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SHOW TIME
Rayleigh Whitt, 9, of Kaufman County 4H walks her show sheep Cali back to the pen after giving her a shower the day prior to competing in the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo in Fort Worth on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025.
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Can neighbors, TCU students come to peace over parties?
Fort Worth’s Westcliff is, by many standards, the picture of tranquility. Drive along its tree-lined streets, past its historic bungalows and well-tended lawns, and the neighborhood strikes one as the ideal place to carve out a life amid the hubbub of...
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Families fight schools over special ed services
When Ryan Ben Alaya was in fourth grade, things seemed to be going well. He was doing well in his classes, his teachers described him as bright and motivated, and he loved going to school. But the following year, when Ryan started fifth grade, things...
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TCU rolls out ambitious enrollment campaign
When Coleton Power applied to TCU as a senior in high school, he attended a live stream hosted by the university to learn more about the school. The stream was designed to answer questions from prospective students to help them make their college...
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HOA reacts to special prosecutor appointment in Keller ISD suit
The appointment of a special prosecutor in a lawsuit against Keller school board members indicates the state believes there is evidence they engaged in illegal conversations when they discussed splitting the school district in half last year, according...
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North Texas teen saving the environment one park at a time
A dirty creek at a North Texas park started a middle school student on the path to environmental advocacy. “I noticed there was a lot of plastic in the creek,” said Daniel Thomas, now a 17-year-old senior at Colleyville Heritage High School. Thomas,...
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Fort Worth parents get first glimpse of new grading model
Parents at three elementary schools in the Fort Worth Independent School District got their first look at a new grading system earlier this month — one that doesn’t use the letter grades parents and students are used to seeing on report cards. Fort...
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Driver arrested after boy dies in crash with train, police say
Fort Worth police have arrested a man they say drove around an activated train barricade and caused a crash that killed his 5-year-old nephew on Wednesday. Fabian Riojas, 24, faces a charge of manslaughter in a traffic accident, according to online...
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TCU’s Pullin formally inaugurated as chancellor
Faculty, staff, students, alumni and school leaders formally welcomed Daniel Pullin as TCU’s 11th chancellor on Thursday at an inauguration ceremony at the Van Cliburn Concert Hall inside the university’s Megan and Victor Boschini Music Center. Pullin...
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Wise County residents speak out about landfill proposal
Roughly a hundred Wise County residents gathered Thursday night at a public meeting organized by Texas environmental officials about a proposal for a landfill near Aurora. The meeting at the Decatur Conference Center was held by the Texas Commission...
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Groups explain what teachers can expect in state intervention
Teachers should expect a slow transition as the state intervenes in the Fort Worth school district, said a leader of a state educators’ association. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced Thursday that Texas is taking over the North Texas...
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After federal layoffs, families worry about special education
The news of the gutting of the U.S. Department of Education’s special education office is creating concern for families of students with disabilities in Fort Worth and across the country. Last week, the Trump administration announced massive layoffs...
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FWISD expanding efforts to address absenteeism
Five years after the end of pandemic-related campus closures, school officials in Fort Worth and nationwide are still struggling to get students to show up for class every day. The number of students in the Fort Worth Independent School District who...
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Gateway Church founder pleads guilty in child sex abuse case
Gateway Church founding pastor Robert Morris pleaded guilty Thursday in Oklahoma to charges of indecent conduct with a child in connection with the sexual abuse case that led to his resignation from the North Texas megachurch. Morris entered the plea...
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Takeaways from securing of indictment against Comey
In the span of a few hours Thursday, President Donald Trump went from claiming no knowledge of a possible indictment of former FBI director James Comey to celebrating it as “JUSTICE IN AMERICA!” In reality, Trump had handpicked the prosecutor –...
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Charlie Kirk killing suspect in custody after family tipoff
The suspect in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was identified as Tyler Robinson, 22, from Utah, officials said at a news briefing Friday. Utah Governor Spencer Cox said that investigators arrested Robinson after a family member...
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County files hate-crime charges in case of church graffiti
The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office has filed hate-crime charges against three people in connection with graffiti that included profanity — the phrase “(expletive) Israel” — spray-painted on a non-denominational church in Euless in 2024. The...
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Some want to continue work of Race and Culture Task Force
On a Wednesday afternoon in January 2017, Jacqueline Craig called the Fort Worth Police Department about a neighbor who allegedly assaulted her son for littering near his home. When Officer William Martin arrived, he asked Craig why she didn’t teach...
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Everman community reacts to arrest of missing child’s mom
It’s been nearly two-and-ahalf years since an Amber Alert was issued for Everman boy Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, but city officials and residents say the missing child isn’t forgotten. “It’s been emotional around here the last couple of years,” Mayor Ray...
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Texas releases 2024 and 2025 A-F grades for schools
The Texas Education Agency has released 2024 and 2025 A-F accountability grades for all Texas school districts and campuses. The grades give administrators, parents and community members insights into academic performance. The grades are heavily...
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Federal money on its way to Texas; school leaders cautious
A little over a month after the beginning of a federal education funding freeze that threw school budgets nationwide into turmoil, Texas education officials say they have access to the money that was put on hold. A spokesperson for the Texas Education...
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Deadlocked jury leads to mistrial in Bell-Johnson case
EDITOR’S NOTE: The capital murder trial of Anthony Bell-Johnson ended in a mistrial when the jury could not reach a verdict. A version of this story that incorrectly reported the verdict was published in Friday’s print edition due to a technical...
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Judge tells Gateway Church, Morris to try arbitration
Gateway Church and former lead pastor Robert Morris must try again to settle an arbitration dispute over Morris’ retirement pay, a Tarrant County district judge ruled Thursday. The parties have another 30 days to attempt to find an arbitrator who...
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Meet the 4 finalists for Fort Worth police chief
The candidate pool to determine who will lead Fort Worth’s 1,900 sworn officers has been whittled down to four. A national search yielded 51 applications, leading to nine interviews and four finalists, according to a July 14 city press release. Former...
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Funding delay in Tarrant causes child care program pause
Eligible families receiving free child care are experiencing displacement from services in Tarrant County this summer due to procedural delays in grant funding for the federal Head Start program, according to a local provider. Tarrant County’s largest...
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Deadly I-20 crash highlights trucking industry safety issues
The trucking company whose driver was involved in a fatal crash near Terrell that killed five people, including four members of a Fort Worth family, has a checkered safety record, according to federal audits. At about 2:40 p.m. on June 28, Alexis...
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Cooper apartment tenants share concerns after Fort Worth fire
Multiple residents displaced by the fire Monday at The Cooper apartments have complained of a lack of information from the management company, which they say has added stress to an already traumatic experience. The Fort Worth Fire Department was...
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Texas’ 2025 child care bills could benefit Tarrant families
Child care advocates say major wins were garnered during Texas’ 2025 legislative session. Out of multiple bills that passed both the Senate and House and were sent to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk, there are a handful expected to make a significant impact...
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New lawsuit accuses Gateway Church of cover-up
The woman who accused the former lead pastor of Southlake’s Gateway Church of sexually abusing her as a child has filed a new lawsuit against the pastor, according to court documents. At the center of the lawsuit, accuser Cindy Clemishire and her...
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Developer shares vision for West Berry Street site
Construction is underway along West Berry Street, but Endeavor Real Estate Group is just getting started with its plans to transform the university-adjacent corridor. TCU selected the Austinbased development firm to build new off-campus student...
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A LEGACY OF HUMBLE LEADERSHIP
How Victor Boschini’s 22 years as chancellor transformed TCU TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr. signs notes in his office on May 9.
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Voter guide for Tarrant County runoff elections
For most of Tarrant County, the local election season is over. Yet in Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Kennedale and Mansfield, there’s one seat that has gone to a runoff election. For those five Tarrant city councils, there was one race in...
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THE INVESTOR NEXT DOOR
These Japanese and New York firms own thousands of suburban Fort Worth homes PAGE 3A
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17 FWISD schools on list of proposed closures, consolidations
The Fort Worth Independent School District’s proposals to close and consolidate campuses amid declining enrollment are coming to a head with 17 schools currently being considered for such changes. Fort Worth ISD staff are wrapping up their series of...
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FWISD looks to demonstration teacher model to boost reading
For years, officials in the Fort Worth Independent School District used the same strategy to try to boost student achievement: Offer coaching and guidance to teachers and hope that, as they got better at their jobs, higher test scores would...
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Texas school voucher bill heads to Abbott
Texas is poised to establish a school voucher program, joining 15 other states with universal school choice. The priority policy of Gov. Greg Abbott is headed to his desk after the Senate on April 24 accepted the House’s changes to Senate Bill 2. The...
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TCU reveals major expansion with $500M in private investment
TCU plans to add more than 3,200 beds to its campus with new student housing through a partnership with private developers that includes more than $500 million in outside investment, the university announced Thursday. The project was approved by the...
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North Texas patients said they felt like victims of an industry that puts profits over people when talks stalled between their health insurance company and network providers.
of April 9, it links out to a page for the Center for Connection Culture founded in 2013. The center was created to “protect and strengthen TCU’s commitment to building and sustaining a connected community,” according to its web page. Holly Ellman, a...
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UT Arlington breaks ground on west Fort Worth campus
The birth of far west Fort Worth’s newest “economic powerhouse” was consecrated Thursday morning in a white canopy tent wedged between the intersection of Interstates 20 and 30. It was blustery and overcast. The freeways whirred incessantly. The tent,...
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Texas health insurer to change asthma treatment coverage
A major health insurer of Texans is set to make significant changes to how some asthma patients receive what doctors say are medically necessary treatments. Starting April 15, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas will require prior authorization before...
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MYSTERY MAN MLB season begins: Arguably one of baseball’s best, COREY SEAGER is comfortable in his obscurity.
The schedule: The promotions: The parking: The trouble spot? OPENER on MARCH 27
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North Texas food banks lose $2 million in federal funding
Roster building: Memorable moments: 5A Mac Engel’s view: Food banks serving thousands of families across North Texas have just lost millions in federal funding, and they’re unsure how they will make up for it. On Monday, the U.S. Department of...
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Abbott visits Temple Christian School to stump for vouchers
Speaking Thursday evening at a Fort Worth private school, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made the case for school vouchers — again: That parents, not the government, are best equipped to decide what type of education is best for their children. Although...
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‘DON’T GIVE UP’
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How can Fort Worth ISD help students catch up in reading?
In the Fort Worth Independent School District and across Texas, conversations about literacy instruction have largely focused on the early grades. But the results of a nationwide exam released last month suggest that many of Fort Worth ISD’s older...
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After 66 years, one of North Texas’ last surviving local grocers is closing
Chanda Kisor checks out a customer at Burleson’s independent grocery store City Market on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. Kisor has worked at City Market for 21 years and hasn’t yet decided what her next move will be after the store closes its doors for the...
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Fort Worth, Arlington ISDs offer pre-K-4 to all. Here’s why
In Texas, state-funded pre-K is limited to certain 3- and 4year-olds who, for example, qualify for the national school lunch program, have a parent in the armed forces or are unable to speak English. In North Texas, though, some local school districts...
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Study shows revenue projections for split of Keller schools
Former leaders in the Keller school district made unrealistic assumptions and overestimated attendance and revenue projections, leading to a $35 million shortfall in the general fund, according to an independent audit. The district hired Chicago-based...
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Would a Keller ISD split hurt home values in Alliance?
A search of real estate listings in far north Fort Worth’s Alliance area makes it clear just how important many buyers and sellers believe the Keller school district is to home values. “This beautiful home in Keller ISD...” “Situated within the...
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Keller ISD residents tell board they oppose district split
Residents in the Keller school district who spoke at a special school board meeting Thursday overwhelmingly opposed a proposal to split the district in two. Concerns from some of the 121 who signed up to speak included questions over how the...
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School vouchers, funding set to dominate debate in Austin
Much as it did two years ago, the fight over school vouchers is expected to be a top issue when lawmakers return to Austin this month. But so-called education savings accounts aren’t the only education-related issue expected to come up during the...
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Fort Worth ISD eyes five-year strategic plan
After months of discussion and false-starts, the Fort Worth school board is expected to take up a strategic plan for the district in the coming weeks. A proposed five-year plan will be the main focus of the board’s January workshop, said board...
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A YEAR TO REMEMBER
Brothers Nathan, 8, and Dean Dinino, 7, from Washington join Ada June, 8, to watch the solar eclipse outside Hillsboro courthouse on Monday, April 8, 2024.
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Autistic child abused by therapist, North Texas parents say in lawsuit
A North Texas couple said their family’s lives have not been the same since their 6year-old daughter, who has autism, was abused at a behavioral therapy center. Jessi-Marie and Chase Safro filed a lawsuit Dec. 10 against ABA Interactive, accusing the...
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FWISD’s absentee rate returns to pre-pandemic level
More than three years after the district brought students back to school in person, officials in the Fort Worth Independent School District say the number of students missing too many days of school has nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels. Although...
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‘DON’T YOU CARE?’ How companies use an obscure Texas law to avoid damages from toxic-exposure lawsuits
Dallas resident Alice Salas was a lifelong user of the Johnson & Johnson brand of baby powder, but was unaware of the carcinogenic properties of the product. In 2008, Salas was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had to undergo a full hysterectomy and...
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The Star-Telegram’s Crossroads Lab needs your support
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Crossroads Lab stands as a testament to the power of local journalism to make our community a better place. For more than three years, the community-funded Lab has informed and engaged citizens about under-covered issues...
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Iconic Fort Worth brand Dickies moving HQ to California
Dickies, the iconic workwear manufacturer founded in Fort Worth more than century ago, is moving headquarters to California. The move will impact about 120 employees in Fort Worth, but Dickies will still maintain a “strong employment presence”...
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Is downtown still a top draw for a night out?
A sole patron drinks at WXYZ Bar in Aloft Fort Worth Downtown on Tuesday, August 6, 2024.
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‘I live in fear.’
President-elect Donald Trump waves to his supporters at an event with Gov. Greg Abbott at the unfinished border wall in Pharr in 2021.
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FWISD offers classes to prepare for pre-K, kindergarten
and toddlers who are too young to formally enroll in their local school district are getting a taste of the classroom environment alongside their parents through an early childhood program offered by Fort Worth ISD. The Zero to Five program offers...
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Mayor Parker intends to run for third term in 2025
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker intends to run for a third term in 2025. Parker announced her intentions speaking to a gaggle of reporters shortly after giving her State of The City address at Dickies Arena on Thursday, Oct. 24. For now, Parker said...
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DECISION TIME
In addition to the presidential, U.S. Senate and U.S. House races, Fort Worth area voters will also cast ballots for the Texas Legislature, the state Supreme Court and a number of county posts, including sheriff.
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Tight job market may affect FWISD superintendent search
When the Fort Worth Independent School District began its last search for a new superintendent, it was one of about 10 North Texas districts looking for new leaders. Two years later, the district finds itself back in the same position. Fort Worth...
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Your guide to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s new print schedule
For the last several weeks, we’ve been preparing for major changes with the print version of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. This week is when it all begins. To help you be ready — and continue to stay informed about what’s happening in our community...
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