Oak Cliff apartment complex suing Atmos over deadly Dallas gas explosion

NBCDFW.com (Local) 7/24 7:21A Charles Nichelson

The owners of The Clyde , the Oak Cliff apartment complex destroyed in a May explosion that killed three people, are suing Atmos Energy Corp. The lawsuit alleges the explosion was caused when Atmos failed to properly mark its gas pipeline, which...

Woman dies after being struck by vehicle in Burleson

DFW Scanner 7/24 5:08A dfwscanner

Burleson Fire and Police along with Fort Worth Police and Fire responded to an auto-pedestrian crash in the 700 block of southbound Interstate 35W at approximately 10:20 p.m. on Thursday, July 23. Upon arrival, first responders determined that an...

Fort Worth Library's ‘Fun Finder'

NBCDFW.com (Local) 7/24 2:36A Laura Harris

Fort Worth Public Library system is offering an online fun finder to bust summer boredom. The online tool helps people connect with hundreds of free local events. Many of those events are focused on literacy. You can search by branch, date, or...

Fort Worth Ranked No. 6 Among America’s Best Cities by Travel + Leisure

PaperCity Magazine 7/23 4:26A Edward Brown

The votes are in — more than 661,000 this year — and Travel + Leisure’s annual World’s Best Awards have ranked Fort Worth No. 6 among America’s best cities. Cowtown also rode away as the highest-ranked city in the Lone Star State, while both...

Further Notes on The Odyssey

Fort Worth Weekly 7/22 10:01P Kristian Lin

This past weekend, The Odyssey ’s box office numbers exceeded even the wildest predictions of the people who prognosticate about such things, raking in more than $260 million worldwide. That proves, if any proof was needed, that Christopher Nolan...

How Heim Barbecue Founders Discovered Their Next Chapter With One Trick Pony Pizza Tavern in Fort...

PaperCity Magazine 7/22 4:11A Edward Brown

Success in the restaurant industry can take many forms, from national acclaim to long lines out the door. But after spending more than a decade helping build Heim Barbecue from a food trailer into a multi-location restaurant chain, Travis Heim is...

Station & Vine To Bring Chef-Driven Americana Cuisine to An Iconic Fort Worth Landmark

PaperCity Magazine 7/21 11:06A Edward Brown

When the Texas Pacific Station opened in 1931, it was one of the most opulent train stations in the state. The city of Fort Worth had grand ambitions, and the station was fittingly adorned with marble floors, metal-inlaid panel ceilings, and...

Q&A: Jake Paul on starting a family office & meeting Dallas' billionaire investors

NBCDFW.com (Local) 7/21 7:28A Charlotte Kramon, Staff Writer |

The ultrawealthy moguls with family offices are usually decades into their careers. Then there’s Jake Paul. Despite the opaqueness of the family office industry, Paul, 29, has known about it for years. He’s now creating his own family office,...

Vacant lots plague southern Dallas as builders balk at infrastructure costs

NBCDFW.com (Local) 7/21 6:34A Alison Saldanha, Aria Jones, Sta

South of Interstate 30, vacant lots with “No Trespassing” signs scar the Dallas landscape. Some are overgrown with weeds. Others serve as dumping grounds, littered with tires, debris and discarded couches. They adjoin old homes and new...

U.S. military identifies 2 soldiers killed in Iranian attack on Jordan as from North Texas and...

NBCDFW.com (Local) 7/20 8:08A The Associated Press and NBC Sta

The U.S. military on Monday identified two soldiers killed in action last week as part of the war with Iran . The Defense Department said in a statement that 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, was killed Friday and Pvt....

Texas Tech signs naming rights deal with digital assets company Galaxy

NBCDFW.com (Local) 7/20 6:14A SportsDay Staff, Staff Writer |

Texas Tech has signed a 15-year naming rights partnership with digital assets and infrastructure company Galaxy. Terms of the deal announced on Friday were not disclosed. The partnership will begin with the 2026 season. The Red Raiders’ football...

Nonprofit that gives to teachers opens space for artists

NBCDFW.com (Local) 7/20 4:00A Deborah Ferguson

A nonprofit that gives teachers free classroom supplies is now doing something good for community artists who want to show off their work. The Welman Project just moved into its new home in the shadows of abandoned grain silos on South Main Street...

‘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...

Red Cross blood donor gets life-saving help

NBCDFW.com (Local) 7/17 4:09A Laura Harris

The American Red Cross blood donations account for nearly 40% of the nation s blood supply. Currently, the organization reports what they call an emergency shortage. Leaders at the nonprofit said supply fell nearly 25% in June, so they are urging...

Oak Cliff neighborhood selected for traffic safety program after years of concerns

NBCDFW.com (Local) 7/17 2:12A Alanna Quillen and Candace Sweat

After years of complaints about speeding drivers, crashes and safety concerns at an Oak Cliff intersection, residents are beginning to see progress toward changes they hope will make their neighborhood safer. The intersection of West Clarendon...