Fort Worth TX

DALLAS FORT WORTH — A line of showers and thunderstorms is entering the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex on Wednesday morning, May 6, 2026, bringing rain coverage across a broad corridor from Denton and Lewisville in the north through Fort Worth, Arlington, and Burleson in the south. No severe weather is expected with this round of activity, keeping the threat profile limited to lightning, brief heavy...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth City Council and staff are facing a $49.3 million gap in the city's 2027 budget as property and sales tax income lag behind previous years. In a budget worksession held on May 5, Fort Worth staff presented an initial overview of the budget as it stands now, which includes a $49.3 million budget shortfall. Both increased expenses and lagging...

Fort Worth, Texas – The Fort Worth Fire Department has earned national recognition from the American Heart Association for its emergency medical response efforts involving some of the most critical medical emergencies, including severe heart attacks and strokes. City officials announced that the department received the Mission: Lifeline EMS...

A North Texas hospital is warning parents about a social media trend that is causing kids to overdose on the allergy medicine Benadryl. Cook Children’s Health Care System said it has received more than 100 patients at its emergency department for Benadryl overdoses in the last six months. One...

As the severe weather pattern gripped North Texas in late April, alerts kept popping up on screens across the region. You followed the updates closely because these storms rarely stay distant. On April 28 an EF3 tornado touched down in Mineral Wells, about 50 miles west of Fort Worth, tearing through the town around 5...

Retailer eyes May 8 opening day for its ongoing Texas expansion. The third of four BJ’s Wholesale Club locations in Texas will open its doors in Southwest Fort Worth this week as the retailer continues its aggressive push into the Lone Star State. Fort Worth will welcome the over-100,000-square-foot...

A "Muslim only event" at a taxpayer-funded Texas water park shifted to a "modest dress only" and "all are welcome" policy after Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to revoke state grants.

Flower Mound, Texas — Weitzman has broken ground on Silveron Park, a restaurant-focused retail development located on the southeast corner of Lakeside Village Boulevard and International Parkway in Flower Mound, roughly 25 miles northeast of Fort Worth. Situated as part of a larger mixed-use development, the project’s first phase of retail will consist of 17,400 square feet of shop space, along with available...

D CEO held its 13th annual Mergers & Acquisitions Awards event on May 5 at On the Levee. Presented in partnership with the Association for Corporate Growth-DFW, the program recognized the most impactful acquisitions, mergers, and other financial transactions in North Texas last year—and the dealmakers who made them happen.

One of the biggest Sprint Car events in the region is set to storm into North Texas this Saturday night, May 9th, as the Texas 305 Sprint Car Nationals takes center stage at Kennedale Speedway Park. Headlined by a massive $5,000-to-win main event for the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars, Saturday’s...