Fort Worth has grown faster than any other major Texas city since 2020 as the city added tens of thousands of jobs.

Cases of flu are spiking across North Texas. On Monday, nearly 700 children were treated in the emergency department at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth. On an average day, the emergency room sees 379 patients. The number of flu cases this year is set to surpass the past several years, the medical system said.

The inaugural Jambaloo Music Festival will feature over 100 artists across four North Texas venues. Here’s who will play in Fort Worth.

The growth is fueling higher rents and home prices in the North Texas city that was once seen as a more affordable option to Dallas and other major cities.

The funds will be used to renovate the zoo’s Hall of Wonders exhibit, which is the center of conservation education at the Fort Worth Zoo.

Mohammed Choudhury, Fort Worth ISD’s deputy superintendent for learning and leading, said he wasn’t surprised by the district’s lack of progress in reading or math. He noted that the results mirror decades of stagnation in the district’s state test scores.

Mayor Mattie Parker and council member Michael Crain said a permanent batch plant in southwest Fort Worth could negatively affect residents.

U-Haul also said the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex was the leading growing metro of 2024, based on the amount of U-Haul customers taking one-way equipment into and out of metro areas last year. The year prior, DFW was ranked No. 9.

On Jan. 24, 1938, Julius Hemphill was born in Fort Worth. An alto and soprano saxophonist, flutist, vocalist, composer and label founder, Hemphill blazed a trail through the avant-garde jazz landscape in a variety of outfits, including solo performances, duos, small ensembles, big bands and multidisciplinary collaborations.

According to data from Zillow, average rents in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro now outpace those in Austin for the first time since at least 2015.

The cities of Grapevine and Fort Worth received a combined $2.75 million in grants from the Texas parks and Wildlife Commission, according to a Jan. 24 news release from the organization.

(THE TEXAS TRIBUNE) - Fort Worth may soon become the state’s next city with more than 1 million people. Fort Worth had nearly 990,000 residents as of January 2024, according to recent estimates ...