Metro
Playing Nice?
An alleged tip sends the FBI out to question Denton drilling activists.Photos and story by ANDREW MCLEMORE
North Texas environmental activists frequently feel as though local officials ignore their protests against gas drilling, but it turns out it’s easy enough to get the federal government’s attention — if the FBI thinks you...
Joe’s Ride
The Palazzolo case continues to cut a strange path.Betty Brink
Joe Palazzolo’s friends might be forgiven for thinking that’s not his real first name. Surely it should be “Job.” Palazzolo, of course, is the former assistant principal who blew the whistle on malfeasance by top admini...
Cesspool No More
The water district cleans up Marine Creek, but city maintenance is still iffy.TASHA HAYTON
For months, tattoo artist Drago Reid set up his easel each day to paint in Saunders Park next to Marine Creek in the Fort Worth Stockyards. But over time he grew frustrated that his artistic muse was cluttered trash and debris....
Vapors Sicken Arlington
Complaints of illnesses from fracking fall on deaf ears.PETER GORMAN
Residents of several Arlington neighborhoods where Chesapeake Energy is drilling for natural gas claim the vapor clouds released by certain stages of the operations are making them sick — and they’re challenging the company...
How Green?
A south Arlington well site might represent an environmental first for the gas drilling industry.RITA COOK
When Edge Resources recently announced that it had partnered with an international nonprofit group to create a sustainably developed gas drilling property in south Arlington, local environmentalists and drilling critics probabl...
Personal Foul
A local play’s promoters defend a video clip about alleged group sex that even the interviewee says was inaccurate.ANNABELLE MASSEY MALLOY
You might not recognize Mike Shropshire’s image on the video clip — avuncular, face framed by thinning gray hair — but you may recall the name. Shropshire’s byline ran over sports columns and feature stories in the Fort...
Breathing Down Their Necks
Police say a Bedford smoke shop sold fake pot, but owners disagree.JEFF PRINCE
Employees at The Dragons Breath smoke shop and tattoo studio in Bedford were already feeling heat from a city that isn’t keen on tattoo and piercing businesses in general. Code officers have cracked down on Dragons Breath, an...
Peace Talks in the Parking War
Paid parking may be the only solution to West 7th Street’s growing problem.ANTHONY MARIANI
There’s no question the West 7th Street corridor is booming. The growth of the mixed-use entertainment-and-residential district has been a major factor in Fort Worth’s inner-city redevelopment over the past decade, since ci...
More Woes at Dunbar?
The mother of one student says the school district still hasn’t leveled with her.BETTY BRINK
The mother of one Dunbar athlete who was pinched on the nipples repeatedly by then-principal Doug Williams says that, although the incidents happened three months ago, no one with the Fort Worth school district has ever told he...
Mercy on Tap
A church that meets in a Fort Worth bar gets support from some unexpected quarters.DAN MCGRAW
At first glance, the Sunday night event at Mambo’s Tapas Cantina in downtown Fort Worth didn’t seem to have much to do with a church service. People of varying ages filled the tables, where Shiner Bock bottles and cocktails...