Broken Connects-ion
Connects, the multimillion-dollar “student information system” software program sold to the Fort Worth school district in 2008, may be headed for the trash bin....
Stockyards Cesspool
About two years ago, tattoo artist Drago Reid heard a commotion in the parking lot behind his Knuckle Up parlor in the Stockyards. It...
An Ugly Business
Mug shot magazines such as Mugly! and Busted! and their online equivalents have become popular in recent years. Some people just can’t resist visiting...
Air Quality Study Result?
“What people don’t understand is that gas drilling in Fort Worth is not us versus them. We’re all in this together,” said an exasperated...
Bloody Monday at JPS
“Everybody knew belt-tightening was coming,” said a longtime employee at John Peter Smith hospital who was let go recently. But few people expected the...
Drilling and Nukes: Bad Match?
Concerns about gas drilling near the Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant are prompting some observers to question state and federal agencies that insist the drilling...
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...
Speech: Hateful or Free?
“Lots of us are waiting for the day when all this homo bullshit is reversed and assholes like you are either back in the...
Best Of 2011
Customer Service
Readers’ choice: Feed Your Head, 3415 S Cooper St, Arl
Critic’s choice: Carolyn Wilson, Texas Health and Human Services, 1540 New York Av, Arl
The...
Bringing School Bullies to Account
Judy Luttrell, associate director of the United Educators Association, said last week that she has been stunned at the extent of the workplace bullying...
