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Ross Fischer will help the Tarrant Regional Water District with open-records requests and ethics consultations. Courtesy Ross Fischer

More Open or More Obstructive?

Accusations of being secretive and working behind closed doors have dogged the Tarrant Regional Water District and its board of directors ever since they...
Panbechi: “Everything is from the plant; nothing extra is added.” Jeff Prince

Kratom from Cowtown

Kratom, an herbal drink that relieves pain and enhances moods for some enthusiasts, has slipped past the mainstream media for several years. Lately, though,...
Fowler: “The change in the law puts the issue of discipline back in the hands of teachers and administrators.” Courtesy Deborah Fowler

One-Way Tickets

Chewing gum in class or talking back to your teacher might seem like the kind of thing that would get your knuckles cracked or...
Lindner, center, during his playing days: “I rode the pity wagon pretty hard.” Vishal Malhotra

Coming Clean

In 2007 a long list of witnesses told Fort Worth Weekly they’d seen Texas Christian University football player Matty Lindner threaten two Fort Worth...
Aston, in character as Chainsaw Jack: “We’re building the last memories that we’re going to have of this place.”

Their Final Screams

The screams alert her to his presence, but it’s hard to make out his towering form in the darkness. She sees the skins on...
BRIT staffers conduct a census of native plants in each section of the prairie plot. Brian Hutson

O Bury Not the Last Prairie

On the grounds of Fort Worth’s Botanical Research Institute of Texas is a patch of land that looks out of place next to the...
Billman: “We’re not trying to make TCU look like the bad guys.” Lee Chastain

Parking Too Close

Hank Billman has knocked on a lot of his neighbors’ doors recently. The resident of Colonial Hills — the neighborhood west of Texas Christian...
Willis questions whether water quality concerns were addressed before folks were encouraged to jump in the Trinity. Naomi Vaughan

Does Untested = Clean?

Did the Trinity River Vision Authority cancel tubing events this year and last year because of high levels of dangerous bacteria in the river?...

Tasers Off

Four Tarrant County cities temporarily suspended their police departments’ use of Taser electronic devices in late September, based on what their attorneys said were...
Getting & Spending art design winner and Art Institute student, Jonathan Ayala

Best Of Getting & Spending 2013

Customer Service Readers’ choice: Spec’s, 2750 S Hulen St,  FW Critic’s choice: Marquita Sims, Whole Foods Market, 801 E Lamar Blvd, Arl In the rare instances when...