
Invasive birds & ‘feminist Andy Warhol’: Here’s what you missed in Dallas-Fort Worth this week
by Joi Louviere
| 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
by Sam Cohen
| 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.

The history of Fort Worth-founded Mrs. Baird’s bread
by Sam Cohen
| April 7, 2026
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW-hardgate | food banks | food donations | FORT WORTH | History | mrs. baird's bread | TEXAS HISTORY
Mrs. Baird’s bread began from humble origins in 1908. Here’s everything you need to know about the Fort Worth brand.

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.

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.



