Some interesting items going on in the world of sports this week appear interconnected to me, two in soccer and one each in baseball and basketball: St. Louis SC won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the first silverware in franchise history The Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries began play in the
government
Ezra Ochieng Owenga, aged 72, passed away on Oct. 14, 2026. Born on Jan. 1, 1954, in Kendu Bay, Kenya, he was the cherished son of the late Mr. Philemon Osumba Owenga and Mrs. Claris Auma Oreny. The loss of Ezra creates a profound emptiness for his family and friends, who will ho...
schools
Donna Kay Klutts-Vick was born on April 28, 1941, in Bisbee, Arizona. She graduated at the top of her class from Hamilton High School in 1959, the same year she married Chester Otis Vick. Donna lived in Houston until 1996, when she moved to Benbrook. She retired from Allstate Ins...
government
In July, Lisa Dixon returned to her classroom at Keller ISD’s Hillwood Middle School to prepare for the new school year and found that the temperature inside was 87 degrees. For several months before then, the eighth-grade history teacher and her students dealt with a failing air...
arts
Nashville, Tennessee-based Hamilton Development plans to construct a $57.7-million warehouse and office project in the Walsh development. In its first Texas project, Hamilton is building an approximately 1 million-square-foot warehouse that will include 6,000 square feet of offic...
tcu
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has elected Heidi C. Knowles, MD, FACEP, as president-elect. Dr. Knowles will serve a one-year term as president beginning October 2027. Dr. Knowles identified three priorities for her upcoming term: safety, support, and stabili...
government
The money is real. That needs saying first, because digital income doesn't look real-it looks like a notification saying $4.17, arriving six weeks after the thing happened, from a platform whose name is a noun pretending to be a company. But add up the $4.17s and the sync fee and...
arts
Irma Griffith takes care of a colony of about 30 cats in her Haltom City backyard. They started showing up after her dog passed away a few years ago. “Of course, me being the animal lover that I am, I started feeding them, and I had no idea about the whole process,” she said. “I ...
arts
Closing a business can look simple from the outside, but an LLC does not disappear when sales stop. An owner can shut the storefront and tell customers the business is finished while the legal entity still exists. The company may still have filings, taxes, contracts, or debts to ...
tcu
College students may have their class schedules figured out, but what happens when they need groceries, a ride to the store or a little guidance navigating life away from home? One North Texas entrepreneur is stepping in to help, offering a service that gives students something t...
arts
Fort Worth's popular ArtsGoggle festival is preparing for one final celebration before a major construction project puts the annual event on hiatus and forces businesses along Magnolia Avenue to adapt. The free arts festival, which draws about 80,000 people to the Near Southside ...
schools
Origin Bank today announced Austin Lewis has been promoted to the role of North Texas regional president. For the past 16 years, Lewis has dedicated his time at Origin to building relationships and serving customers. He has specialized in commercial and private banking strategies...
safety
A $443 million public safety bond is dividing Dallas City Council members, with competing campaigns urging voters to either approve the proposal or reject it in favor of a smaller package next year. As early voting continues, Proposition A has become a point of contention among c...
