Drilling Through Peace and Property
Carl Fors wanted out. The noise and vibration from the gas well behind his house were enough to make the plates in his cupboard...
The Gasfather
A one-page memo went out from Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief to neighborhood groups last month seeking nominations for the city’s ethics review committee....
The 2006 Turkey Awards
They thought it couldn’t happen to them.
Nah, we’re not talking about the Repubs, although it applies to them, too. In this case, it’s the...
Leaving Johnson County
In early August, 2006, Desiree Jamison, a 40-year-old former hard drug user in the early stages of a trial for leaving the scene of...
Portrait of an Artist
Hitting the gym three days a week puts a snap in Olive Pemberton's step. She knows about staying fit, having danced on Broadway and...
Curry vs. Moore
In the softly lit La Puertita, a former church that’s been incorporated into the sprawling Joe T. Garcia’s restaurant complex on Fort Worth’s North...
UTA
A small plaque hangs inconspicuously on the wall of Nedderman Hall, one of the University of Texas at Arlington’s engineering buildings. “An international tribute...
Fuming Over the Frogs
Gary Patterson wants to play the guitar, you can tell. The Texas Christian University head football coach has been sitting in his living room...
Water, Water … Where?
The worst drought on record in these parts lasted for much of the 1950s. While city folks were discovering tv and cars with fins,...
Annexing Trouble
Cindy Owens remembers the night in chilling detail. Her daughter had been struck by a car. She’d called an ambulance and waited 45 minutes...
