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Fort Worth’s biggest stage just traded its work pants for a pair of boots. Dickies Arena is now Ariat Arena, effective immediately, Trail Drive Management Corp. and Ariat International announced Monday. The 10-year naming rights deal ends a stretch in which the old name had been fraying at the seams.

A Granbury ranch with over 264 acres of land — and connections to TCU’s origins — was put on the market for $8.7 million this month, according to Mock Ranches Group. The Lightning C Ranch includes a two-bedroom 3,450-square-foot residence, the real estate company said in a news release Oct. 14. The home showcases a design by former owner Dan Coates, a financial executive, rodeo presenter, rancher and Western artist who became a prominent figure in Hood County’s modern history.

Fort Worth-based Range Resources Corp. is being acquired in a $13 billion all-stock deal by EQT Corp., ⁠an energy company with operations focused on the Appalachian Basin. The merger creates what EQT said in a news release is “America’s largest and only vertically integrated natural gas producer” with a combined enterprise value of $50 billion. Together, EQT and Range are estimated to produce more than 9 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent, or NGE, a day. NGE measures the energy from na

Saturday saw Tarrant County’s highest voter turnout thus far during early voting. The first week of early voting for the Nov. 3 midterm drew 323,544 people to the ballot box, according to Tarrant County Election Administration numbers, with 51,080 people casting ballots on Saturday. The first week’s turnout is a 63% from the same period for the midterm in 2022. Early voting began Oct. 19 and runs through Oct. 30. This year’s midterm election has consistently drawn more early voters in Tarrant Co

Fort Worth warms to 84 degrees Wednesday before rain and thunderstorms return Friday and Saturday.

Residents near Rendon spent years fighting a proposed concrete batch plant that would have been built close to their homes and future Mansfield schools. State regulators sided with them in October, ending a battle that cost neighbors roughly $100,000 in legal fees. Here are key takeaways: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality dismissed J7 Ready Mix’s air quality permit with prejudice on Oct. 21, blocking the Alvarado company from building a concrete batch plant at 5428 East FM 1187 betwe

The Lake Worth Goatman was spotted walking around the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge’s biennial Lake Worth Monster Bash Saturday, Oct. 24 at 9601 Fossil Ridge Road. This time, though, the legendary monster wasn’t terrorizing teens — he was posing for pictures with attendees. The event...

The new name was announced with a social media post on Oct. 26.

A candlelight vigil honoring Fort Worth police officer Brian Gentry has been organized for Monday, Oct. 26. Gentry, 53, died on Wednesday, Oct. 21, after experiencing a medical emergency while on duty a day earlier, according to the Fort Worth Police Department. The public is invited to the candlelight vigil to honor Gentry’s life and service at 6 p.m. at the Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex, 505 W. Felix St., the police department said in a news release. Gentry was assigned to the fugitive unit

Expect to see several hundred fighter jets assembled in Fort Worth under a new decadelong military contract. Fort Worth-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. will produce at least 850 F-35 Lightning II stealth jet fighters under a self-funded $7 billion, 10-year deal with the Pentagon announced Oct. 22. The agreement —...