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

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

Briefs: Arlington school district asks Dalworthington Gardens to keep liquor stores away from schools

Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

City is asked to enact liquor store rules

ARLINGTON — School trustees adopted a resolution Thursday night asking Dalworthington Gardens officials to enact guidelines to keep liquor stores at least 1,000 feet from schools. Voters in Dalworthington Gardens, a municipality inside Arlington, approved a measure Tuesday to allow liquor sales for off-premises consumption. The Arlington district has one school in Dalworthington Gardens — Key Elementary, 3621 Roosevelt Drive. The Dalworthington Gardens City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a joint meeting Tuesday night to discuss establishing minimum distances from churches, schools and hospitals for alcoholic-beverage sales, according to the city’s Web site. — Traci ShurleyRead more

LULAC leader says new Arlington school should be named for Cesar Chavez

| |Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009

School trustees just got the voters' OK Tuesday for a $197.5 million bond issue, and by Thursday, one community organization was suggesting a name for the new elementary school included in the package.Read more

TCC Web site will let people voice opinions on new chancellor’s qualifications

Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009

If you want to register your thoughts about qualifications of the new Tarrant County College chancellor, the school has made it easier by creating a Web site for students, faculty and the public to voice their views.Read more

First-time home buyers living in foreclosed home thanks to stimulus program

| |Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009

The federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program is designed to reduce the number of foreclosed properties.Read more