Targeted for Being Homeless?
Lorenzo Thomas’ first memory after waking up in John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) was hearing a Fort Worth police officer talking to a nearby...
Oncor Wants More
Completely unashamed by the optics, Oncor has requested a rate hike with a total statewide price tag of $98 million. The move follows a...
Following the Dark Money
“This campaign is about focusing on issues that will take into the next 10, 20, 30 years,” said Deborah Peoples, one of two...
Fentanyl Cases Surging
Illegal, fentanyl-laced drugs have already killed at least four area teenagers, and local officials say they are now concerned about a large spike in...
Be Safe. Stay Alive.
The finals were done and not a moment too soon. It was 2004, and I had made it to yet another last day of...
Fear Factor
As a bouncer came into sight, Julie saw her chance for escape. A young man in his early to mid-20s held a tight grip...
The Race for District 5
District 5 encompasses much of the East Side and the historically Black neighborhood of Stop Six. The Cavile Place public housing development was recently...
Rising Water, Rising Bills
After noticing unusually high bills not long after the city installed new water meters in her neighborhood, Tabitha Williams reached out to other neighborhoods...
Public Defender’s Office Coming to Tarrant County?
Tarrant County is the largest county by population in the United States without a public defender’s office — the nonprofit or governmental groups that...
The Race for District 4
District 4, which represents Fort Worth north of I-30 and east of I-35, is one of the fastest-growing areas of Fort Worth. Alliance Airport,...
