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 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. offers an afternoon of shopping, wellness, and community fun the whole family can enjoy. There will be 50 vendors to support and shop
arts
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...
schools
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...
government
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...
safety
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...
safety
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...
government
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...
government
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...
government
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...
safety
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...
safety
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...
