Emily Wolf

1 month ago | fortworthreport.org | Miranda Suarez |Emily Wolf

Mallory Yancy grabs a basket and pulls out colorful shirt after colorful shirt. Her brother, Mason, used to pair these with a patterned kimono, a feather earring and a cowboy hat, she remembered. Mason was loud, eclectic and bold. He was generous and he could befriend anyone, Mallory said. “He really would show up for people that he loved,” she said. “That was something he was really good at.” Mallory’s Arlington home is now full of her brother’s belongings.

2 months ago | cadillacnews.com | Emily Wolf |Cecilia Lenzen

Fort Worth, TX (Fort Worth Report)For every election, Reba Henry has two goals: Cast a ballot on the first day of the early voting period, and get to a polling location as early in the day as possible. This year, Henry arrived at southeast Fort Worth's Charles F. Griffin Subcourthouse at 7:20 a.m. Oct. 21, the first day of early voting. She brought along a camping stool to sit in line, with about 25 voters already ahead of her.

2 months ago | fortworthreport.org | Emily Wolf |Matthew Sgroi

Months after passing sweeping changes to its reappraisal plan, Tarrant Appraisal District board members will meet March 12 to discuss whether some of those changes should be walked back. The meeting follows outcry from school district leaders who say the policies could lead to funding cuts. “The board will have a work session to discuss, in general, what the plan is and the issues the schools have brought up,” Chief Appraiser Joe Don Bobbitt said.

2 months ago | fortworthreport.org | Toluwani Osibamowo |Emily Wolf

Deaths from police chases are at an all-time high. These pursuits and their sometimes fatal consequences have come into sharper focus in cities like Fort Worth. But the federal data is barely scratching the surface — it only accounts for chases that ended in a fatality. In Texas, no one knows how many chases police initiate every year. Not the Texas Department of Public Safety. Not the families whose loved ones are killed or injured in pursuits.

2 months ago | fortworthreport.org | Emily Wolf

Fort Worth will provide emergency medical services for 14 cities across Tarrant County, after the City Council approved executing a series of interlocal agreements laying out the future of EMS response in the region. For the past 38 years, MedStar has served as the sole EMS provider for more than a dozen Tarrant County cities, including Fort Worth.