Homeless campsite cleanups getting more help with $1.8M nonprofit contract expansion
More yellow-vested workers will pick up debris and clean up homeless campsites around Fort Worth. City Council members authorized spending an additional $1.8 million to hire more workers from UpSpire, a nonprofit that provides job opportunities to people experiencing homelessness or struggling with other barriers to...
Fort Worth Man Sentenced to 45 Years for Drug Trafficking
On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office announced that 34-year-old Levarone Antwaun Edwards was found guilty by a jury of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Following the verdict, the court sentenced Edwards to 45 years in prison. The conviction stems...
Drug deal ends in fatal shooting, Fort Worth police say
FORT WORTH, Texas — One person died after allegedly selling drugs to a person who, unhappy with the purchase, returned to confront them, Fort Worth police said. Officers responded to a shooting call around 4:50 a.m. Tuesday to a motel in the 4400 block of South Freeway, the Fort Worth Police Department said in a...
New musical swings at Fort Worth Botanical Garden
The Fort Worth Botanical Gardens just debuted a new, interactive musical swings installation.
Minters Chapel, Texas Ghost Town
You’ll find Minter’s Chapel ghost town in Tarrant County, Texas, where Green Washington Minter established a Methodist settlement in the 1850s. The community grew around a log church and cemetery, with circuit riders serving the congregation. Today, only the historic Minter’s Chapel Cemetery remains, preserving over...
Amber Alert issued for 13-year-old girl abducted in Grapevine, DPS says
Authorities say the teen may be traveling in a white Ford F-150.
Man hit by train in south Fort Worth dies at hospital, police say
A man died after he was hit by a train in south Fort Worth early Tuesday morning, police said. Officers responded about 1 a.m. to railroad tracks near the intersection of Millbrook Lane and Nuffield Lane, where they found the man who had been struck by the train, police said. The man was taken to a local hospital,...
‘Something needs to be done.’ | Fort Worth residents demand action after series of...
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth man narrowly escaped serious injury Sunday evening when a car crashed through his bedroom window and pushed him out of bed, the latest in a series of crashes plaguing a residential stretch of East Berry Street. The crash occurred on East Berry...
Alcon puts Fort Worth in sharp focus as council approves manufacturing incentives
The Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved tax breaks that may bring an estimated $186 million investment and create 241 full-time jobs paying an average of $75,000 to the company’s existing Fort Worth campus at 6201 S. Freeway. The seven-year tax abatement agreement with the eye care...
Leon Bridges honored with Near Southside street sign toppers
Over a decade ago, Fort Worth singer Leon Bridges recorded his debut album “Coming Home” at Niles City Sound in the Near Southside — a project that boosted him to his first of six Grammy nominations in 2016. His career skyrocketed from there, making him a household...
