New Melee for Mitchell
Freedom of speech isn’t always free, or so deemed the Texas Ethics Commission after Billy Mitchell ran large ads in several newspapers, including Fort...
Sayonara to SAM
When Southside Area Ministries shut down at the end of May, all of the office furniture was donated to Berry Good Buys, where it...
Getting and Spending 2012
Customer Service
Readers’ choice: Grapevine Guitar Works, 1689 W NW Hwy, Grapevine
Critic’s choice: Ashleigh Keeney, Starbucks, 2600 W 7th St, FW
Some managers run their business...
Single-Family Affair
Ethics, like beauty, seems to be in the eye of the beholder at Fort Worth city hall these days.
Did Mayor Mike Moncrief violate the...
Muzzled
Suzette Watkins had plenty of reasons for attending the Nov. 8 town-hall meeting held in her part of East Fort Worth: She's a resident...
Casino Dreams
Noel Nelson and girlfriend Madelyn Walsh walked their dogs along the Lake Worth shore on a recent morning, enjoying the breeze, the green grass,...
Pounds and Premiums
As the estimated cost of the Trinity River Vision project climbs toward $1 billion, an unexpected benefit could soon emerge: lower car insurance premiums.
That...
Paradise Drowned
A dream turned into a nightmare very quickly for Annette and Michael Daniel — and it’s one they can’t wake up from. Everything they...
Approved!
When the Fort Worth City Council last month granted a variance to Chesapeake Energy allowing it to drill gas wells that will be closer...
Water Wooing
Arlington officials have been wooing a Fortune 500 company so hard that some townsfolk are feeling like the nerdy best friend. Longtime local homebuilder...
