Sex Trafficking Trauma
Early one morning in 2015, Jenny walked out of her bedroom with bag in hand and announced to her mother that she was leaving...
Granger the Stranger
Like Didi and Gogo in Waiting for Godot, protesters waited. And waited. They were on the sidewalk by Blue Mesa Grill in the West...
Meet the New Boss …
Fort Worth City Council is taking a longish breather, canceling both its year-end December 31 meeting — understandably — and its scheduled January 7...
Mixed Grades
Like other large, urban school districts, Fort Worth’s is tasked with ensuring that tens of thousands of young minds achieve academic success. And much...
Up to Code
An apartment complex owner in Hurst is facing a $16,500 fine for allegedly failing to fix a list of more than 700 health and...
He Came, He Raked It In, He Left
In mid-October, Donald Trump – evidently needing a break from his usual Washington routine of tweeting vulgar insults, binge-watching Fox News, coddling tyrants, and...
Trickle Down
Nonprofits rely on the kindness of strangers, particularly during the holiday season. Those kindnesses continue locally even as donations have fallen nationwide. Seems the...
All or Nothing Christmas
As a kid, we didn’t have much, yet we had everything. Not in a poetic sense or in a literary sense. It was not...
News Roundup
Fort Worth’s stalwart conservative choice in the House of Representatives has been Kay Granger for the past 22 years. When voters elected her to...
Appearances, People!
The district attorney is saying zip about Atatiana Jefferson. Residents, though, are wondering just how aggressive prosecutors will be in court and whether a...



















