Fort Worth Diaper Crunch Leaves Parents on the Brink
In Tarrant County, thousands of parents are doing quick math at the changing table and coming up short. About 65,200 of roughly 114,150 children ages 3 and younger in the county live in households that are cost‑burdened by diapers, leaving families scrambling for supplies and child‑care providers plugging the gaps so...
Arlington Police Seek Public’s Help in Locating Missing Man at Risk, Rodney Joplin
The Arlington Police Department is actively seeking assistance from the public to help locate a missing man, Rodney Joplin, age 71, who was last reported to have been seen at his home at 4:00 am last Saturday. In an appeal circulated on social media, authorities described Mr. Joplin as a white male, approximately...
Fire at Fort Worth residence work of an arsonist, investigators say
A residential fire in Fort Worth on Sunday was deliberately set, according to investigators. A police report shows that about 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 7, the Fort Worth Fire Department responded to a call in the 300 block of North Hampton Street , north of East Belknap Street between Interstate 35 and the Trinity River....
Dickies Clearance Store closes in Grapevine
The Dickies Clearance Store in Grapevine has been closed since Nov. 24, due to unpaid rent, according to a sign on the door. (Cody Thorn/Community Impact) Dickies Clearance Store is closed in Grapevine Mills. The store sold clothing and accessories for men, women and children, according to its website. The...
Why has Tarrant sent more youth to juvenile prisons? It depends on who you...
Tarrant County leads the state in the number of youth it sends to Texas juvenile prisons, which doesn’t have enough space to accommodate the influx, causing overcrowding at the county’s detention center. But solutions to the problem are debated among Tarrant County officials and juvenile justice advocates. The Texas...
Rare Pokémon Card Shatters GameStop $30K Trade-In Record in TX
A collector in Grapevine, Texas, just broke a GameStop record by trading in a single virtual holographic Gengar Pokémon card for a cash payout of $30,494.70.
A majority of babies are diaper-insecure in these North Texas counties
DALLAS — Tens of thousands of North Texas babies live in households that struggle to afford diapers, according to a new study from the Urban Institute. The study found that a majority of babies, children 3 and younger, living in several North Texas counties may not have reliable access to diapers.
Burleson Police Investigate Fatal Shooting Involving Local Teens at Bailey Lake
On December 7, 2025, Burleson Police responded to a shooting at the Bailey Lake parking lot in Burleson, Texas. Officers found a 17-year-old male in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. He was unresponsive.
Fort Worth police investigating report of apartment squatter armed with AR-15
An apartment complex maintenance employee told Fort Worth police that he was surprised by a man wielding a rifle when the worker entered what was supposed to be a vacant unit. According to a police call log, the incident happened about 9:20 a.m. Monday at the Wind River Apartments, at 8725 Calmont Ave. in west Fort...
Suspected Catalytic Converter Thief Arrested in Fort Worth Thanks to White Settlement Police Vigilance
Residents of White Settlement were on high alert when police were called to respond to a suspicious individual attempting to sever a catalytic converter from a vehicle—a crime often overshadowed by its big-city echoes yet just as pressing in the burrows of everyday occurrences. According to a social media post by the...
