Forest Hill News

Forest Hill City Manager David Miller is asking the City Council to conduct an independent investigation of Mayor James Gosey, accusing him of abusing his position in an attempt to influence how city contracts are awarded, to get city inspectors to overlook code violations at various properties and to manipulate municipal hiring practices.

By ELIZABETH CAMPBELL The Forest Hill City Council could vote Tuesday on whether to fire City Manager David Miller or demand his resignation, according to the meeting agenda, which was amended after it was posted Wednesday.It would be the second time in five years that the council has fired the top administrator.On Friday, Miller said Mayor James ...

Local investment group Felix Street Partners has bought the former Dr Pepper bottling plant at 229 Felix St.

Jackson Police Chief Rebecca Coleman walked into her first command staff meeting Thursday morning confident, yet somewhat quiet.

In a joint expansion and consolidation move, Nuclear Logistics Inc. bought a 203,822-square-foot office/warehouse property in Riverbend Tech Center in northeast Fort Worth from Fort Worth-based Klabzuba Oil & Gas Inc.

Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, will speak about health care among other things at noon Wednesday in 25 University Hall.

FORT WORTH - Police are investigating the slaying of a 24-year-old Forest Hill man shot during a disturbance outside a southeast Fort Worth convenience store Sunday morning.

Police got involved in a dispute at an elementary school Wednesday when a mother confronted administrators demanding to know how her 8-year-old daughter was able to walk away from campus.

A jury ruled unanimously Monday evening against southeast Fort Worth retiree Willie Thomas in a civil case in which he sought $5,000 from Glencrest Resources for not paying him a bonus for a gas lease on his property.

More than two years after approving development incentives for 92 acres off Interstate 20 in Forest Hill, the city is poised to announce in the next few weeks a $40 million project for part of the site that could create at least 300 jobs.

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Kennedale Police placed the driver of the white pickup truck in a squad car while they sorted out the situation.

By SUSAN SCHROCK ARLINGTON - The Arlington Police Department was awarded a $6.1 million federal stimulus grant that will put more cops on the streets and help beef up the city's gang enforcement.Arlington's grant was the third-highest given in the state and will pay to hire or keep 31 sworn police officers for three years.

As many North Texans struggle to make ends meet, it becomes harder for some families to afford health care and prescription medications.

Imazhane Wright, 11, was honored as a "911 hero" after she called for help when her brother had a seizure.

By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. FOREST HILL -- An unidentified man was hit and killed by a pickup early Sunday on a Forest Hill highway, according to a police news release.The man was standing in the lanes of Southeast Loop 820 when the truck hit him at 3:12 a.m., according to the release.The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.As of Sunday ...

By ANTHONY SPANGLER  FORT WORTH - Despite a downturn in the economy, taxable property values rose 4.6 percent in Tarrant County in 2008, slightly above expectations but still about half of previous years' increases, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the Tarrant Appraisal District.The county's overall market value rose 4.1 ...