New Melee for Mitchell
Freedom of speech isn’t always free, or so deemed the Texas Ethics Commission after Billy Mitchell ran large ads in several newspapers, including Fort...
The Price of Payday
Having garnered not a single vote on the Fort Worth City Council for her position, District 8 council member Kathleen Hicks is taking her...
Courthouse Gusher
In August 2008, the Southwest Fort Worth Alliance, a collection of homeowners associations representing about 25,000 property owners, approved a natural gas leasing deal...
Housing the Homeless
Homelessness is a big problem in Fort Worth, said Mike Wallace, a retired homebuilder who grew up here and still lives here. “And I...
No-Fault Call
The scene has been the premise for dozens of movies and thousands of funny stories: Mom and Dad go out of town, and the...
Breathers Beware
In the summer of 2008, Sandra DenBraber was terrified that if she went to sleep, she might never wake up.
During those months, a carbon...
Fort Worth Misses the Streetcar
When federal officials announced the recipients of a new grant program for transportation projects last month, a lot of consternation raged in this part...
Linwood Fights Redevelopment
What was supposed to be a feel-good meeting between an urban developer and a few friendly residents in the Linwood neighborhood was instead turning...
Not in Vain
The parents of Michael Jacobs Jr., killed last April by a Fort Worth police officer wielding a Taser, have never been satisfied with the...
Green House
On a bluff above Eagle Mountain Lake sits a rustic-looking house in the final stages of construction. The frame "casita" (Spanish for small house)...
