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The Look Back: Subscribers could not get enough of these September 2025 stories

Stories by Fort Worth Star-Telegram journalists, with AI summarization

This set of Star-Telegram stories explore several news our subscribers enjoyed reading, including the firing of a Texas A&M professor due to disputes over LGBTQ+ education content and a shooting at a Dallas ICE field office.

Read the stories below.

English Department Head Emily Johansen and Dean Mark Zoran were removed from their administrative roles at Texas A&M University on Sept. 9. The move came after a student’s opposition to LGBTQ content sparked backlash.

TEXAS A&M PROFESSOR FIRED, FACULTY MEMBERS PUNISHED AFTER GENDER STUDIES UPROAR

A Texas A professor has been fired and two faculty members have been removed from their administrative leadership positions after a dispute over teaching LGBTQ+ content in a university course. | Published September 9, 2025 | Read Full Story by Matthew Adams

Turning Point CEO Charlie Kirk speaks during the Turning Point USA's Young Latino Leadership Summit at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix on April 18, 2021. By Meg Potter

POLITICS AT THE BRINK: CHARLIE KIRK’S MURDER AND WHAT MAY LIE AHEAD | OPINION

The murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is gruesome enough, and it only gets worse when you consider this: | Published September 11, 2025 | Read Full Story by Ryan J. Rusak

Mar 10, 2024; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Jimmy Kimmel drinks a miniature bottle of tequila Don Julio 1942 during the 96th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 10, 2024.. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY

JIMMY KIMMEL’S SUSPENSION ISN’T CANCEL CULTURE. IT’S ACCOUNTABILITY | OPINION

One of the hopes that emerged upon the death of Charlie Kirk was that American society could improve its manner of discourse, aiming for a return to a time when we could disagree without the hostility that springs to life so instantly today. | Published September 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Mark Davis

Defendant Valerian O'Steen reacts during closing arguments in the punishment phase of his trial on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, at the 371st District Court in Fort Worth. O'Steen was found guilty of capital murder in the 2022 killing of Marissa Grimes. By Amanda McCoy

RUSSIAN ORPHAN WHO BURIED BODY UNDER FORT WORTH HOUSE IS SENTENCED TO DEATH

A jury in Tarrant County on Monday directed a judge to order the state to execute by lethal injection a man who tortured and beat to death his romantic partner before he buried her in the dirt of a crawl space underneath his house in west Fort Worth. | Published September 22, 2025 | Read Full Story by Emerson Clarridge

FBI agents investigate the scene where a shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility occurred in Dallas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. By Chris Torres

FBI SAYS THE DALLAS ICE SNIPER PLANNED HIS DEADLY ATTACK FOR WEEKS

Investigators believe the sniper who opened fire at a Dallas ICE field office Wednesday had planned his attack, which killed at least one detainee and critically injured two others. | Published September 24, 2025 | Read Full Story by Harriet Ramos, Emerson Clarridge, Amy McDaniel

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.