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Zebras Redux

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Arlington Heights High School is at the center of another controversy, this one involving the alleged unfair treatment of Hispanic students. Jeff Prince

Red Card

In January, five Arlington Heights High School soccer players, all Hispanic, were found smoking marijuana and also had beer in their room in a...
Stout: “I had no idea when I met that mother and her kittens six years ago that it was going to change my life.” Lee Chastain

Feral Fight

Connie Stout is an animal right activist, but she didn’t plan on becoming the local spokesperson for a feral cat program known as trap-neuter-release....
Left to right, George Mackey, Kathy Lowthorp, and Sharen Wilson are all vying for the job of district attorney. Courtesy photos

Re-ordering the Bench

The Tarrant County criminal justice system is poised for a significant makeover with the March 4 primary election looming. Four of the county’s 10...
Belmontes: “I dispute it all.” Courtesy Michelle Felan

Questions of Justice

A candidate for Tarrant County Precinct 5 justice of the peace can point to a long list of service organizations he’s volunteered with over...
Julie Wilson participated in a Fort Worth City Council pre-council meeting in 2008. Gary Hogan is at left, and XTO Energy’s Walter Dueease is in the center. Courtesy FWCANDO.org

Wells, Well-Being, and Julie Wilson

The hiring of former Chesapeake Energy Corp. spokeswoman Julie H. Wilson to lead a health initiative in Fort Worth has many local people astounded...
The Union Gospel Mission has been turning away 200 families a month for lack of space. Brian Hutson

More Homeless on the Avenue

Six years ago when the city adopted a 10-year plan to end homelessness in Fort Worth, officials promised to start finding ways to get...
One cattle egret is a pretty bird, but hundreds can be a real nuisance.

Birds Sit

Dot Kent has learned a lot about migratory birds the past two years. As neighborhood education director for Fort Worth, she coordinates the efforts...

E-headache

Fort Worth attorney Jason Smith had been screaming at his computer for an hour, over complications in using the state’s new electronic filing system,...
Tanker truck traffic around injection wells is just one of the reasons they’re unpopular with neighbors. Gayle Reaves

Toxic Torts

Texas property owners can post their land against trespassers. But what do you do when the interloper is toxic liquid spreading far beneath the...
Natasha Lawry leads a prayer near what’s known as “Marty’s bench.” Jeff Prince

Hard to Help

Marty Wilson’s friends would never have known what happened to him except for Driss Siyas. Siyas, owner of the Casablanca Coffee shop, counted himself as...