Former Fort Worth mayor pro tem, council member and CBS News Texas colleague Gyna Bivens has died after battling cancer. She was 71 years old.
In October, Bivens announced she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was being treated at Clements University Hospital at UT Southwestern in Dallas.
Bivens served six terms on the Fort Worth City Council, from 2013 to 2025. She retired as the longest-serving member of the council in May. She worked on the CBS News Texas assignment desk in 1996-97…