Ex-con gets 70-year sentence for rape, robbery
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An ex-convict has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for beating and raping a North Texas woman last year before stealing her car. Tarrant County prosecutors announced Friday that 47-year-old Kenneth Dale Baker was sentenced ...
2014 Oktoberfest Fort Worth
Oktoberfest is back in Fort Worth, as The Shack at Panther Island Pavilion will host an authentic German festival with just the right amount of Texas thrown in to make it our own. There will be authentic German food, music, dancing, games, a biergarten ...
Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price declares today GMT day in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price declares today GMT day in Fort Worth Mayor Price talks about her efforts to reach out to every citizen in the community Check out this story on WFAA.com: http://www.wfaa.com/videos/entertainment/television/programs/good-morning ...
Towns west of Fort Worth fear running out of water
Almost every time a line of storms has formed this year, Mineral Wells Mayor Mike Allen has been glued to his computer screen. It has proved to be an exercise in futility, as most storms have drifted away without helping Lake Palo Pinto, the town’s main ...
Fort Worth City Council backs Police Chief Halstead
Members of the Fort Worth City Council this week reaffirmed their support for Police Chief Jeff Halstead despite calls for his resignation from one local police officers’ association. The move came during the council’s executive session on Tuesday, Sept.
See Rolling Stones up close in Fort Worth this weekend
Here’s your chance to get a front-row seat at a Rolling Stones concert this weekend. In fact, you can sit right on the edge of the stage. Just don’t tumble off. That’s how it feels at the Imax presentation Rolling Stones at the Max, which is taken ...
Mexican carrier wants to launch Dallas/Fort Worth service
Mexican airline VivaAerobus applied Thursday to begin service in December to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport from four Mexican cities: Guadalajara, Cancun, Monterrey and San Jose del Cabo. The Monterrey-based airline said it would offer daily ...
Update: Dallas-Fort Worth sets record high of 101 in advance of the first shot of fall weather
Update at 4 p.m.: It’s official — summer is still very much here, at least for one more day. And it’s leaving a mark: The National Weather Service says Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport hit 101 degrees at 4 p.m. And, says Lamont Bain, a ...
USS Fort Worth to drill MCM, marine corps lift in As-Pac deployment
The US Navy (USN) expects to deploy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) to the Asia-Pacific region by the end of 2014, according to 7th Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Robert L Thomas. Responding to a question from IHS Jane's at the Asian Naval ...
Search Continues for Missing Fort Worth Woman
A specialized team joined the search for a missing Fort Worth woman when Nonprofit Texas Equusearch arrived Tuesday. The mounted search and rescue team from Houston will bring volunteer efforts to West Plano and the surrounding area to try to locate ...
