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White Settlement and Fort Worth Police Departments Collaborate to Nab Felony Theft Suspect and Parole Violator
Last week, law enforcement agencies demonstrated effective collaboration through their handling of two separate incidents. In the first instance, a felony theft suspect's flight following a sports store heist resulted in a rapid and coordinated chase involving multiple police units and departments, as reported by the White Settlement Police Department on Facebook.
Fort Worth Became America's 12th Biggest City in 2023
Fort Worth has grown by more than 20,000 residents between 2022 and 2023, according to the latest Census Bureau data. The city grew from 957,000 residents to 978,000 residents, an increase of 2.2 percent. The only city in Texas to grow more than Fort Worth is San Antonio, which grew in population by 21,970, compared to Fort Worth which grew by 21,365.
Fort Worth pastors weigh in on Southern Baptist Convention’s vote on women
Pastor Anyra Cano said she received a call from God to do ministry when she was 13 years old. “I didn’t know what God was calling me to. I just knew God was calling me,” Cano said. She remembers getting a clearer picture when she was around 18...
Arlington's old Johnny Balfour Electronics building could soon be recircuited as apartments
A Fort Worth-based developer wants to build 65 new apartments in downtown Arlington — while honoring the family-owned electronic company that operated on the corner for decades. Nancy Fowler wrote in a letter that her family held onto the properties capped by Johnny Balfour Electronics until they found a...
Fact brief: Is Fort Worth home to tarantulas?
Tarantulas are native to Texas, and are one of 14 species of arachnids living in the state. There have been several tarantula sightings in Fort Worth, according to iNaturalist, a crowdsourcing species website. The majority of tarantula sightings in Tarrant County have been on the west side in cities such as White Settlement and Benbrook.
Family of Texas man who died after altercation with jailers wants federal investigation
The family of a Texas man who died after an altercation with jailers, including one who pinned his knee to the inmate's back, on Tuesday called for a federal investigation into the practices at the jail. Anthony Johnson Jr., 31, a former Marine, died April 21 after the the altercation that officials said began when Johnson resisted jailers' orders during a search for contraband. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner last week ruled the death a homicide due to asphyxia, or suffocation.After fighting with staff at the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth for two to three minutes, Johnson was wrestled...
Split council dooms proposed Pride month proclamation in Fort Worth
Todd Camp can remember when Fort Worth police officers raided the Rainbow Lounge in 2009, prompting a reckoning over gay rights in the city. He can remember the progress Fort Worth made toward acceptance of LGBTQ people in the years that followed, including establishing the LGBTQ Chief of Police and Fire Chief Luncheon.
Renovation of Former Fort Worth National Bank Into Apartments To Begin in August
The renovation of the 16-story former home of the Fort Worth National Bank building is set to begin in August. The conversion of the 30,000-square-foot tower at 115 W. Seventh St. into 300 apartments is scheduled to begin on Aug. 1 and be completed by the end of August in 2025, according to documents filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Fort Worth gun show shooting injures 1
FORT WORTH, Texas - A man was accidentally shot in the chest by a co-worker during a gun show in Fort Worth over the weekend. It happened on Saturday morning at the Premier Gun Show at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. Fort Worth police said one of the booth workers...
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