FORT WORTH — A plan to reduce lanes on Forest Park Boulevard and make it more cycling and pedestrian friendly will be debated this week.Read more

SPRINGTOWN — The bus driver has been placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure, a school official said.Read more

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AUSTIN — Fort Worth Rep. Charlie Geren derides questionable outside political contributions as “dark money.”Read more

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FORT WORTH — With air horns and propane cannons, Tanglewood residents ready to try to keep egrets from nesting this summer.Read more

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FORT WORTH — Roderick “Rod” McLean is named vice president and general manager of the F-16/F-22 Integrated Fighter Group.Read more

• Link | North Texas braces for defense cuts
• Link | Iraq to buy 18 more Lockheed F-16 fighters

Long before Enron, Texas wheeler-dealer Billie Sol Estes curried favor with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, only to be caught in a financial scandal that cost him his fortune and put him in prison.Read more

• Story | Billie Sol Estes, the ‘king of Texas wheeler-dealers,’ dies

A man faces charges of failure to stop and render aid after a wreck on Saturday in Grand Prairie in which a Dallas woman was killed.Read more

FORT WORTH — Three men and two juveniles who were arrested in connection with an Aug. 25, 2011, crime spree were believed to have committed several burglaries and assaults during a 24-hour period. One man pleaded guilty to murder on MondayRead more

• Link | Five arrested in stabbing death of Fort Worth man
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FORT WORTH — Public hearing set for Tuesday night on plan to eliminate the 300-foot buffer zone between school and businesses that sell alcohol in areas with mixed-use zoning.Read more

ARLINGTON — The 23-year-old Grand Prairie man was reportedly arguing with his brother in the vehicle before he jumped.Read more

Police say the boy, 5, was shot Saturday by an 8-year-old boy with a .22-cailber rifle.Read more

The accident occurred in front of the 10-year-old boy’s home early this morning.Read more

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There are two more chances for rain in the National Weather Service forecast this week.Read more

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WEST — In the tiny town of West, devastation is giving way to determination. But the road to recovery will be long and bumpy.Read more

• Link | Lawyer: West paramedic ‘not guilty’ of possessing pipe bomb material
• Link | Memorial for West victims honors men forever bound by bravery
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A local lawmaker hasn’t given up on creating a Texas bullion depository.Read more