Today’s top stories from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Here’s what to know
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Here are the top stories from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on April 16, 2026, covering local news from across North Texas.
• Fort Worth chef Jon Bonnell, who founded five restaurants including Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine, is now cancer-free after a four-month round of surgeries and radiation for Stage 3 head and neck cancer. He is now urging the public to get vaccinated against HPV, the virus that causes most cervical cancers and many head and neck cancers in men.
• A 19,000-square-foot Westover Hills home — one of only three private residences designed by world-famous architect I.M. Pei — has listed for $22 million. Pei designed the home in 1969 for former Tandy Corp. CEO Charles Tandy and oil and ranching heiress Anne Burnett.
• A North Texas woman was arrested Tuesday in a prostitution and racketeering scheme tied to former Godley Police Chief Matthew Cantrell. Ashley Ketcherside faces a racketeering charge, while her husband, Michael Ketcherside, now faces an additional racketeering charge on top of his earlier arrest on a charge of continuous promotion of prostitution.
• A Grapevine elementary student was bitten by a snake during a class field trip to Parr Park on Tuesday. The fourth-grader from Glenhope Elementary School received medical treatment, and counseling staff are meeting with students who witnessed the incident.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.
