The University of Texas at Arlington has a new leader, two weeks after Jennifer Cowley announced she would step down as president and return to the faculty. Archie Holmes, the UT System’s executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, began serving Sept. 15 as UTA’s acting president. Holmes will re
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Fort Worth has continued to take steps to address housing affordability even as staff turnover and lack of funding have slowed implementation of its plans. Presenting at a Community Development Committee meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Fort Worth Neighborhood Services Department s...
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Delmar Dunaway, 98, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. Delmar was born Feb. 20, 1928, in Bagwell, Texas to Sam and Viola Dunaway. He married Georgia Crouch in 1949, and they were married for over 70 years until her death in January 2023. He worked for LTV, and later the U.S. Ar...
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A man who died in Tarrant County Jail custody in June had complications of a rare brain disorder that led to his death by natural causes, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed Wednesday. Mack Greer, 46, was pronounced dead June 18 at John Peter Smith Hospital afte...
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Republican incumbent and southwest Tarrant County lawmaker John McQueeney and Democrat Beth Llewellyn McLaughlin will appear on the ballot Nov. 3 in the race for Texas House District 97. If elected, McQueeney would serve his second term. The election marks the second time McLaugh...
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Welcome to the inaugural Texas Mead & Music Festival. Screams became Scarborough’s Hollow last year, and ahead of the second annual revamped spooky-season park, a new fall festival weekend emerges. This Sat, Sep 19, you can sample mead, hear live music, and get a sneak peek at th...
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Seven-year-old Holden O’Dell never showed much interest in soccer. Then the World Cup came to Tarrant County. The O’Dells tried to catch as many matches as they could. While the tournament was underway, a neighbor offered the family a pair of soccer goals they no longer wanted. H...
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OPENING Behuli (NR) This Nepalese film stars Paras Bam Thakuri, Divya Rayamajhi, Sushant Karki, Padam Tamang, Santosh Baniya, and Sarita Giri. (Opens Friday) Daayra (NR) Kareena Kapoor stars in this crime thriller as a cop caught up in a case involving a young girl’s death. Also ...
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Fort Worth Oktoberfest takes over Trinity Park (2401 University Dr, Fort Worth, 817-392-5700) Thu-Sat, Sep 24-26, with a lineup of more than 50 German polka party bands and traditional performances on three stages. And, of course, there’s plenty of Bavarian food and bier. Thursda...
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Lonamania Strikes Back After sheriff’s deputies forcibly hauled him out of a recent commissioners court meeting like the heel in a Battle Royale, former state representative Lon Burnam is calling for the removal of County Judge Tim O’Hare from his role as head of the commission. ...
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The fourth show in Hip Pocket Theatre’s amazing 50th season, Soul Notes from the Velvet Elk (A Place of Wild Surrender) opens with the entire cast physically clustered together, as if cells in a breathing blastocyst. It eventually separates into 13 brilliant cast members. Somethi...
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This weekend’s A Touch of Nilsson & Newman in the Night marks the first festival at Arts Fifth Avenue since last week’s landmark 25th anniversary. It will feature live music and a movie screening. But first, the backstory, and, oh, what a (bug’s) life it’s been! On Sep 11, 2001, ...
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The wait is almost over! The 2026 State Fair of Texas opens next Fri, Sep 25, and country music legend Clint Black is helping kick off 24 days of Texas-sized fun on Opening Night. Catch Clint Black live on the Chevrolet Main Stage in its NEW home inside the historic Fair Park Col...
