Metro
Proof
A geologist says the evidence leads directly from polluted water wells to fracking activity.PETER GORMAN
A geologist who has spent years studying the effects of natural gas drilling on water sources said last week that he has “no doubt” that Range Resources gas drilling activity has contaminated the Trinity Aquifer, ruining se...
Prairie Mosaic
A Fort Worth artist’s work will help teach ex-offenders a skill and a sensibility.MELISSA WYLIE
With the help of 10 former jail inmates, Fort Worth artist Pamela Summers is getting ready to install a 240-foot mosaic “ribbon” for the city of Grand Prairie. It won’t be her first time working with those who have been t...
More Help for Morningside
A new joint project seeks to get parents involved in their kids’ education.ERIC GRIFFEY
Two years ago, community leaders, philanthropists, and educators teamed up for an innovative experiment aimed at transforming the lives of children in a southeast Fort Worth neighborhood. That experiment is netting some positiv...
Ethiopia to Camp Bowie
An immigrant’s dream will bring a new cuisine to Fort Worth.JEFF PRINCE
Things seldom come easy for Samson Yosef, a man who escaped the Red Terror in his homeland of Ethiopia and immigrated to the United States in 1988. He’s worked double shifts ever since, juggling a series of grueling jobs. The...
New Lives, New Site?
A school for pregnant students and those with children may have to pull up stakes — again.ERIC GRIFFEY
The Fort Worth school district’s campus for students who either have a child or are expecting one has moved twice in the last three years. The New Lives School, started in 1971 by Broadway Baptist Church, could be on the move...
Raunchy, yes. Funny, no.
TCU neighbors push back against student housing trends.JEFF PRINCE
Movie critics are hailing Neighbors as this season’s best comedy. A bunch of college kids move into a neighborhood next to regular folks, and raunchy hilarity ensues. Not so much in real life. Just ask Linda Bridwell. In 1951...
Latina Dreamer
Dolores Huerta’s life proves that yes, you can.PETER GORMAN
She’s been jeered, arrested, beaten, smeared. She’s on just about every website devoted to ferreting out socialists and Communists in our midst. She’s also been feted, cheered, and given the Presidential Medal of Freedom....
Casino Dreams
Arlington developers are working to recreate Lake Worth’s storied amusement park.JEFF PRINCE
Noel Nelson and girlfriend Madelyn Walsh walked their dogs along the Lake Worth shore on a recent morning, enjoying the breeze, the green grass, and the anticipation of a brighter future. Nelson has lived most of his 27 years i...
Home to Roost
In a landmark decision, drillers are ordered to pay for damages to homeowners.PETER GORMAN
In the three years since a Wise County couple sued Aruba Petroleum for the severe health problems and lost property value that they charge were due to nearby gas drilling, the company did little to defend itself: Aruba lawyers ...
Locking Out Keystone
PETER GORMANThe fight against the Keystone pipeline is focused this week on a bunch of farmers in Nebraska whose lawsuit thus far has won a round in state court, delayed a decision by President Barack Obama on allowing the line to cross th...