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Nearly 500 elementary school children in Texas play on fields where a whistleblower says he once spread tons of radioactive fracking waste — a noxious hell-brew he believes melted the bones in his own jaw. Lee Oldham is a 52-year-old former waste disposal worker from Cleburne, Texas, on the...

FORT WORTH, Texas — This fall, Texas public and private schools will be healthier and more heart-prepared — or at least they should be. Senate Bill 865, also known as the Landon Payton Act, requires schools to have a Cardiac Emergency Response Plan, CPR and AED certification for certain employees, and conduct drills...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze at an abandoned building in Fort Worth last evening, according to the Fort Worth Fire Department. The Fort Worth Fire Department Alarm Office received multiple calls about the fire on the 2900 block of East Rosedale Street. Engine 14 arrived within two...

Raymond Isaac Carmona, 20, is held on a $1 million bond for allegedly fatally stabbing a 63-year-old woman and kidnapping a 4-year-old child. A multi-state AMBER Alert led to Carmona’s arrest in Missouri just seven minutes after the broadcast, thanks to license plate tracking technology. The suspect faces charges...

The FBI is looking for a Strafford man allegedly connected to a multi-state wire fraud scheme through a cattle sale business. Joshua Link, 32, was among five people indicted by a federal grand jury in Fort Worth, Texas, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, in an alleged nationwide fraud scheme totaling $220 million. Of the five...

Hurst's 76054 ZIP code, better known for its quiet streets and family-friendly parks than for bidding wars, has suddenly become the hottest housing market in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for the fourth quarter of 2025, surprising both brokers and buyers. The late-year surge pushed this modest pocket past flashier...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Pizza Verde, a cozy Fort Worth vegan pizza place honored by Texas Monthly, was badly damaged by a fire right before the Valentine's Day rush. In a Feb. 13 social media post, Pizza Verde said it would close for the weekend after a roof fire caused damage inside the building.

Though not a native Texan, Robert Duvall, whose death was announced Monday, embraced the state’s Western mystique as if he’d been born to it. That admiration, of course, was returned twofold. Duvall’s portrayal of Gus McCrae in "Lonesome Dove" earned him a lasting place in Texas cultural imagination. Duvall also has...

BURLESON, Texas — Burleson police responded to a stabbing involving two adults employed at Ramen Bistro on Sunday. The restaurant is located at 300 block of SW Wilshire Blvd. in Burleson. After arriving at the scene, investigators determined the incident involved two individuals who live in the same household, and...

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