McGehee native McKelvey honored as Texas school Teacher of the Year
CEDAR HILL, Texas — James McKelvey’s dream of becoming a teacher started during his days as an undergraduate student at the University of Arkansas in the 1990s. Circumstances sent him on a quarter-century detour, but the McGehee native is ecstatic that he is now living that dream. McKelvey,...
Fort Worth to consider allowing a concrete batch plant close to a neighborhood
The Fort Worth City Council could decide Tuesday whether to allow a concrete batch plant to operate near homes and roughly 1,200 feet from a school. A subsidiary of Farmers Branch-based Centurion American Development Group wants to build the permanent batch plant. The location is 3800 Deen Road, next to BNSF’s North Yard, in the Diamond Hill neighborhood of north Fort Worth. The...
Tanner Horner’s teacher recounts his school challenges at capital murder trial
Tanner Horner’s former fifth-grade teacher and a retired speech pathologist testified about his challenges at school as defense attorneys continued presenting their case at Horner’s capital murder trial Friday in Tarrant County. Horner has already pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Athena Strand after delivering a package to her family’s Wise County home on Nov. 30, 2022. His attorneys are...
Large hail threatens North Texas as powerful storm system sweeps U.S.
The stormy, gloomy week plaguing Texas isn't over just yet.
A Friday Night Under the Stars: Five Texas Drive-Ins
The drive-in almost disappeared. Texas had nearly four hundred of them in the nineteen-fifties, more than any state in the country, and now there are fewer than twenty. The ones that survived did it on stubbornness, mostly — family-owned places that never stopped believing a warm night and a big screen and a car full of people was a good way to...
TCC terminates suspended dance instructor after Title IX investigation
ATarrant County Community College dance instructor who was put on leave last week has been given her termination notice, as first reported by the Collegian , TCC’s student newspaper. On April 13, Kihyoung Choi, who’d taught dance at TCC’s Northeast Campus for nearly 15 years, was pulled out of class and told not to return to campus, according to students. Several students spoke out in...
High-profile Dallas restaurant to open in Frisco’s Firefly Park
Two high-profile Dallas-Fort Worth food & beverage concepts are headed to Frisco: That includes Frenchie, an all-day Dallas cafe from Travis Street Hospitality, and Second Rodeo Brewing, a Fort Worth brewery and garden from Jason Boso (Truck Yard). According to a release, the two restaurants will open locations at the...
Driver Says Tesla Moved On Its Own Through Path of Train
A Dallas-Fort Worth driver says a routine stop at a railroad crossing in Plano turned into a terrifying close call when his Tesla allegedly accelerated on its own and drove through a lowered crossing gate as a train approached, according to Fox 4 News. The incident happened April 7 near...
Bimbo Bakeries Moves HQ from Pennsylvania to Dallas-Fort Worth
Bimbo Bakeries USA has relocated its corporate headquarters from Horsham to the Dallas Fort-Worth area, shifting its base of operations to North Texas as the company looks to streamline decision-making and support long-term growth. The new headquarters is located in Irving, part of the broader Dallas–Fort Worth region, where the...
Tarrant County DA warns senior adults about international gold theft scheme
Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells is warning older adults about an international gold theft scheme that has stolen millions of dollars worth of gold. In a press release Friday, Sorrells said in recent months, law enforcement seized more than $130 million in gold linked to the scheme. Eighteen people...
