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Tyson, Paul fight at AT&T Stadium being called the ‘biggest fight of the 21st century’


March 23, 2024

Dubbed as the most significant bout of the 21st century, heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is making a comeback from retirement to square off against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. What’s more, the showdown is set to take place at none other than AT&T Stadium. While the fight is still months away, anticipation is building rapidly. Videos of the 57-year-old Tyson training in …

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Fort Worth Zoo to transfer baby gorilla after surrogacy efforts fail


March 22, 2024

The Fort Worth Zoo started the year with the historic birth of a baby gorilla born via emergency C-section after preeclampsia threatened the life of her mother. The zoo named the preemie Jameela, and she’s doing very well even though, Sekani never bonded with her. “She has had other offspring in the past and was an excellent mom. So, the only thing we …

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Texas restaurant industry makes huge comeback since pandemic, passing $100 billion in annual sales


March 22, 2024

After a tough four years since the pandemic, Texas restaurants are finally seeing a turnaround with two major milestones. The Texas Restaurant Association announced this week that the Texas food service industry has crossed the $100 billion yearly sales threshold for the first time, with 56,739 restaurant locations driving $106.8 billion in annual sales in 2023. “It’s really a story of resiliency. …

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Arlington firefighter shot in the chest, critically injured on a welfare call; resident charged


March 22, 2024

An Arlington man is facing an aggravated assault charge after police say he shot and critically wounded a firefighter responding to a welfare call early Friday morning. Firefighters, police, and paramedics arrived at an apartment on the 400 block of Bardin Greene Drive at about 12:43 a.m., police said, after someone called 911 reporting hearing children crying in a neighboring …

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Fort Worth Zoo lets the public see baby gorilla Jameela before she moves to Cleveland


March 22, 2024

The Fort Worth Zoo announced Friday that the baby gorilla born via a historic emergency C-section needed to save her life and her mother’s life is headed to Cleveland, but the public will have a chance to see her before she goes. The gorilla preemie, Jameela, was born on January 5, but because she was not born naturally, she and her mother never bonded. Surrogacy training …

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Tarrant Appraisal District says a criminal ransomware attack shut down its website


March 22, 2024

The Tarrant Appraisal District says a network disruption on Thursday resulted from a criminal ransomware attack. The TAD said in a statement Friday that after learning of the network disruption they took steps to secure their network and worked with cybersecurity experts to determine the cause of the disruption and how to restore services. That investigation, the agency said Friday, revealed the …

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H-E-B announces when its first Fort Worth store will open


March 22, 2024

Texas grocer H-E-B says early next month they’ll open their first store in Fort Worth and will also break ground on a new location in Prosper. The Alliance store, at 3451 Heritage Trace Parkway, will open Wednesday, April 10 and they’ll break ground in Prosper a week before on Tuesday, April 2. The Prosper store will be located on the …

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$150,000 reward offered in latest robbery of U.S. letter carrier in DFW


March 22, 2024

A reward of up to $150,000 is being offered for information leading federal authorities to the person who robbed a letter carrier in Fort Worth. The robbery happened at approximately 4:45 p.m. on March 15 at the Slate apartments along Wellesley Avenue off Hulen Street. Sean Smith is a U.S. Postal Inspector in the Fort Worth Division and is investigating …

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