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1 week ago | 
fortworthreport.org | Cecilia Lenzen |Drew Shaw
One hundred days ago,Fort Worth welcomed its first new city manager in more than a decade. Jay Chapa, a former deputy city manager with more than 20 years of experience in Fort Worth government, entered the city’s top executive position at a significant turning point for Cowtown.
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2 weeks ago | 
fortworthreport.org | Cecilia Lenzen |Drew Shaw
Days before the May 3 election, sitting Fort Worth City Council members have continued to outpace their challengers in fundraising, with Mayor Mattie Parker maintaining more than $1 million in campaign cash as of April 25. From March 25 to April 23, Parker raked in $563,827.11 in donations, bringing her war chest to a reported $1.04 million.
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2 weeks ago | 
fortworthreport.org | Cecilia Lenzen |Drew Shaw
With less than a week to go before the May 3 election, Forest Hill residents have raised concerns about the one polling place located within city limits — and why its location changed for the first time in more than a decade.
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1 month ago | 
fortworthreport.org | Cecilia Lenzen |Drew Shaw
With campaign season more than half over, sitting Fort Worth City Council members have far outpaced their challengers in fundraising. The 35 candidates running for City Council have raised $1.07 million since January, and around $836,768 of that has gone to incumbents, according to a Fort Worth Report review of the candidates’ campaign finance reports. Under Texas election law, political candidates are required to file reports detailing their campaign finances with the city secretary’s office.
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1 month ago | 
register-herald.com | Cecilia Lenzen |Drew Shaw
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1 month ago | 
fortworthreport.org | Cecilia Lenzen |Drew Shaw
The soon-to-be-built library in far north Fort Worth represents more to residents than easy access to free books. It represents growth and opportunity, both for the area’s communities and children. City officials ceremonially broke ground at the new library site March 27. Library spokesperson Theresa Davis said construction on the branch, located at 1297 Avondale-Haslet Road just off U.S. Route 287, will officially kick off in April, with completion expected by the end of 2026.
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1 month ago | 
dentonrc.com | James Hartley |Drew Shaw
The somber atmosphere of the National Medal of Honor Museum is tangible before even entering its space. Visitors step into a glass elevator, smoothly ascending from the sunlit ground floor into the museum’s windowless titanium obelisk, and walk out into the box’s core — a dark, quiet, circular room whose walls glow with the names of over 3,500 award recipients. The silence of the elevator is broken by the voices of Medal of Honor recipients.
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2 months ago | 
cadillacnews.com | Cecilia Lenzen |Drew Shaw
Fort Worth, TX (Fort Worth Report)Linda Hodges waited outside the Tarrant County Northeast Courthouse in Hurst, eyes on the doors she had just exited. Her husband was still inside voting. Hodges, 72, had been waiting for about five minutes Thursday morning. "He must be thinking real hard about every line," she said. "I just zipped right through, because I knew what I was doing."She was voting Republican.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
midfloridanewspapers.com | Cecilia Lenzen |Drew Shaw
Fort Worth, TX (Fort Worth Report)Linda Hodges waited outside the Tarrant County Northeast Courthouse in Hurst, eyes on the doors she had just exited. Her husband was still inside voting. Hodges, 72, had been waiting for about five minutes Thursday morning. "He must be thinking real hard about every line," she said. "I just zipped right through, because I knew what I was doing."She was voting Republican.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
dentonrc.com | Drew Shaw
Coffee has always reminded Adriana Obando of the grounds where she grew up. She spent her childhood in rural Colombia, constantly surrounded by far-stretching fields growing the country’s coveted coffee beans. Coffee farming was, and still is, the livelihood of her family and friends back home. So when her hands grew stained with coffee grounds as she learned how to carefully grind beans to the perfect fineness needed for espresso, she said the formerly unfamiliar practice felt natural.
