Fort Worth TX

When Barksdale Middle School opens its doors to students in August, Michelle Jennings will be the principal welcoming them in, Northwest ISD announced Monday. The school, located in Pecan Square, originally planned for Tricia Lutkenhaus to be the first principal, but she was announced as the permanent principal of Northwest High School in March.

Her husband, 39-year-old Alberto Alexander Velasquez of Benbrook, was arrested at the scene and charged with manslaughter.

The University of Texas at Arlington has named Brian Klaas as the next dean of its College of Business, with his appointment set to begin July 1. Klaas joins UTA from University of Missouri–Kansas City, where he has served since 2017 as dean, professor of management and Harzfeld Chair in the Henry W. Bloch School of Management.

The city of Grapevine will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 21, for a zoning change and conditional use permit for a mixed-use development near Grapevine Mills. The property is is at 2800 and 3421 Grapevine Mills Parkway. The land is around 28.70 acres and would be subdivided into four lots, according to city documents. A commercial real estate developer, Trammell Crow...

FORT WORTH, Texas — A 21-year-old lineman is being remembered by his crew as family after he was killed in an electrocution in South Fort Worth. One other lineman was injured during the incident, Fort Worth fire officials said. The exact cause of the incident hasn't been released. The...

The company is vertically integrated, meaning Booth Creek owns the entire meat creation process, starting from the ranch, to its feeding program, processing plant and retail shops. (Heather McCullough/Community Impact) Booth Creek Wagyu now sells steaks, brisket and other meats in Southlake. The company is vertically integrated, meaning Booth Creek...

FORT WORTH, Texas — On a stretch of land along Mosier Valley Road in Fort Worth, Jeffrey Pointer shows what his family has long relied on growing naturally across the property. “We got natural fruit, berries, blackberries, raspberries and plums. They’re still growing. And it was never planted,” Pointer...

Flea Style founder and author of How To Style a Hat has opened her ninth shop, this one in Houston's River Oaks Shopping Center. Fort Worth’s fashion scene is always on the move, and there’s exciting news on a forthcoming Yellow Rose by Kendra Scott in the Stockyards. We also caught up with Flea Style owner Brittany Cobb about her new book, How to...

North Texas will see a few chances for rain this week. Storms will move into the region on Monday, April 20, with increasing coverage expected overnight into early Tuesday, April 21, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth . Rain amounts will likely be around a tenth to half an inch. Scattered storms are in the forecast for much of Tuesday, with rain amount...

Moisture inside a columbarium at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery has caused a Korean War veteran's wooden urn to rot. The veteran's family says they reached out to the cemetery over a month ago when they discovered the moisture but had been unable to move the remains to a dry place.