Texas stimulus application for education draws concerns.
By TRACI SHURLEY Texas officials will know soon whether an application they submitted this week for $4 billion in federal stimulus funds passes muster with the Education Department, despite nervousness from school districts on how the money is to be spent. Education... read the full story
Southlake woman is named Miss Texas 2009
By YAMIL BERARD ARLINGTON — "And Miss Texas 2009 is Kristen Blair, Miss North Texas." Blair, 22, of Southlake had dazzled the audience at Texas Hall at the University of Texas at Arlington with her vocal range while singing an aria from a Puccini opera. Miss... read the full story
Southlake woman is named Miss Texas 2009
By YAMIL BERARD ARLINGTON — "And Miss Texas 2009 is Kristen Blair, Miss North Texas." Blair, 22, of Southlake had dazzled the audience at Texas Hall at the University of Texas at Arlington with her vocal range while singing an aria from a Puccini opera. Miss... read the full story
Texas lawmakers don’t like tolls but also don’t like solutions
For a brief time last Wednesday, it looked as if the Dallas-Fort Worth area might escape having toll lanes on a major new highway project. Then, quickly as it had come up, the bubble burst. It turned out to be just another example of the state’s inability to... read the full story
Health-screening businesses are attracting more consumers
By JAN JARVIS Diana Mays has a high-stress job and a lifestyle that leaves little time for cardio workouts. The combination led the Arlington teacher to a mobile health-screening service. "I wanted to find out how far I am away from a stroke or aneurysm," said Mays,... read the full story
Health-screening businesses are attracting more consumers
By JAN JARVIS Diana Mays has a high-stress job and a lifestyle that leaves little time for cardio workouts. The combination led the Arlington teacher to a mobile health-screening service. "I wanted to find out how far I am away from a stroke or aneurysm," said Mays,... read the full story
Christian snack bar's owners also offer spiritual nourishment in Fort Worth
By ANDREW CHAVEZ FORT WORTH — Don Skelton says he used to do $100 a day in dope and drink a fifth of whiskey. That’s before his revelation on May 10, 1977, that his life had to change. He attributes that change to his faith as a devout Christian, and he... read the full story
Fort Worth mayor wants feds' help in gay bar raid inquiry
A man suffered a severe head injury when Fort Worth police and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents inspected the Rainbow Lounge on Sunday. read the full story
Fort Worth: Mayor Calls for Federal Investigation
After initially defending "his" officers—and in the most offensive possible way —the chief of police in Fort Worth now says that Chad Gibson, who he accused of groping an officer, wasn't in the custody of the FWPD when he was seriously injured, but in the... read the full story
SocraticGadfly: Fort Worth mayor speaks – for good – on gay bar raid
Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief, breaking a week-long official silence, actually has something good to say about what needs to be done on the gay bar raid in his city last week. He wants a thorough review of what happened at Rainbow Lounge – a thorough review... read the full story
Moncrief Calls on Feds to Review Raid Investigations
Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief is asking the U.S. Attorney's office to independently review investigations into a raid by Fort Worth Police and TABC agents on the Rainbow Lounge. read the full story
Mayor asks for federal review of Rainbow Lounge incident
ELIZABETH CAMPBELL Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief wants federal prosecutors to independently review the investigations now under way regarding an incident at a gay bar near downtown where one customer was injured and six others were arrested. While the Fort Worth... read the full story
Mayor asks for federal review of Rainbow Lounge incident
ELIZABETH CAMPBELL Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief wants federal prosecutors to independently review the investigations now under way regarding an incident at a gay bar near downtown where one customer was injured and six others were arrested. While the Fort Worth... read the full story
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