Mansfield council to consider raising water and sewer rates
| |Sunday, Nov. 08, 2009
The increase would help pay for an improved utility system for a growing population, officials say.Read more
TCC broadens eligibility for Stars of Tomorrow scholarships
| |Sunday, Nov. 08, 2009
Officials hope to eventually expand the fund to cover all high school graduates in Tarrant County.Read more
Arlington seeks input, money for park for kids with disabilities
| |Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009
The city's first playground for kids with disabilities is set to open next summer.Read more
Single mother hopes to give her two autistic children a merry Christmas
| |Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009
The family relies on Social Security disability and money made from selling tamales.Read more
Briefs: Man, 77, drowns after accidentally driving vehicle into lake
Sunday, Nov. 08, 2009
Man drowns after driving into lake
GRAND PRAIRIE — An elderly man drowned after he accidentally drove his vehicle into Joe Pool Lake, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s Web site Sunday. The victim, identified as Gene Ferguson, 77, of Arlington, died at an Arlington hospital, the Web site states. He was pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. His death was ruled an accident. Authorities responded to a vehicle in the water in the 5700 block of Lake Ridge Parkway at Joe Pool Lake. Police could not be reached Sunday for additional details. — Domingo Ramirez Jr. Read more
Siblings given 25 years in Arlington robberies
| |Friday, Nov. 06, 2009
A brother and sister from Arlington have each been sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to several robberies and burglaries -- two of which they committed together last year.Read more
Some computer equipment stolen from Arlington schools is recovered
| |Friday, Nov. 06, 2009
More than $5,000 worth of computer equipment stolen in the spring and summer at several campuses in Arlington and Grand Prairie has been recovered, school officials have announced.Read more
Salvation Army expanding 'cashless kettle' program to 82 sites
Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009
No cash? No problem.Read more
Breakaway Episcopalians holding their first convention
Friday, Nov. 06, 2009
The group that broke away from the Episcopal Church but still calls itself the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth is having its first convention since realigning with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.Read more
Judge allows students to protest at Tarrant County College
| |Friday, Nov. 06, 2009
Students plan an "empty holster" protest at the Northeast Campus in Hurst next week.Read more
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Former Cliburn head to play role in reviving once-prestigious Tchaikovsky competition
Just a few days before the April telephone call, Richard Rodzinski had read a lengthy profile of famed Russian conductor Valery Gergiev in The New York Times Sunday Magazine.
