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A site plan for the Casino Beach project in Lake Worth. (Credit: City of Fort Worth)

Fort Worth Eyes Plan For Casino Beach

Casino Beach on the west bank of Lake Worth isn’t much of an entertainment venue now unless you bring your own inflatable raft and an ice chest. But some people are looking at the past to build a new future for the Fort Worth park.

2012/07/16

Luis Martinez, 78, suffered from Alzheimer's disease and died after wandering away from the nursing home where he lived. (Credit: Martinez Family)

Widow Questions Nursing Home’s Role In Husband’s Death

Victorina Rodriguez sat in her living room Monday, crying as she flipped through photos of her husband, Luis Martinez, 78.

2012/07/16

Iberia Davis came to the Fort Worth animal shelter to adopt one dog and left with two. Overcrowding has the city looking for ways to avoid euthanizing its first animal since 2010. (Credit: Joel Thomas/KTVT)

Animal Adoptions Don’t Quell Tragic, Reoccurring Decision In Fort Worth

Facing a desperate life or death decision, Fort Worth code compliance officials had to find homes for six dozen sheltered animals or kill them Wednesday night. They saved them. But after a brief reprieve, they returned Thursday to a broken record

2012/07/12

A home builder works on constructing a house. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Analysts Credit Home Building Increase To Record Low Interest Rates

Analysts say record low interest rates are building the housing market in some areas of North Texas back up and out of a severe slump — especially for homebuilders.

2012/07/12

Prior to taking office as an Ohio senator and later president, Warren Harding worked as a newspaper editor.

Brief History Of DFW’s Crowded Media Market

The Fort Worth Press. The Dallas Times Herald. KRLD-TV and WBAP-TV. Take a quick look back at the history of the many media outlets found across North Texas.

2012/07/12

One of the dogs in a Fort Worth animal shelter. (Credit: Joel Thomas/KTVT)

Fort Worth Animal Shelter Overcrowded Again

Fort Worth is again asking for help alleviating overcrowding at the city’s animal shelter.

2012/07/09

Chesapeake Plaza in west Fort Worth. (Credit: CBSDFW.com)

Chesapeake Dials Back Support For City Firework Celebrations

The fireworks still went off. The parades wound through the streets. The money to pay for it all however, was not as easy to find for some cities this year.

2012/07/04

Fort Worth Gives Residents A Say In Downtown’s Future

Fort Worth is asking its residents to help plan what the city’s downtown will look like.

2012/07/02

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Family and Friends Mourn Teenager’s Death

The family and friends of a teenage girl found dead Thursday at the back door of a Fort Worth home remember her as a sweet and loving person.

2012/06/29

American Airlines parent company AMR Corporation's headquarters. (credit: Chuck Schechner/NewsRadio 1080 KRLD)

AMR Seeks More Time To Present Turnaround Plan

the parent company of American Airlines may get more time to present a turnaround plan in federal bankruptcy court.

2012/06/29

Driver Hurt As Amtrak Train Slams Into 18-Wheeler

The driver of a tractor trailer rig carrying grass pallets is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after an Amtrak train slammed into the truck’s cab at a private crossing in far western Arlington.

2012/06/29

Tarrant County: Man Captured Days After Walking Out Of Court

A 21-year-old man who walked out of a Tarrant County courtroom before jury selection for his criminal trial was captured Thursday night, four days after he ditched his ankle monitor and disappeared.

2012/06/29