Grapevine Meow Wolf workers stage walkout with planned 3-day strike
Union workers with the immersive arts and entertainment company Meow Wolf walked off site at the Grapevine Mills mall Friday at 5 p.m., kicking off a planned three-day strike over Halloween weekend. This is an escalation of tactics following an informational picket staged earlier this month. Workers told KERA during...
Fires remain hot topic at Fort Worth’s Building Standards Commission
Fire damage was a common thread among cases the Fort Worth Building Standards Commission tackled at its Oct. 27 monthly meeting. The commission considers whether properties, buildings and other structures comply with the city code and can order a property owner to comply with applicable laws and ordinances. Here’s a...
Outgoing Fort Worth fire chief raised repeated safety concerns, records show
Jim Davis raised alarms about unsafe conditions and sought a federal probe. Union resistance delayed action, documents show.
Drivers are wiping shaving foam on their car windows – and experts say their...
DRIVERS across the country are smearing shaving foam on the inside of their car windows – and experts say it’s not as strange as it sounds. In Fort Worth, Texas, as winter weather moves in with freezing rain and icy winds, experts are encouraging motorists to look no further than their bathroom cabinet for a solution.
Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and theft reported in this week’s crime log
This is a crime wrap up for Oct. 23-26. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and accident involving serious bodily injury. On Oct. 25, a student was alleged to have threatened an unaffiliated person with a knife and struck him with his vehicle intentionally, UTA Police Capt. Mike McCord said in an email. The...
$2B Westside Village development in Fort Worth to transform Cultural District
We’re learning new details about the nearly $2 billion Westside Village development in Fort Worth. Last week, the Fort Worth City Council voted to change the name of a one-mile portion of White Settlement Road to Westside Drive at the request of the developer. City leaders said the project...
Fort Worth police say ‘no evidence’ to support pastor’s claim about racial slur
A local pastor says a Fort Worth police officer used a racial slur toward him in an encounter outside his church, and the pastor is pointing the incident out as an example of what he says is a wider problem in the department. Pastor Kyev Tatum of New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church at 2864 Mississippi Ave. said...
Man charged after ‘being inappropriate’ with family dog: Fort Worth police
A Fort Worth man has been arrested and charged with bestiality and assaulting a family member after an incident at his home, police said. The man’s relative called police to the residence in the 4300 block of Valentine Street at around 11:30 p.m. Oct. 28, according to a statement. The relative told police that the...
Spooked Monkey Causes Chaos Inside Texas Spirit Halloween Store, Swings from Rafters Before Being...
PLANO, Texas — Halloween shoppers at a Spirit Halloween store in Plano were treated to a real-life fright this week when a pet monkey escaped its owner and began swinging from the store’s rafters, sending customers running and others scrambling for their phones. According to NBC DFW, the...
A Fort Worth Ace Hardware store is losing one of its greatest treasures
At Hulen Ace Hardware, you'll likely meet its ace before you even see any hardware. Joseph Edwards stands right at the front, in the exact same spot, from Fridays through Sundays. "All day; eight hours I stand right here," he said. Ace Hardware 66 sits on Sycamore School Road. For...

















