Latest Fort Worth News
RSS-
MLB Texas 3 Oakland 1
Texas Rangers ' 3-1 win over the Oakland Athletics. Wolf (1-0) was pulled after five innings but only allowed three hits and two walks while striking out ...
-
Texas lawmakers approve arms training for schoolteachers
AUSTIN -- Schools could train teachers to exchange fire with potential attackers under a plan advancing in the Texas Capitol. In a 28-3 vote on Wednesday, the Senate approved a bill that would authorize one armed marshal for every 400 students. It has already passed the House over the objection of the state teachers association. The measure would require school districts and open-enrollment ...
-
Rodeo rides into the area Plenty to see and hear at this summer in Mesquite
Bull Rider Dustin Heath shows the crowd at Mesquite Arena how to balance on a bucking bull during the Mesquite ProRodeo. The rodeo opens its season on May 31. - Photo courtesy of Lone S ...
More Fort Worth News
RSS-
Zoning switch Council approves zoning change for housing development
The Rowlett City Council approved a zoning change request to allow a housing development to continue with its plans to build a single family residential neighborhood in the Northshore area of the city. The new zoning changes the property from single family 40 to the new neighborhood form based ...
-
Diggin books Club encourages children to read during summer
The summer reading club kicks off on June 10 with a party on the lawn of the Rowlett Public Library, 3900 Main St. As part of the entertainment, Radio Disney will be on hand to give out prizes. - Photo courtesy of the Rowlett Public ...
-
Pedaling with purpose Annual charity event draws bike riders from across the Metroplex
Area bicyclists will flock to Mesquite on Saturday, June 1, for the Mesquite Rotary Bike Ride. The event typically draws thousands of riders from across the Metroplex. - Photo courtesy of the Mesquite Rotary ...
-
Raising the bar on raising the flag Honoring heroes tops Memorial Day events
The legendary Levee Singers will perform at a Memorial Day Concert and Family Fun Day beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 27, under the big tent at Rest Haven Memorial Park's Celebration Field in Rockwall. - Photo courtesy of Rest Haven Funeral ...
-
Council discusses annexation Decision to add land would bring city into compliance with orphan road program
A map depicts the area of Lawson Road that has been deemed as an orphan road by Dallas County. The city must decide if it wants to annex the adjacent property to come into compliance with the county's orphan road program. - Courtesy of the city of ...
-
Musical interlude Jazz music to fill the plaza of the arts center
The Mesquite Jazz Repertory Ensemble with Curt Bradshaw is one of the acts that will perform for the crowd during the JazzBreaks on the Plaza concert series at the Mesquite Arts Center. The series is held every Tuesday during June beginning June 4. - Photo courtesy of the Mesquite Arts ...
-
Solar Impulse airplane begins fuel-free trip Dallas
The Solar Impulse airplane takes off from Phoenix for Dallas-Fort Worth on Wednesday. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse plane set out Wednesday on the record-breaking second leg of its solar-powered trip across America, from Phoenix to Dallas-Fort ...
-
Texas Judge Orders Lesbian Couple to Split Up
A lesbian couple living in Allen, Texas, charge a ruling by a county judge that they can't live together is a clear violation of their civil rights. Carolyn Compton and partner Page Price were ordered to split up by District Judge John Roche Jr. due to a morality clause in Compton's 2011 divorce decree, The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday. The clause, common in Texas ...
-
Popes Telegram to Victims of Explosion in Texas
VATICAN CITY, April 22, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is the text of the telegram sent by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, on behalf of the Holy Father, to Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas regarding the explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas last Wednesday. The explosion caused 14 deaths and hundreds wounded.* * *Saddened by news of the destruction caused by the ...
-
LBJ Express Appears Daunting in Latest Rendering
A new video of a full-project fly-over of what the completed LBJ Express project will look like from above was released Wednesday, and it's as equally impressive as it is ...
-
Table Project site sold to Dallas church
The Table Project, a Minneapolis-based social network tailored to church communities, is now the property of one such community, Dallas-based Gateway Church. Terms were not disclosed. Until now, the Table Project was a nonprofit organization and a subsidiary of Christian umbrella group Real Resources. Gateway, in announcing it had acquired the Table Project, added that it will continue running ...
-
Whats left for the time-strapped Texas Legislature Plenty
Senate Joint Resolution 1 Debate on this water bill continues in Austin today. This bill would put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot asking voters to consider creating a $2 billion fund to pay for water infrastructure and water conservation projects in Texas. It continues to meet resistance and has caused confusion with some lawmakers because its tied in with other bills. The ...
-
Apple to build U.S.-made Macs in Texas
Fingerprint sensor? See what Apple Inc. has planned for the next iPhone. Production for iPhone 5S expected to begin this summer. When Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook announced late last year that the tech company wanted to bring some manufacturing back to the United States, it raised the question of where? Now we know: Texas. Cook talked about location during his Senate committee appearance yesterday, ...
-
Texas reaches settlement with Penguin over E-books
Texas and 32 other states have reached a multistate antitrust settlement with Penguin Group (USA) Inc. over allegations that the company colluded with Apple Inc. over E-book pricing. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and 32 other states and territories have agreed to settle their antitrust lawsuits against Penguin Group (USA) Inc. over allegations Penguin and Apple Inc. colluded to manipulate ...
-
Search Underway after Deadly Texas Twisters
Massive cleanup is underway in Texas after a swarm of 16 tornadoes ripped through the state Wednesday night. At least six people are dead and several are still missing. Entire neighborhoods are still cordoned off as rescue teams and police with cadaver dogs to search for survivors in the debris. The storms battered the region, turning homes into rubble. The devastation is spread across four ...
-
School Bus Involved in Fatal Crash
Trooper Jean Dark said the the vehicle drifted over and hit the bus at FM 751 and CR 3804 in Van Zandt County. The driver of the vehicle was killed in the ...
-
NCAA upholds penalty of ex Texas Southern coach
HOUSTON - The NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee has upheld a three-year show-cause order for former Texas Southern football coach Johnnie Cole.Cole was given the order for failing to promote an atmosphere for compliance and the order prohibits him from all on- and off-campus recruiting activities until October 2015. He contested that finding, but the committee found that the ...
-
Flamingos ready for pick up at South Texas Botanical Gardens Nature Center
photos by Paul Iverson/Special to the Caller-Times Artist Tracy Mazour decorated these "Flockettes" for the annual Flamingo Fandango ...
-
Fort Worth considering new pay arrangement for injured officer
FORT WORTH — The city is considering withdrawing extended leave pay for a police officer who remains paralyzed after being shot on the job more than 10 years ago, a move that would effectively force her into medical retirement and pare what she makes today, the officer and the president of the Fort Worth Police Officers Association said ...
-
Texas-based Airmans Family Takes Steps to Help Tornado Victims
By Air Force Airman 1st Class John D. Partlow47th Flying Training Wing LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, May 22, 2013 Efforts to help people who were injured or lost their homes began almost immediately after a deadly tornado struck Moore, Okla., May 20. One of those willing to help was Air Force Tech. Sgt. Shane Buss, the 47th Flying Training Wing's equal opportunity noncommissioned ...
-
Texas bill that modifies concealed handgun licenses moves to House
AUSTIN -- Concealed handgun license holders in Texas would be allowed to carry a revolver or semi-automatic pistol, regardless of what they trained with on the shooting range under a bill advancing in the Texas Legislature. Current law certifies license holders to carry only the type of gun they used to get their license. The bill by Sen. Craig Estes, a Wichita Falls Republican, would allow ...
-
Massive tornadoes that hit Oklahoma Texas blamed on stubborn jet stream
View results The same weather phenomenon that brought unusually cold temperatures to the East Coast this spring is being blamed for the massive and devastating tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma this week: A jet stream that refused to leave.Weather forecasters tracked this year’s jet stream - the pattern of high-altitude winds - as moving farther south, and staying farther south, for a ...
Fort Worth Digest
-
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
News from around our Network
