Ooey, Gooey, Cheesy, Spicy: The Best Queso in Dallas-Fort Worth Right Now
Pronounced KAY-so in these parts, the ubiquitous cheese dip known simply as queso can be found on menus all over Dallas-Fort Worth. Including non-Tex-Mex places you may not expect. For the sake of queso purity, this list contains only the creamy, processed-cheese-style dips where Velveeta and its counterparts reign...
Pantego restores permits for UPAC after community backlash over revocation amid ongoing shooting investigation
PANTEGO, Texas — The Town of Pantego reversed its decision Tuesday, reinstating the certificates of occupancy for United Performing Arts Company (UPAC) just hours after a standing-room-only crowd packed Pantego Town Hall in a show of support for the longtime dance studio. The city had revoked the studio’s occupancy...
Drone, Good Samaritans save autistic man lost overnight in North Texas park
ARLINGTON, Texas — Good Samaritans are credited with saving the life of a young autistic man early Tuesday morning after he became separated from his father and got lost deep inside an Arlington park. "A little tired, but happy," Tim Gundlach said after he joined the successful search for...
Koe Wetzel to perform at his Fort Worth bar for special anniversary
Country music singer Koe Wetzel is heading to Fort Worth to celebrate a big anniversary. The native of Pittsburg, Texas, is performing two shows this week in support of his song “February 28, 2016.” . Wetzel will be at his Riot Room locations in Houston on Feb. 26 and in Fort Worth’s West 7th district on Feb. 28....
Apartment fire displaces 25 residents, damages 16 units in Arlington
ARLINGTON, Texas — A three-alarm apartment fire damaged 16 units of a residential building Monday afternoon, displacing 25 people, including five children, the Arlington Fire Department said. Firefighters were called at 1:34 p.m. after reports of a fire at the Oak Chase Apartments building. Units responding to the...
Grapevine-Colleyville school board unanimously rejects ‘misguided’ prayer period
Grapevine-Colleyville school board trustees voted unanimously Monday night to reject Senate Bill 11, which requires districts to vote before March 1 on whether to provide a period of time for prayer and reading of religious texts during the school day. The bill would require parents who want their kids to participate...
Inferno Rips Through Oak Chase Apartments, Boots 24 Arlington Residents From Their Homes
A three-alarm fire roared through a building at the Oak Chase Apartments on the 4900 block of Sigmond Drive in Arlington yesterday, temporarily pushing more than 20 residents out of their homes. Fire crews attacked heavy flames on the first and second floors before getting things under control, and city officials...
A new restaurant is opening across from Dickies Arena. What kind is a mystery
Restaurateurs Jeffrey Yarbrough and Camille McDonald , part of the team that opened the popular Teddy Wongs dumpling house in Near Southside, will open a completely new concept across from Dickies Arena. The restaurant will replace a former Taco Heads at 1812 Montgomery St. According to records, the new business is...
Smokey Beards Q Brings a Different Kind of ‘Cue to Fort Worth
For nearly two decades, chef and restaurateur Art “Tony” Ramadani built a following at Mamma Mia’s, a beloved Riverside Italian restaurant housed in a historic red-brick building. Now he’s starting over in the same space, at 3124 E. Belknap St., with a new name and new concept....
Man sentenced to 15 years in Texas crash that killed Dixie Chicks founding member
A 33-year-old man pleaded guilty in a Texas court on Tuesday to driving recklessly and causing the 2023 crash that killed a founding member of the band formerly known as The Dixie Chicks, according to KFOX-14. Domenick Chavez will spend 15 years in prison for manslaughter in the death of Laura Lynch, 65, who was a...
