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Fort Worth Boy Shot After Getting Into Gun Safe Inside Family Home

A Fort Worth boy is recovering in the hospital after he was shot inside a home on Tuesday, in what police say happened after he somehow got access to a gun stored in a safe. Officers arrived to find the child with a gunshot wound to the lower torso, and a 911 caller told dispatchers the boy was “turning blue and...
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Fort Worth Dangles $100K Paychecks To Turn Around Struggling Schools

Fort Worth Independent School District trustees have signed off on a pay plan that will put many teachers at six struggling campuses on six-figure base salaries for the 2026-27 school year, a dramatic bet that bigger paychecks can keep veteran educators in the classrooms that need them most. Under the...
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Theft of property, criminal trespass and criminal mischief in this week’s crime log

This is a crime wrap-up from Jan. 12 to 14. On Jan. 12, officers arrested an unaffiliated person who violated a criminal trespass warning, UTA Police Capt. Mike McCord said in an email. He was taken to the Arlington Police Department jail. Criminal trespass at a higher education institution with...
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Fort Worth’s Opal Lee is now a Barbie

Nobel Prize Peace nominee and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Opal Lee is the newest figure added to the "Barbie Inspiring Women" line. Lee is 99, and her Barbie sports curly silver hair and glasses. She also wears pants, an “Opal’s Walk for Freedom” T-shirt and tennis shoes.
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Best Places To Eat Brisket In Texas

Texas brisket isn’t just food—it’s a way of life. The state has turned slow-smoked beef into an art form, with pitmasters dedicating entire lifetimes to perfecting their craft. From legendary joints that have been smoking meat since before your grandparents were born to newer spots pushing the boundaries of what...
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Downed Power Line Turns I-35W Into A Parking Lot Near Burleson

Friday’s morning rush on Interstate 35W south of Fort Worth suddenly turned into a slow crawl when a power line dropped across the highway near Burleson, shutting down all lanes in both directions. The line stretched over the main lanes and the frontage roads near County Road 810, just south of Farm Road 917,...
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Vehicle Gridlock at Dallas Fort Worth Airport As Wealthy Texans Flee the State Ahead...

With a major winter storm barreling down towards Texas, the state’s wealthy residents appear to have come up with the same plan to weather the arctic blast… get out of Texas and fly somewhere warmer. On Thursday evening, the approach roads to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)...
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Body found near Trinity River Campus, police say

FORT WORTH, Texas — A body was found near Fort Worth's Trinity River Campus Wednesday afternoon, police say. According to Fort Worth police, central division was dispatched to 245 E. Belknap Street just before 3:30 p.m. after campus police found a body while doing patrols near the river. The...
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5 things to do right now before ice, snow arrive in Texas this weekend

Widespread rain on Friday, Jan. 23 will gradually turn into sleet and freezing rain along the Red River, which will then hit the Dallas-Fort Worth area late Friday evening , according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service. North Texans have been preparing for this storm all week, but if you still...
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Fort Worth Remembers Texas Spring Palace: A Legacy of Aspiration and Tragedy in Agricultural...

In 1889, the city of Fort Worth, Texas, made an agricultural splash with the construction of the Texas Spring Palace. Designed to draw settlers and showcase the state's natural resources, it was an impressive structure decorated with the very materials it celebrated: wheat, cotton, and an array of local products....

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