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Dallas to get hit by more severe weather Thursday as storms develop across Texas
After a Memorial Day weekend full of deadly storms, parts of Texas may see more severe weather beginning Thursday afternoon. More than 180,000 Texas homes and businesses remained in the dark Thursday as residents cleaned up from weeks of wild storms and tornadoes amid concerns that more severe weather was on the way.
Flooding impacts Dallas, while 1 injured during severe storms in West Texas
Another day of severe weather impacted Texas and the southern Plains on Thursday with flooding reported around Dallas and a Tornado Emergency issued south of Midland. One person was injured when a mobile home flipped in Odessa.
'People could still be living here,' Former Butler Place residents reminisce about living in the projects
Ever since it opened in the 1940's, Butler Place near downtown Fort Worth was home to hundreds of residents. Former residents share their thoughts on growing up at Butler Place and favorite memories from the tight-knit community.
Fort Worth Montessori school failed to care for potty-training child, investigation finds
Investigators with Texas Health and Human Services Commission inspected the Montessori School on Camp Bowie after one child’s parents made a complaint. The issues were resolved, according to the state.
From homecoming queen to Navy recruit: White Settlement ISD student shows no fear
Congratulations to the class of 2024! Fort Worth Report is marking graduation season with a three-part series examining the main pathways that students can take after high school. Carlie Simon never passed up an opportunity, approaching each with anticipation. The graduate of White Settlement ISD’s Brewer High School was involved...
3D-printed home under construction in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH – People gathered today at 100 W. Bolt St. in Fort Worth to witness the construction of what is believed to be the city's first 3D-printed home.Gone are the days of pouring concrete by hand. Why bother when a giant printer can do it for you?"It's working on autopilot, taking the design fed into it and printing the walls layer by layer," said Peter Cooperman of Black Buffalo 3D.Black Buffalo 3D, a Pennsylvania-based construction company, is behind this innovative project. Spectators were amazed by the technology."It's not often that people line up at construction sites just to see...
Fort Worth ISD pulls plan to close middle schools, moves forward with campus renovations
Fort Worth ISD school board member Wallace Bridges warned his colleagues May 14 that parents and community members felt a proposal to close middle school campuses was a done deal. Families felt their concerns about the impact of school closures on student transportation and neighborhood culture would go unheard due...
Opal Lee kicks off Fort Worth Juneteenth celebrations with annual prayer service
Pastor Charlie E. Nickerson remembers being a young man running a grocery store on the southside of Fort Worth while watching Opal Lee strive to make Juneteenth a national holiday. On Friday, Lee was sitting in a front row pew of the church Nickerson leads, celebrating the month of Juneteenth...
Orange Leaf to be franchised by Azle veteran
AZLE — Mike Higby, a United States Air Force veteran, will soon open an Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt shop in Azle. Higby is from a third-generation military family who has lived almost everywhere in the country. A considerable amount of his time was spent growing up in Alaska, where much of his family still lives. He first joined the U.S. Air Force in 1996 and served until 2019. In that time, Higby lived in California, Spain and Germany before eventually settling in Azle. He worked as an aircraft mechanic, maintaining large aircraft platforms.
Heavy rains could bring bigger, more aggressive "floodwater mosquitoes" to North Texas
NORTH TEXAS – If you think the mosquitoes are bad now, just wait. Experts say we're about to see a huge boom in the insect population thanks to recent rainfall and the rising temperature."We're fixing to see a bloom like none other," said Raye Chisholm, general manager of Mosquito Squad of Fort Worth. "All the rain and moisture we've been having is causing the ground to stay wet. It will cause the mosquito population to be more active because they're going to breed more."Mosquitoes only need a bottle cap full of water to lay hundreds of eggs, and torrential rains this...
‘Bike and Roll’
AZLE — Azle Elementary students had fast fun and a police escort on their way to school the morning of May 17. For National Motorcycle and Bicycle Safety Month, the City of Azle and Azle Elementary partnered together to give students an exhilarating end of the year treat. Azle...
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