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Top Stories: ➊ – Fort Worth ISD begins school year under new leadership after state takeover (Monday), ➋ – Lettuce, jalapeño recalls linked to illnesses put Texans on high alert (Tuesday), ➌ – Samurai and the Prisoner: Seasons of Murder (Sunday), ➍ – Beyond the Salsa: What Central Market Is Doing with Hatch Chile This Year (Monday), ➎ – Chaparral Vin (Tuesday)

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Adaptive Care Plans for Changing Needs of Residents In Assisted Living

Fort Worth Weekly 8/14 9:51A Fort Worth Weekly

Resident care rarely follows a straight line after move-in. Strength, appetite, continence, sleep, memory, and mood can shift after infection, medication changes, grief, or...

TEA releases state accountability scores; 15% of Texas schools scored below ‘C'

NBCDFW.com (Local) 8/14 7:50A Wayne Carter

What to Know Look up Texas public school scores on the website txschools.gov . Scores are released annually by the Texas Education Agency. The TEA said 24% of districts...

5 Reasons More Texans Are Making Sauna Sessions Part of Their Weekly Wellness Routine

Fort Worth Weekly 8/14 7:23A Fort Worth Weekly

Texas is known for warm weather, wide open spaces, and an active lifestyle, but many people are discovering that stepping into a sauna offers benefits that go far beyond...

New details released in deadly road rage shooting, suspect charged with murder

NBCDFW.com (Local) 8/14 6:27A Hannah Jones

Officials have released new details in the fatal shooting of a Fort Worth woman during a road rage incident on I-20 on Thursday morning . According to an arrest warrant...

Arlington native returns home in Ella Langley concert

NBCDFW.com (Local) 8/14 5:32A Deborah Ferguson

Country music star Ella Langley is Choosin Texas, specifically Fort Worth, as she brings her Dandelion tour to Dickies Arena this weekend. And a hometown girl is coming with...

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TCU Researcher Addresses Latest Horned Lizard Sightings

TCU News 8/11 8:59A kelli.lamers@tcu.edu (Kelli Lame

Texas horned lizards have made encouraging headlines recently, with rare sightings and signs that some reintroduced populations may be reproducing in the wild.

Horned Frogs in the News, July 16-31, 2026

TCU News 8/5 4:55A kelli.lamers@tcu.edu (Kelli Lame

From breaking down record oil profits amid U.S.-Iran fighting to explaining what pushes conspiracy theorists to act, calling for salary caps in college sports and tracing a...

TCU Celebrates Major Campus Construction Milestone

TCU News 8/3 5:07A kelli.lamers@tcu.edu (Kelli Lame

The ceremonial topping out marks progress on projects that will expand student housing, strengthen campus infrastructure and support future growth.

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Ko Thai Brings the Cow to Cowtown, and Fort Worth Was Ready

Crave DFW 8/14 6:50A Steven Doyle

Fort Worth has never had a shortage of good Thai food, but it has had a shortage of Thai food that looks like it belongs on Magnolia Avenue. Ko Thai closes that gap. It opened last year at 725 W...

Dallas-Fort Worth’s Next Six Weeks Are Loud, Then a Little Louder

Crave DFW 8/14 6:25A Steven Doyle

Dallas-Fort Worth is about to get loud. The next six weeks bring a run of arena rock, honky-tonk legends, and a few genuine bucket-list pairings, and the calendar only gets busier once the theaters...

Lufkin’s Cafe Del Rio Covers Both Sides of Texas Comfort Food

Crave DFW 8/13 7:32A Steven Doyle

The name suggests a border town, sun-bleached and dusty, somewhere along the Rio Grande. Cafe Del Rio is actually about as far from the border as Texas gets, sitting deep in the Piney Woods of...

Review: Vinxper Expert Adjustable Electric Wine Aerator

Texas Wine Lover 8/13 1:45A Jeff Cope

The Vinxper Expert takes electric wine aeration a step further with adjustable decanting from 0 to 240 minutes. I put it to the test to see how it compares with other electric...

Truck Yard Is Opening in Richardson on September 1

Crave DFW 8/12 5:24A Steven Doyle

Richardson is getting its own version of the backyard party that s been packing the patio on Lower Greenville for more than a decade. Truck Yard is opening a new location at 740 S. Central...

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