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Bond vote could bring Seminary South Library back to life
by Sam Cohen
bond elections | Community | CULTURE | DFW | dfw history | DFW-hardgate | FAMILY | family friendly | FORT WORTH | funding | History | libraries | library | LIFESTYLE | LITERATURE | Seminary South Library | TEXAS | TEXAS HISTORY

10 Earth Day events across DFW: Volunteer & celebrate
by Sydni Ellis
Arlington | Carrollton | clean up | Community | Coppell | DFW | DFW-hardgate | earth day | environment | environmentalism | garland | grapevine | holiday | LIFESTYLE | THINGS TO DO

A new era begins for Amarillo’s most cherished amusement park
by Sam Cohen
amusement park | central texas | Community | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | FAMILY | family friendly | History | LIFESTYLE | Local news | outdoor recreation | outdoors | STATE | TEXAS | TEXAS HISTORY | THINGS TO DO | Wonderland | Wonderland Amusement Park

Fredericksburg Racquet Center swings big with $5.5M groundbreaking this month
by Sam Cohen
Affordability | Community | construction | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | exercise | family friendly | Fredericksburg | Fredericksburg Racquet Center | fun | GROWTH | HARDGATE | HEALTH | LIFESTYLE | local | local business | Local news | outdoor recreation | outdoor workouts | outdoors | public health | recreation | SPORTS | STATE | TEXAS

Bond vote could bring Seminary South Library back to life
by Sam Cohen
| April 7, 2026
bond elections | Community | CULTURE | DFW | dfw history | DFW-hardgate | FAMILY | family friendly | FORT WORTH | funding | History | libraries | library | LIFESTYLE | LITERATURE | Seminary South Library | TEXAS | TEXAS HISTORY
If approved, a bond proposal could help reopen Fort Worth’s beloved Seminary South Library. Here’s what you need to know.

10 Earth Day events across DFW: Volunteer & celebrate
by Sydni Ellis
| April 7, 2026
Arlington | Carrollton | clean up | Community | Coppell | DFW | DFW-hardgate | earth day | environment | environmentalism | garland | grapevine | holiday | LIFESTYLE | THINGS TO DO
10 Earth Day events in Dallas-Fort Worth to learn about the environment, shop for upcycled products, and give back.

New coffee shop cleared for take off at Frontiers of Flight Museum
by Sam Cohen
| April 7, 2026
coffee | Community | Cultivar Coffee & Tea | CULTURE | Dallas Love Field | DFW | DFW-hardgate | FAMILY | family friendly | food and drink | Frontiers of Flight Museum | Jetsetters | LIFESTYLE | Maman tea cakes | Sugar & Sage Bakery pastries | Tacodeli tacos
A new coffee shop is opening at Love Field’s Frontiers of Flight Museum. Here’s everything you need to know.

Is fracking in Texas endangering a day care’s children?
by The 19th
| April 6, 2026
After years of opposition, a new drill site near where children learn and play has resurfaced a community's fears about the dangers it poses.

A new era begins for Amarillo’s most cherished amusement park
by Sam Cohen
| April 6, 2026
amusement park | central texas | Community | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | FAMILY | family friendly | History | LIFESTYLE | Local news | outdoor recreation | outdoors | STATE | TEXAS | TEXAS HISTORY | THINGS TO DO | Wonderland | Wonderland Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park is under new ownership for the first time in its 75-year history. Here’s what you need to know.

Fredericksburg Racquet Center swings big with $5.5M groundbreaking this month
by Sam Cohen
| April 6, 2026
Affordability | Community | construction | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | exercise | family friendly | Fredericksburg | Fredericksburg Racquet Center | fun | GROWTH | HARDGATE | HEALTH | LIFESTYLE | local | local business | Local news | outdoor recreation | outdoor workouts | outdoors | public health | recreation | SPORTS | STATE | TEXAS
The Fredericksburg Racquet Center is set to break ground on a $5.5 million project at the end of April. Here’s everything you need to know.

These North Texas deviled eggs received Mark Cuban’s last ‘Shark Tank’ deal
by Joi Louviere
| April 6, 2026
DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW-hardgate | food and drink | FORT WORTH | local business | North Texas | restaurants
The DFW food chain does nothing, but creative deviled eggs.

Inside Texas’s controversial social studies overhaul
| April 3, 2026
DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | educators | K-12 education | public education | school voucher | school voucher program | state board of education | TEXAS | texas education agency | Texas Lead Story
The politicization of Texas classrooms continues as the State Board of Education (SBOE) will deliberate rushed social studies teaching standards next week that put a greater emphasis on Western and Texas history at the expense of other cultures.

Protein ice cream and free pre-k: Here’s what you missed this week in Dallas- Fort Worth
by Joi Louviere
| April 3, 2026
animals | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW-hardgate | EDUCATION | food and drink | FORT WORTH | Local news | TEXAS POLITICS | THINGS TO DO
Here's the news you missed from March 30-April 3, 2026.

Fort Worth city council greenlights $189K for new public art installations
by Sam Cohen
| April 2, 2026
Art | artists | arts | Community | CULTURE | DFW | DFW-hardgate | LIFESTYLE | Local news | public art
The Fort Worth city council approved $189k in commission contracts to go toward two new public artworks. Here’s what you need to know. On March 31,the Fort Worth city council approved $189,141 in commission contracts to put toward the installation of two new public artworks—one will be developed outside the Eugene McCray Community Center and the […]

Texas’ HUB program on the brink as expanded lawsuit hits state agencies
| April 1, 2026
Black-owned businesses | dei | ECONOMY | EXCO-Player | local politics | old texas | TEXAS | women-owned businesses
More impacted businesses are joining the landmark lawsuit and the harm is growing: 15,000+ decertified businesses, canceled contracts, and erased opportunities.

Why Arlington ‘No Kings’ protestors keep showing up
| April 1, 2026
Daily headlines keep these North Texans ready to rally.



