The Mall That Keeps Swallowing Its Own Anchors: Inside 55 Years of Demolition and...
Standing in the highway triangle off Interstate 820 in Hurst, Texas, sits an enclosed mall that opened in 1971 with two Fort Worth department stores. Neither store is there now. North East Mall is still open, and it's still nearly full. The mall opened as a single-level center with Leonard's...
Mobile workshop hits the road to build labor pipeline
A workshop on wheels could do something good to reshape how students view careers in construction. The Be Pro Be Proud mobile workshop launches in Coppell this week.Students can step inside and connect with advanced virtual reality and augmented reality simulators to see real-world construction scenarios. By exposing s
Two Fort Worth firefighters receive 2026 Star of Texas awards
Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 11, 2026 delivered the keynote address and presented awards to honor the service and sacrifice of peace officers, firefighters, and first responders at the 2026 Star Of Texas Awards in Austin. “Today, on Sept. 11, 2026, we remember those we lost and are inspired by...
North Texas set a new heat record for the month of September
Sunday's high of 103 degrees marked the 12th triple-digit day of September in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, setting a record for the most 100-degree days ever recorded in the month of September. More triple-digit temperatures and daily high records are possible this week as above-normal temperatures persist under mostly
Dark Web Oxycodone Dealer Gets Nearly 14 Years for Mailing Pills to Fort Worth-Area...
FORT WORTH, Texas - A New Jersey man who used dark web marketplaces and the U.S. mail to distribute oxycodone to customers across North Texas and throughout the country has been sentenced to nearly 14 years in federal prison. Samad Hamid Castro, 41, was sentenced to 164 months in prison...
Landmark Bar & Kitchen Opens Sept 28 at Loop 289 in Former Joe’s Crab...
Landmark Bar & Kitchen will swing open its doors in Lubbock on September 28 at 11 a.m., taking over the West Loop 289 building that sat empty after Joe's Crab Shack closed in July 2024. The new location at 5802 W. Loop 289 marks the West Texas-themed bar and restaurant chain's third stop after Fort Worth and Addison, a
Hudson House Finally Opens in Southlake After Months of Gutted-Building Delays
Hudson House opened the doors to its new Southlake location Monday, filling a roughly 5,000-square-foot suite at 1131 E. Southlake Blvd. that sat empty after RA Sushi departed the Park Village shopping center. The East Coast-inspired seafood and cocktail concept brings a raw bar, burgers, sushi and a chilled-to-the-ext
Fort Worth daycare faces lawsuit after video allegedly shows substitute encouraging toddler fights
A Fort Worth family has filed a $1 million lawsuit against Arka Montessori Academy after a substitute teacher allegedly encouraged 4-year-olds to fight, and the teacher then assaulted the child. Surveillance video and state findings confirmed the child suffered physical injuries and emotional distress, leading state re
Fort Worth’s Fritz G. Lanham Federal Building Is on the Way Out
The good Lord knows, and just about everybody else does, too, the federal government eventually became the sort of sprawling enterprise Thomas Jefferson warned against. It’s bigger than William Taft’s bathtub. One measure of that growth sits at 819 Taylor St., where the government once needed a $20...
Video shows car crash narrowly misses toddler in Fort Worth home
According to the Fort Worth Police Department, officers were called to a major accident near the 1500 block of Heritage Trace.

















