Prosper data center faces opposition after unanimous commission vote

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 9/2 6:27A Larry Collins

The future of a proposed data center near Prosper is uncertain after the town s Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Town Council deny the project. The commission voted 7-0 late Tuesday night following more than...

What Fort Worth Drivers Should Know After a Car Accident

Fort Worth Weekly 8/31 6:24A Fort Worth Weekly

Fort Worth has grown rapidly over the past two decades, and that growth has brought increasingly heavy traffic to highways like I-35W, I-30, and Loop 820. With more vehicles on the road comes a higher rate of accidents, and understanding how...

Free Fort Worth homebuyer fair aims to help families overcome housing affordability hurdles

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/28 5:42A Alanna Quillen

As rising home prices and higher interest rates continue to put homeownership out of reach for many families, Fort Worth officials and housing advocates are encouraging residents to learn about...

Beers Ahoy, Darth Vato Returns

Fort Worth Weekly 8/26 9:37A Fort Worth Weekly

To say it’s been rough on folks tryin’ to keep everyteeng irie in the Fort is an understatement. When Fort Worth punk-reggae legends Darth Vato sailed away on hiatus after a send-off for old Lola’s in...

Grass fire burns field near Alliance Airport

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/20 11:25A NBCDFW Staff

A grass fire scorched a field south of Alliance Airport in Haslet Thursday afternoon. Flames burned along Westport Parkway, near Intermodal Parkway and Interstate 35W. Firefighters shut down some lanes of traffic as they worked to contain the...

A new initiative will expand access to grief and trauma care in Tarrant County

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/19 1:26A Deborah Ferguson

A real estate investment firm in Fort Worth is doing something good to change how mental health is understood, diagnosed, and treated in Tarrant County. Sisters Susan Miller and Jessica Miller Essl co-founded M2GVentures . A personal family...

What to know about McKinney council recall effort following mosque site approval

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/19 1:07A Lilly Kersh, Staff Writer | The

After a chaotic City Council meeting earlier this month over the approval of a site plan for a mosque , a group of McKinney residents is seeking to recall over half the city’s council members. The...

Pedestrian killed in far north Fort Worth crash

DFW Scanner 8/16 6:45A dfwscanner

At 12:14am Sunday morning, Fort Worth Fire and Police were dispatched to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Highway 114 near Northwest High School. Officials say a man was walking along the two lanes of eastbound Highway 114 when a vehicle hit...

‘Goober' could fire over berm toward school, gun range owner says in Northwest ISD lawsuit

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/7 8:06A Frank Heinz

After two bullets struck the exterior of a new Northwest ISD middle school campus, the district is taking a nearby gun range to court after its owner admitted a goober could shoot over a protective berm toward the school. NBC 5 obtained a copy of...

Public kicked out of meeting before vote on reduction in midterm polling locations

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/4 9:03A Alanna Quillen

Tarrant County Judge Tim O Hare kicked the public out of a commissioners court meeting Tuesday after the crowd erupted into jeers and began chanting shame as the commissioners discussed reducing the number of polling locations open during the...

Creature (Dis-)Comforts

Fort Worth Weekly 7/29 7:43A Fort Worth Weekly

As summer wanes and people start taking those last trips before school starts, it’s a good time to consider disease prevention. Earlier this spring, a massive outbreak of norovirus made the rounds,...

Village of support helps former inmate build new life in Tarrant County

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 7/28 2:53A Alanna Quillen

Eight months after walking out of the Tarrant County Jail, Channing Walker-Ragsdale is building a future he once struggled to imagine. The longtime Fort Worth resident, who spent years battling addiction and cycling in and out of incarceration,...

Senior citizens learn how to spot scams, stay safe online

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 7/21 6:57A Wayne Carter

Retired airline ad executive Barbara Hawkins says she and her friends are always being targeted by scammers. I got an email that I opened up that was from a classmate of mine about a party, or some get-together, said Hawkins. But that link turned...

‘Little Kid Heart’

Fort Worth Weekly 7/17 9:43A Fort Worth Weekly

It’s not often a new album makes me tear up a little, but by the time I got to “So Far from Alone,” the penultimate track of Tipps & Obermiller’s Little Kid Heart , I found myself deep enough in my feelings to blur my vision a little. I was...

Pregnant women in the first trimester are needed for the study

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 7/16 2:23A Deborah Ferguson

North Texas women in their first trimester of pregnancy are needed for a new study, and it could mean money, diapers, and personalized food kits. The City of Mansfield and Methodist Mansfield partnered with Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for...