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FORT WORTH, Texas (Sept. 14, 2026) — TXCPA Fort Worth recognized six members for their leadership, service and contributions to the accounting profession and local community during its 2026 Summer Members Meeting on July 16 at the Fort Worth City Club. The 2025-26 TXCPA Fort Wort...
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Presented by This annual award recognizes and honors Fort Worth small businesses that have demonstrated exemplary "Best Practices" in business. Members and Non-Members are welcome to apply. TIMELINE: June 8 – Application opens September 18, 5:00 pm – Application closes Mid-Octobe...
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Nonprofit directors. Business owners. Local government leaders. Community organizers. Tarrant County natives holding a plethora of these positions were part of the first Changemakers cohort. The program, launched by Community Frontline in partnership with Social Impact Architects...
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Mary Jean Roberts passed on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 in Grand Prairie, at the age of 92. Born on Wednesday, May 9, 1934 in Arlington to Frank Morgan and Mae Ditto. Mary was a resident of Grand Prairie. Mary will be truly missed by many relatives and friends, cherishing all the goo...
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Archie Holmes, an executive vice chancellor in the University of Texas System, will become the acting president of the University of Texas at Arlington on Sept. 15, Chancellor John Zerwas announced Monday. Holmes will be the first Black person to serve as UTA’s top leader, univer...
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Fort Worth’s Fritz G. Lanham Federal Building has hit the market again. The U.S. General Services Administration on Sept. 10 announced plans to sell the 14-story, 669,264-square-foot building at 819 Taylor St., along with the adjacent parking garage, as part of the agency’s effor...
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Eric Dean Ewing, beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, friend, and mentor, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sept. 8, 2026, at the age of 59, following a courageous battle with cancer. The funeral service will be held at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic...
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William Marcus Milligan, 78, died on Sept. 5, 2026, in Lawton, Oklahoma. Visitation will be held on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in Greenwood Funeral Home Memorial Suite B, 3344 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107. A funeral service will follow at 12:00 p.m. on Thur...
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Fort Worth police said a driver was cited after crashing into the backyard of a home while children were outside on Sunday. The incident happened on Herritage Trace Parkway, which runs along the fence line of the subdivision with very little space between the road and their backy...
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Dan Dipert Coaches is rolling into the third-generation of leadership. The 54-year-old Arlington-based, family-owned charter, tour and group-travel company has appointed Cade Muldrow as general manager. Muldrow joins Dan Dipert Coaches after building his career in sales leadershi...
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In May, the Arlington Public Library launched neurodiverse programming for adults focused on making its events more accessible and inclusive. Now, that programming will see a boost after the library received more than $25,000 in state and federal grant funding. Mark Dellenbaugh, ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 11, 2026 delivered the keynote address and presented awards to honor the service and sacrifice of peace officers, firefighters, and first responders at the 2026 Star Of Texas Awards in Austin. “Today, on Sept. 11, 2026, we remember those we lost and are ...
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The Fort Worth ISD board of managers approved more than $7 million in new spending in September. The biggest item was a $2.5 million increase to a previously approved contract for special education services. Now that contract is $3.2 million. Other large items include: More than ...
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Fort Worth ISD will spend an additional $2.51 million on contracted speech-language pathologists and other special education service providers — more than three times what it planned in total three months ago. The Texas-appointed board of managers unanimously approved the increas...
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Janette Hayden Haywood peacefully passed away from this earth to her heavenly home on Sept. 10, 2026. She was surrounded by love with her family by her side. Janette was born on Dec. 15, 1949, in Evening Shade, Arkansas. As the first child of Allien and Charles Lewis Hayden, she ...
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Put on your dirndls and lederhosen and celebrate the 25th Oktoberfest Southlake! NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and the Southlake Chamber of Commerce invite you to celebrate the annual fall festival, from Friday, October 16, to Sunday, October 18, at Southlake Town Square. The event offers...
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As I was riding shotgun on a recent trip to Dallas, on a mission to drop off my husband for a shift at the Granada Theater, run a couple of Dallas errands, then meet back up with him to see Jet, I realized I had some time on my hands. The streets were super-crowded, as this was N...
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Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer knows the statistics. Most NFL teams that start 0-2 do not make the playoffs. Last season, 10 teams started 0-2. Only the Chicago Bears and the Houston Texans made the playoffs, both as wildcards; but Schottenheimer is not nervous ye...
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A nearly 40-year-old Wichita Falls cold case has ended with a guilty plea after investigators used forensic investigative genetic genealogy to identify the mother of a newborn baby boy found dead in a laundry bin in 1988. Tammy Sue Kerns, who now lives in Atlanta, pleaded guilty ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Rich Lavinski, Steve Barksdale, Tyler Jackson, and Martin Black to the Trinity River Authority Board of Directors for terms set to expire on March 15, 2027. Additionally, he appointed Bruce Bynum, Charles Sartain, and Whit Wolman and reappointed Lewis M...
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The parents of a 4-year-old boy are suing a Fort Worth day care, alleging their son was restrained, dragged and yelled at by a teacher who also encouraged another child to hit him. The family said the April incident at Arka Montessori, off Risinger Road in Fort Worth, was more th...
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If you’re facing a hospital bill you can’t afford, there are steps you can take to try to reduce what you owe. Jared Walker, founder of the nonprofit Dollar For, recommends starting by requesting an itemized invoice from the hospital. That allows you to review a detailed list of ...
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Dallas could open its sidewalks to public art under a proposed change to city code that supporters say would give neighborhoods another way to showcase their identities. The idea is already taking shape in Oak Lawn, home to the state’s largest LGBTQ community, where new art proje...
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John William Sprott, 96, of Arlington passed away Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026 at Medical City of Arlington. He is preceded in death by his wife of 74 years Barbara June Sprott. John Sprott was born in Chicago, Illinois on Dec. 21, 1929 to John and Katie Sprott. John graduated from Pas...
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The Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce has named Dr. Rachael Capua, Vice President of External Operations and Dean of Tarleton State Fort Worth, as the 2026 recipient of its Young Professional of the Year Award. This honor recognizes Capua’s work to expand access to higher education,...
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The suspect in a Plano murder investigation is dead after leading police on a chase in northern Denton County Monday morning. According to Valley View Police, they were called at about 10 a.m. to assist in a chase in Denton County headed northbound on Interstate 35 toward Cooke C...
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Earlier this year, Austin-based musician Tucker Livingston fell ill but couldn’t afford health insurance. While he recovered, he couldn’t perform, so he eventually moved in with his parents, apart from his wife and child. Livingston, 52, bought insurance through the Affordable Ca...
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An overgrown parking lot off Leslie Street, nearly hidden among the tall trees and medical buildings of the Near Southside District, holds promise for new transit-oriented development. The site, located between railroad tracks to the west and Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medic...
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Former state Rep. Lon Burnam is suing Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare and Tarrant County over criminal trespass restrictions that prohibit Burnam from attending future Commissioners Court meetings. According to federal court documents filed Friday, Burnam is suing after he was re...
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Jury selection in the capital murder trial of Dallas rapper Yella Beezy, the second trial connected to the high-profile 2020 killing of fellow rapper MO3, is on hold for now after a continuance was granted in the trial. Yella Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, is accused o...
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Fort Worth-based contractor combines the strength of Empire Holdings with decades of construction experience andestablished industry relationships. FORT WORTH, TX Arete Construction has officially launched as a commercial general contractor and construction management company ser...
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Fort Worth, Texas – As artificial intelligence becomes a routine part of communications work, Story & Strategy and Texas Tech University's College of Media & Communication Graduate Program are partnering to bring a timely discussion on AI, trust and leadership to North Texas. The...
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Jose Gallardo passed away on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, at the age of 94. Visitation/Rosary: 6:00 – 8:00 pm on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, at Mount Olivet Chapel. Funeral: 2:00 pm on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, at All Saints Catholic Church, 214 NW 20th St., Fort Worth, 76164. Interment: Mo...
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Charles Robert Rollins, 83, of Aledo, passed away at his home on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. Charles graduated from Italy High School in 1961. He attended Navarro Junior College on a baseball scholarship as a left-handed pitcher and later graduated from Sam Houston State University i...
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Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the capital murder trial of Dallas rapper Yella Beezy, the second trial connected to the high-profile 2020 killing of fellow rapper MO3. Yella Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, is accused of capital murder in connection with ...
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Editor’s note: Made in Tarrant is an occasional Q&A series on small businesses started in Tarrant County. Submit your business here. Miriam Astorga was partially inspired to start a business by her grandfather, Cleofas Puente. As a young man in Monterrey, Puente would sell produc...
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Carolyn Kay Bangert, 85, of Fort Worth, passed away peacefully on Sept. 9, 2026. Kay was born Jan. 29, 1941, in Midland, Texas to Irene and Bill Cole. She spent most of her life in Midland-Odessa before moving to Fort Worth to be closer to her son, Ben, and her grandchildren, Lex...
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Last October, Fort Worth homebuilder Village Homes filed for Chapter 11 reorganization when a major legal fight disrupted the company’s ability to do business. According to Village Homes, the issue stemmed from a 2024 contract to sell 100 vacant lots, the company name, and relate...
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The severe weather on Friday in Mansfield caused quite the scare for one driver. A utility pole went down, narrowly missing Eric Jones' truck as he was driving. Jones was looking to get out of the hail when the powerline jolted an electric shock through part of his truck while he...
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It was dusk on a recent Thursday, and Kent Bolinger and Jana Stout were cleaning up the food truck that had delivered supplies to a crew fighting a grass fire the day before. Bolinger and Stout are top officers of the nonprofit Red Helmets. For half a century, when the Fort Worth...
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Ernest Rodriguez Sr. passed away peacefully, surrounded by family to be with our Heavenly Father on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the age of 92. Rosary: 6:00 – 8:00 pm on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, at Mount Olivet Chapel. Funeral: 12:00 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at All Saints...
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Before Tarrant County College trustees voted to approve tax rate increases on Sept. 10, trustee Laura Forkner Pritchett spent six minutes arguing that TCC should find more savings before asking property owners to pay more. Pritchett questioned administrative growth, tax increment...
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Football season is snack season and you may not realize a lot of the work to develop new chips and flavors happens in our own backyard. PepsiCo’s Plano headquarters employs roughly 3,700 people with a focus on research and development for Frito-Lay chips. Senior Research Chef Ste...
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Nonprofit leaders and law enforcement agents packed themselves into a room at the Fort Worth Police Officers Association to reflect on their summerlong effort combating human exploitation and trafficking. The late August gathering was part of a monthly public meeting of the Tarra...
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Sandra A. Naumann, 84, was born on June 22, 1942 in Dallas. She was called to her heavenly home on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. Sandra was an only child growing up in Dallas. She graduated from South Oak Cliff High School in 1960. She worked in Downtown Dallas at Southwestern Life I...
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Several North Texas first responders were honored with the Star of Texas Award on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. Terrell police officer Jacob Candanoza, who was killed during a traffic stop in 2024, and Fort Worth firefighter Caleb Halvorson, who nearly lost his life battling a fire, we...
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Jaime Castañeda is ambitious. The new Enloe/Rose Artistic Director at the Dallas Theater Center is beginning his tenure at the Tony Award-winning theater company with a world premiere production about a high-stakes Cold War summit set in Iceland. Reykjavik86 is now playing throug...
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Fort Worth residents are invited to get rid of their old electronics at a Frost recycling event provided by Secure On-Site Shredding, Inc. The event will take place at any participating Frost Financial Center over four days, spanning from Sept. 16 to Oct. 2. "The electronic devic...
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The U.S. Postal Service dedicated a new stamp on Saturday celebrating the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The USPS said the 12 million USCG Academy stamps printed continue the long-standing tradition of honoring the nation's premier military service institution...
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The Kick commands the plaza in front of Frisco’s National Soccer Hall of Fame. It’s a prestigious job, but one that requires steely resolve to battle the elements and avian incursions. In this video interview, I spoke with The (we’re on a first-name basis now) to better understan...
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Russell Lynn Teague, 68 of Tyler, Texas, passed away on Sept. 10, 2026, in Tyler, Texas. Russell was born and raised in Fort Worth to A. L. Teague, Jr. and Wanda Teague. He retired early and lived with his parents, caring for them as they grew older. After their passing, Russell ...
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Fort Worth – Malia Ann Hubbard-Garrett went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, at the age of 66. Visitation: 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, in Memorial Suite B at Greenwood Funeral Home, 3344 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107. Funeral Service: 2:30 p.m., Frid...
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About 1,300 people took part in the Dallas-Fort Worth 9/11 Heroes Run in Arlington on Saturday. The annual nationwide event, sponsored by CVS Health, is entering its 19th year and is being held in North Texas for the first time. Saturday's run/walk was at the National Medal of Ho...
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A shooting involving Saginaw Police and an armed man is under investigation after officers were sent to a home Saturday morning for a welfare check. According to the Saginaw Police Department, officers were sent to a home on the 300 block of Asbury Drive at about 11:25 a.m., wher...
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You might notice a new bottle of milk in Texas grocery stores. The special bottle from Volleman's Dairy should be easy to spot — it features a colorful floral pattern on one of the dairy's iconic glass bottles. The limited edition bottle was designed by a 7-year-old named Octavia...
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Fort Worth Housing Solutions will cut the ribbon on Babers Manor, the latest piece of the plan to redistribute the units of the former Cavile Place housing project, Sept. 23. The grand opening of Babers Manor, 4400 Ramey Ave., is at 9 a.m. Named for the community leader Clarence ...
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Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is the “economic engine of the region,” chief financial officer Brian Butler said during his presentation to the airport’s board of directors at their monthly meeting Sept. 3. Documenters empowers people like you to help fill the gaps in re...
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Fort Worth is inviting residents to submit ideas for the design of Cibolo Hill Park, to be built on the city’s northwest side near Business 287 and Bonds Ranch Road. City officials held the first session on Aug. 27 to gather input for the park, which will be built in the Cibolo H...
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The vision for Fort Worth ISD’s Farrington Field glowed on a screen. A rendering showed the 1939 stadium transformed and modernized around a bright green soccer pitch. The track surrounding the field was gone. Farrington’s familiar art deco entrance remained. Apartments, shops an...
