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Caught in the Dragnet
On the night that Shahed Hossain left his family’s house in Haltom City to drive to Laredo, his mother, Habiba, cooked dinner — chicken...
Forget “Don’t Drink the Water.”
Sometimes Static’s editor feels like it’s dangerous to open her e-mail inbox on Tuesdays, deadline day at your beloved Fort Worth Weekly. You never...
Mimi and the Man
Last July, an elderly man was sitting on his front porch on Fort Worth’s Near East Side when two pit bulls attacked him, knocking...
Wary Christmas
OK, I get it: It’s Christmas, and you want to celebrate the birth of your savior. You want to decorate the trees and break...
Aggie Secrets
The gently rolling ranchland around Stephenville provides a natural backdrop for Tarleton State University and its emphasis on agricultural studies. But it’s more than...
Mayoral Musings
January is usually when local candidates start announcing their election plans. Neighborhood advocate and former Fort Worth city councilwoman Cathy Hirt hasn’t officially announced...
Street Theater
Arts Goggle is a Near Southside event held twice a year in the spring and fall, with nearly 70 venues hosting art shows and...
When 5 Percent Is Everything
When operatives with Republican ties paid for the petition drive that got the environmentally oriented Green Party on the Texas ballot this year, it...
Whistle, Stopped
In my 21 years in FWISD I have not worked with a finer AP than Joe Palazzolo. Mr. P is hard-working, on the job...
Gas-Gobblers
Holidays promote a plethora of bad puns among writers and those who pitch stories to writers, so Static was neither surprised nor particularly amused...
