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Rare Taylor Swift guitar up for grabs to help DFW children in need
auction | Community | Cook Children’s Medical Center | Country 96.3 | CULTURE | DFW | DFW-hardgate | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | LIFESTYLE | taylor swift
After crosswalk changes, Dallas locals turn to new signs of support
Black Lives Matter | Community | crosswalks | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW-hardgate | governor greg abbott | LGBTQ | LGBTQIA+ | LIFESTYLE | neighborhoods | rainbow crosswalks
Rare Taylor Swift guitar up for grabs to help DFW children in need
| April 15, 2026
auction | Community | Cook Children’s Medical Center | Country 96.3 | CULTURE | DFW | DFW-hardgate | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | LIFESTYLE | taylor swift
Country 96.3 is auctioning off a guitar signed by a then 18-year-old Taylor Swift. Here’s everything you need to know.
After crosswalk changes, Dallas locals turn to new signs of support
| April 14, 2026
Black Lives Matter | Community | crosswalks | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW-hardgate | governor greg abbott | LGBTQ | LGBTQIA+ | LIFESTYLE | neighborhoods | rainbow crosswalks
Dallas residents are seeking new ways of showing support and pride following removal of rainbow and Black Lives Matter-themed crosswalks.
Feral hogs wreak havoc across Texas, leaving trail of damage in recent weeks
| April 14, 2026
agricultural damage | agriculture | animals | DALLAS | DFW | DFW-hardgate | exotic lifestock | feral hogs | fort bend county | FORT WORTH | invasive species | Mesquite | public safety | San Antonio | Texas Parks and Wildlife | wildlife
Feral hogs have been causing damage in Mesquite for several weeks. Here’s what you need to know about the invasive species.
Queens Head Pub brings British charm to Deep Ellum
| April 14, 2026
Community | CULTURE | deep ellum | DFW | DFW-hardgate | english pub | food & drink | food and drink | LIFESTYLE | Queens Head Pub | traditional pub experience
The Queens Head Pub is opening in Dallas’s Deep Ellum neighborhood in May. Here’s everything you need to know.
The Black mother bias: North Texans want equity in the birth room and boardroom
| April 13, 2026
BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH | career | DALLAS | dei | DFW | DFW-hardgate | FORT WORTH | maternal health | parenting | Texas Lead Story
Tenaj Mays of McKinney was in the early stages of her first pregnancy when she first realized her corporate banking job might really be in jeopardy. She knew about the motherhood tax—the indirect punishment put on career women who attempt to straddle work and motherhood. She expected, at least, a temporary pause to her corporate […]
Invasive birds & ‘feminist Andy Warhol’: Here’s what you missed in Dallas-Fort Worth this week
| April 10, 2026
affordable housing | Art | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW-hardgate | food and drink | FORT WORTH | fracking | local government
Here's your news update for the week of April 6.
Dallas crowns new Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate to kick off Arts Month
| April 9, 2026
arts | Black Ceasar Poetry | Cadence Diggs | CULTURE | DALLAS | Dallas Poet Laureate | DFW | DFW-hardgate | Kristoddie Woods | National Poetry Month | Poet Laureate program | poetry | Youth Poet Laureate
Kristoddie Woods was named the third Dallas Poet Laureate and Cadence Diggs was named the Youth Poet Laureate on Wednesday.
Bond vote could bring Seminary South Library back to life
| 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
| 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
| 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?
| 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.
These North Texas deviled eggs received Mark Cuban’s last ‘Shark Tank’ deal
| 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.