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White Collar Crime Don’t Do Time
Just one week after we credited the Koch brothers for joining a coalition for positive changes to the U.S. criminal justice system (“Not Another...
Developing Patience
In April, when the city broke ground on a $12 million underpass connecting the downtown business district to Hemphill Street, it looked like the...
The house that Leon built
The buzzing whine of a power saw and acrid smell of sawdust fill the back part of the century-old building on the Near Southside....
The Y Factor
After a unanimous vote at a recent city council meeting, a 32-year-old institution was dissolved without fanfare or objection. The Fort Worth Commission for...
Clock Kid Strikes
Ahmed Mohamed’s clock wasn’t really a bomb, although the contraption is blowing up in the faces of Irving school administrators and police right about...
Texas Girls’ Choir Time
The little girl looked nervous as she stepped into the music room to audition.
The only singing that Alina Ortiz had done before was at...
Digitally Diving Old Folks
A proposed change to Fort Worth’s charter caught Static’s attention recently. Last July, Fort Worth City Council appointed a task force to recommend possible...
Wakeboard Revival
The city’s biggest wakeboard park is being resuscitated after it was flooded by Tropical Storm Bill in June. A new owner is rebuilding ramps...
Turkey Awards 2015
Turkey Time 2015
We’re not trying to be mean. Wait. Yes, we are. Some folks need to be held accountable for their transgressions, from the...
Fellowship of Love Shines
Growing up in Nowheresville, Texas, in the 1980s with strict parents and nothing but tumbleweeds to play with is tough enough on a teenage...
