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 Documenters program empo
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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...
government
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...
arts
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 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 ...
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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
