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Son Remembers Youth Pastor Killed in Crash
Brian Jennings' son, Evan, shared his heartbreak over losing his father in a deadly crash on Father's Day. Jennings had stopped to help someone on Burleson Retta ...
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U.S. oil prices steady Tuesday
A motorist pumps gas in Denver on April 15, 2011. Consumers paid an average price of $3.60 a gallon nationwide on Tuesday according to the travel group AAA. UPI/Gary C. ...
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Second Flower Mound Mosquito Tests Positive for WNV
For the second time this year, mosquito samples in Flower Mound have found insects infected with West Nile virus. Starting Wednesday night the town will stray for mosquitoes in hopes of eliminating the threat of West Nile ...
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Rise in Homeless Has FW Shelter Expanding
For the last 125 years, the Union Gospel Mission has worked to help the homeless in Tarrant County. But a recent rise in homeless women and families is forcing the mission to turn people ...
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Union Gospel Mission plans to build facility for homeless families
FORT WORTH — Union Gospel Mission chaplain Stanley Maneikis remembers the day a homeless family asked about getting a room at the agency’s campus. But when they learned that the wife and toddler would have to stay in a different building than the husband, they decided not to ...
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Dont mess with Texas email State law ends some warrantless email searches
By Bob Sullivan, Columnist, NBC News Texas residents will have a little more protection from the prying eyes of local law enforcement than the rest of America starting in September. A law that takes effect in the fall ends warrantless email searches by state law enforcement officials, in a step that might have implications for email snooping laws around the country.The new law cancels out a ...
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City Funds New Home After 911 Calls Went Unanswered
The city of Dallas has never acknowledged fault in the July 4, 2012, fire that destroyed Dora Fuller's home on 1906 Berwick Avenue in South Dallas, but the city has made her whole ...
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Missing Azle Woman Found Near Eagle Mountain Lake
Officials said the woman, 61-year-old Donna Johnstone of Springtown, was found at about 1 p.m. along the 200 block of South Broadway near Eagle Mountain ...
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Eye Opener host to do That Show in Fort Worth
June 18--Oliver Tull, one of the hosts of the DFW-based offbeat morning show Eye Opener, and Justin Allen, the nationally broadcast show's executive producer, were on such similar wavelengths that neither remembers exactly who came up with the idea for " That Show" first. But Tull, who's also a member of Fort Worth improv group Four Day Weekend, was definitely in charge of ...
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Heimlich rescues choking Texas congressman
PHOENIX (AP) -- A Texas congressman who was choking on a piece of popcorn is thanking a fellow Republican from Arizona and a House staffer who is also a doctor for stepping in to ...
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Rollover Crash Kills Rock Hauler Driver
State Troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety said the driver was headed eastbound on 67 when he left the roadway, went into a ditch and rolled ...
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Christie Proud Dallas Cowboys fan
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made his political advisers sweat when he again expressed his love for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Rangers in a Q&A with elementary school students."Get ready for a nervous moment," ...
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Dallas Officer Arrested on Sexual Assault Charge
"Because this involves a sexual assault charge, we will not be releasing any further details on this case," Mesquite police said in a news ...
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Walmart Sues Union Protesters in Fort Worth
Walmart has filed a lawsuit in Fort Worth against a labor union that the company claims has staged "confrontational and abusive" demonstrations at stores around the country over the past ...
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Suspicious Device Found During Traffic Stop Road Closed
"Due to the unknown nature of the device, the Northeast Tarrant County Bomb Squad has been requested to respond," police said in a news ...
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Boy 15 survives shark attack off Texas beach
A 15-year-old boy was in stable condition Tuesday, the day after being attacked by a shark in shallow water at a beach near Surfside, Texas, authorities said. Freeport police said the Needville teenager was bitten by a 4-foot shark on his left leg and hand while in waist-deep water about 2:45 p.m. Monday at a beach about 3 miles north of Surfside, KTRK-TV, Houston, reported. "I hope this ...
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Target in Australia offers to settle Estee Lauder lawsuit
The Wesfarmers Target retail chain in Australia said in court Tuesday it was ready to settle claims that it sold counterfeit Estee Lauder make up. In Federal Court, Target said it would turn over all of its marketing materials related to sale of Make-Up Art Cosmetics, an Estee Lauder subsidiary that accused the Australian retailer of selling fake goods under its name. In addition, Target ...
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Dallas police officer arrested by Mesquite police
Dallas police officer Edward Antunez turned himself in today at the Mesquite Police Department and was charged with one count of sexual assault, according to a news ...
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Texas Kind Of Protects Your Email Privacy With New Law
Before the NSA leaks, everybody thought the worst the government could do was obtain your email without a warrant. Well, they can still do that, but Texas has just made it harder for local law enforcement to do the ...
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OneWest Laying Off Hundreds in Texas
Hundreds of jobs in Texas are being eliminated by OneWest Bank FSB. The disclosure of the layoffs follows last week's revelation that the bank would sell a substantial share of its mortgage servicing rights. As of June 30, 2012, Pasadena, Calif.-based financial institution had a total mortgage servicing staff of nearly 1,300 employees. The headcount was based on national employment. ...
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South Texas county sued over jail abuse
GEORGE WEST, Texas (AP) -- A South Texas county has been sued in federal court for the second time in a year over the sexual abuse of women held in its ...
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Mosquito Spraying Working in Dallas County
Dallas County Health Department director Zachary Thompson told commissioners that ground spraying is working in Dallas County. He said where they have sprayed the number of mosquitoes has been cut by about 60 percent. The region was the epicenter of the national outbreak last ...
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Youth Minister Among 4 Killed in Fort Worth Crash
Tonight a family and a community is in mourning. We have learned among the 4 victims killed in Saturday night's crash in Fort Worth, was a mother and daughter and also youth minister (insert) Brian ...
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Fort Worths proposed bond package is increased to $293 million adding street parks projects
FORT WORTH — The city is increasing its planned May 2014 bond package by $17 million to $293 million, boosting money for transportation and adding several parks ...
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Mass Transportation Rolls Into Arlington
"That's been said about Arlington for a long time. This is a great step for the city and an important partnership," said Dick Ruddell, president of the Fort Worth Transportation ...
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Lack of City Council commitment to streetcar?
Fort Worth looks like it may be a long way off until the city has a proper streetcar system if current commitment to the project by local government is anything to go by.
In July of 2008 the City Council of Fort Worth decided that a modern streetcar system might be beneficial to the rapidly growing city, a solution was needed to urban intra-city mass transportation and plans went into the pipeline, but two years on little progress has been made, it seems instead that the city council lacks the commitment to carry out the necessary work to see a streetcar system come to fruition. Read more
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