The 10 top-read Star-Telegram Fort Worth stories (Aug 17-23)

This collection of Star-Telegram stories explores everything local from a new location for Teddy Wongs to a tragic car crash near Meacham Airport, which claimed the life of a 21-year-old.

Read the stories below.

Two flags, each bearing a swastika, were hung last week on the facade of Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Texas.

NAZI GERMANY FLAGS UNFURLED ON SIDE OF ROCKWALL-HEATH HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTH TEXAS

Two Nazi flags, each bearing a swastika, were hung last week on the facade of a North Texas high school, and law enforcement and school district authorities are investigating to determine who displayed them. | Published August 18, 2025 | Read Full Story by Emerson Clarridge

El Paso Democrat Beto O’Rourke, left, applauded at a town hall sponsored by his Powered by People organization Aug. 2, 2025, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attended a roundtable discussion July 11, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas, after an devastating flash flood. By Scott Ash, Ricardo B. Brazziell

PAXTON VS. BETO? O’ROURKE LEADS DEMOCRATIC SENATE PRIMARY BY 20 IN NEW POLL

Attorney General Ken Paxton and El Paso Democrat Beto O’Rourke, locked in a Tarrant County court dispute, now lead the races for their parties’ U.S. | Published August 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Bud Kennedy

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram obtained the salaries of 144 Dallas-Fort Worth high school football coaches through open record requests throughout the summer. That figure includes athletic stipends or any additional compensation. By Bob Booth

EXCLUSIVE: MOST DFW HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHES MAKE $120K. ONE MAKES $175K

In Dallas-Fort Worth, high school football isn’t just a Friday night tradition. | Published August 21, 2025 | Read Full Story by Charles Baggarly

The old location of Zeno’s on the Square, which moved across the Parker County courthouse square, will become a new Teddy Wongs Dumplings and Wine. The space is seen here in its Zeno’s days July 2, 2018. By Bud Kennedy

A NEW TEDDY WONGS RESTAURANT IS COMING. THIS ONE IS WEST OF FORT WORTH

Teddy Wongs Dumplings and Wine, a “Chinese cowboy” restaurant that is booked almost solid daily for dumplings and stir-fry dishes in a contemporary atmosphere, will open its second location on the Weatherford square, partner Kevin Cates said. | Published August 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Bud Kennedy

Alyssa Loughry, 21, was killed in a crash near Meacham Airport in Fort Worth on Sunday, Aug. 17, police said.

FAMILY MOURNS 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN KILLED IN CRASH NEAR FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT

A North Texas family is mourning a 21-year-old woman who was killed in a crash near Meacham Airport in Fort Worth on Sunday morning. | Published August 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Shambhavi Rimal

Tarrant County Assistant District Attorney Ashlea Deener looks at a placard with Cindy Rodriguez-Singh listed as one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives prior to a press conference on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Everman.. More than two years after 6-year-old Everman boy Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez went missing and was presumed dead, his mother, Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, has been added to the list. By Amanda McCoy

FBI ARRESTS FUGITIVE MOM OF MISSING 6-YEAR-OLD EVERMAN BOY NOEL RODRIGUEZ-ALVAREZ

The FBI has arrested the Everman, Texas, woman who is accused of killing her disabled 6-year-old son Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez before fleeing the country for India in 2023, FBI Director Kash Patel announced Wednesday. | Published August 20, 2025 | Read Full Story by Emerson Clarridge, Lillie Davidson, Harriet Ramos

Cody Davontae Scott, pictured with his daughter Chloe, was shot and killed by a Fort Worth singer who now faces a murder charge, police said.

MAN KILLED BY FORT WORTH SINGER WAS LOVING FATHER TO BABY DAUGHTER, FAMILY SAYS

Every day when Cody Davontae Scott left for work, his goal was to make it back home to his daughter and be her dad, his family said. | Published August 21, 2025 | Read Full Story by Shambhavi Rimal

Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler and Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton on episode 513 of Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone.” By Emerson Miller

NEW ‘YELLOWSTONE’ SPINOFF FILMING IN NORTH TEXAS IS ACTUALLY BETH AND RIP SHOW

Not much was known about the “Yellowstone” spinoff “Rio Palo” that began filming in North Texas this month — until now. | Published August 21, 2025 | Read Full Story by Brayden Garcia

The “downtown” area of Goodland, a 5,000-acre master planned community on the southern edge of Grand Prairie

‘NEW TEXAS TOWN’: 5,000-ACRE DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF FORT WORTH HITS BIG MILESTONE

A 5,000-acre master planned community called Goodland is taking shape in far southern reaches of Grand Prairie, just southeast of Mansfield. | Published August 23, 2025 | Read Full Story by Elizabeth Campbell

Brothers Edward and Joe Sotelo with former congresswoman Kay Granger at their family’s restaurant, Tia’s On The Bluff.

FORT WORTH BROTHERS GRANTED CLEMENCY BY TRUMP, FREE AFTER OVER 30 YEARS

Thirty years after they were sentenced to life in prison on drug-related charges, two Fort Worth brothers are free, according to the Department of Justice. | Published August 23, 2025 | Read Full Story by Lillie Davidson

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.