Morris and a group of church members who alleged the Southlake megachurch misused tithe money donated by its congregation. Chief District Judge Amos L. Mazzant agreed with the Southlake-based megachur...
Fort Worth ISD’s Texas-appointed board of managers approved more than $43 million in new spending during its June 23 meeting. Among the bigger purchases are an $8.1 million bump in a safety fence installation contract, a nearly $7.5 million purchase of insurance and an almost $7....
More than a year after a private wastewater treatment facility was proposed in southeast Tarrant County, residents are asking state environmental regulators to reconsider its application. Dressed collectively in red, more than 150 attendees gathered at the Forest Hill Civic and C...
Fort Worth council member Deborah Peoples said she had one of the most extraordinary experiences of her life happen this summer. She read to a group of children. The students told her they wanted to grow up to work for NASA, become doctors and cure cancer. “I was blown away,” Peo...
The timing is probably coincidental, but Royal Sons are dropping their new album on June 27, which is a day after the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn. I bring this up primarily because the fourth track on the first side is called “Crazy Horse” but also because M...
A small business in Keller doesn’t often toot its own horn. It doesn’t have to. Its customers are well-equipped to do that. For a change though, Houghton Horns is trumpeting a milestone — its 40-year anniversary — and the musical instrument sales and service company is glad to ac...
With soccer in your face at every turn, it’s hard to imagine anything else is going on. And yet, here we are. Wednesday – Sunday, June 24-28, 2026 Broadway at the Bass presents The Notebook: The Musical. Based on the bestselling novel that inspired the iconic film, the story foll...
Existing methods of transportation to the FIFA World Cup games in Arlington via charter buses and train rides will remain the same for now, an official of the North Central Texas Council of Governments said. Michael Morris, transportation director for the council of governments, ...
Just 23 minutes before the first FIFA World Cup match between the Netherlands and Japan last week, as tens of thousands of fans filed into Dallas Stadium, an FBI task force officer conducting drone countersurveillance was notified about an unmanned aircraft flying within the Temp...
Rickey Kinney is missing. The outsider artist and electronic musician called Fort Worth home in the late 2000s through late 2010s, composing, performing, and releasing electronic music under the nom de guerre Squanto, as well as producing music videos for local bands like Oil Boo...
CJ Winslow has lofty dreams to expand Catering to Love’s impact outside of North Texas. “In 10 years, we’re going to be in every NFL city in America,” the co-founder of the nonprofit said. “That’s our vision.” Winslow has led the organization’s efforts with a team of dedicated vo...
Forget superhero movies for a second. There are so many stories about sons born into privilege who waste their youth on pleasures and have to grow up, however belatedly, to be worthy of their family legacies. (Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part One is a good example.) How many such stor...
Forget superhero movies for a second. There are so many stories about sons born into privilege who waste their youth on pleasures and have to grow up, however belatedly, to be worthy of their family legacies. (Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part One is a good example.) How many such stor...
As the United States marks a historic milestone, 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Trinity Metro is joining the celebration in a big way. On Saturday, July 4, 2026, Trinity Metro will provide free rides on all local Tarrant County services, inviting ...
12 Consecutive Cars.com Leasing Company of the Year Awards Reflect Five Decades of Customer Trust D&M Leasing, the nation's largest consumer car leasing company, is celebrating five decades of service. Since 1976, D&M Leasing has helped consumers lease new and pre-owned vehicles ...
Levitt Pavilion in downtown Arlington sits desolate this month, a stark contrast to June, when an estimated 1,500 people piled into the small green space to enjoy the Help Center for LGBTQ+ Health’s celebration of gay culture which included vendors, live entertainment from notabl...
An American boy born today will on average live almost five fewer years than a member of the opposite sex born today. In addition to directly affecting in the most profound and personal manner the 1.88 million boys who will be born in our country this year, this burden also weigh...
The term “food apartheid” was coined by food justice advocate Karen Washington to highlight that lack of healthy food is not a natural condition but a system of segregation that divides people with access to abundant, nutritious food and those who are denied that access because o...
Aaaaand we’re back to the Beautiful Game — or a movie screening about it, at least. The Irving Archives and Museum (801 W Irving Blvd, Irving, 972-721-3700) invites you to step into the stories behind sports history via two current exhibits: The Perfect Shot: Walter Iooss Jr. and...
Visuals of athletic competition impact us. The perfectly captured victory celebration, the image of a defeated competitor’s despair, the moment of a home run robbery — such pictures drive home the emotion we feel about what happens on the playing surfaces. They can have impact be...
Online shopping has a funny way of speeding things up. A product looks good, the price looks even better, and within minutes the checkout page is open. Nobody plans to trust a questionable website, but discounts have a way of making red flags seem less important. The strange thin...
Most people learn the difference between a PDF and a Word document at the worst possible time: five minutes before they need to fix a typo, update a date, or replace a logo. A Word file lets you click, type, delete, and move on. A PDF can make the same small change feel strangely...
OPENING Carry on Jatta 4 (NR) The latest installment of the Punjabi-language comedy series is about a family dealing with the death of their patriarch and their dog. Starring Gippy Grewal, Jasmin Bajwa, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Karamjit Anmol, Jasmin Bhasin, Binnu Dhillon, and Sunil Grov...
Many Texans have ordered them for breakfast, picked them up on road trips and called them kolaches their entire lives. But one North Texas bakery says a popular savory pastry has been misidentified for decades. “It's not a pig in a blanket. It's not a sausage roll. It's not even ...
As flash flood waters overwhelmed vehicles on a North Texas roadway last Friday, one police officer did not hesitate to act. Baylor University Medical Center Police Officer Brittney Taylor says she helped rescue six people after rising water stranded multiple drivers near the hos...
A third person has been arrested in connection with a cold case murder that police say they cracked last April with the arrest of the victim's former wife. Now, the woman's current husband is also accused in connection with the man's death 24 years ago. Frisco Police, working wit...
The state-appointed Fort Worth ISD board of managers approved the district's budget for the upcoming school year during its Tuesday night meeting, including a 5% pay increase for classroom teachers and initiatives aimed at improving recruitment and retention at high-need schools....
A 12-year-old Dallas middle-schooler ended up on the streets, where a pimp discovered her. For as little as $50, he sold her for sex. He withheld food unless she worked. She later disappeared into the state's foster care system after suffering from depression. She attempted suici...
The southbound lanes of Interstate 35E in Carrollton at the George Bush Turnpike were closed Wednesday morning after a deadly truck crash and explosion. Police said an 18-wheeler was involved in a major crash that started at about midnight. Parts of the PGBT were closed while the...
Art and soccer come to Oak Cliff Wednesday night for the 2026 World Cup's Copa de Cliff festival. It's a free community celebration taking place along Jefferson Boulevard and in the Bishop Arts District along Bishop Ave. from 6 – 10 p.m. More than 50 local businesses, artists, an...
Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors at the Christian camp for girls along the Guadalupe River in Texas. Camp Mystic has been under increasing pressure since t...
The Dallas Mavericks reportedly have two new players to add to their busy week of offseason news, and they could add another tonight in round 2 of the NBA Draft. First was the 9th overall selection, Morez Johnson Jr., a forward/center who won a national championship with new Mavs...
The Dallas Mavericks have four new players to add to their busy week of offseason news. Round 1 First was the 9th overall selection, Morez Johnson Jr., a forward/center who won a national championship with new Mavs head coach Dusty May just a few months ago. Johnson Jr. is 6-foot...
Dozens of hands shot up as Pete Geren, president of Fort Worth ISD’s board of managers, asked a question to the audience gathered Tuesday inside the District Service Center. Is reading a civil right? The belief that it is, Geren said, shaped the district’s nearly $1.1 billion bud...
The next chapter of Fort Worth’s new downtown library began Tuesday, when City Council members voted to spend $5.95 million to buy 1.38 acres off of Summit Avenue. The city will clear the plot of dilapidated office buildings for a 20,000- to 30,000-square-foot library with parkin...
Dallas-Fort Worth keeps attracting new speculative industrial building development. On Tuesday, Hillwood announced it is under construction on Alliance Westport 16, a 1.2 million-square-foot speculative industrial building in the Alliance Logistics District. Construction should b...
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