Haslet News

By GORDON DICKSON ARLINGTON -- The North Texas Tollway Authority will pay $26 million to guarantee toll collections on the proposed expansion of Loop 820, a compromise that improves chances that the ...

Penguin Press Nabs Coveted Debut Novel by Matthew Thornton After a heated - and swift - auction, Penguin Press publisher Ann Godoff won U.S. rights to a widely sought debut novel by Reif Larsen called The ...

A Tarrant County grand jury has decided not to indict a driver charged with the deaths of a Wise County couple who were killed in a November traffic accident in North Fort Worth Colton Frazier McGuffin, 22, of ...

A Haslet man accused of driving while intoxicated and causing a wreck that killed a Chico couple and injured three children has been no-billed by a Tarrant County grand jury.

TRC Architects has bought a 1,115-square-foot office condominium at Suite 100 of Cooper Park.

A tractor-trailer was stolen Sunday night in far north Fort Worth, but the bandits abandoned it and most of the load -- 18,000 home pedicure kits. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

BY BILL MILLER Severe thunderstorms are bearing down on Tarrant County, prompting the National Weather Service to issue warnings.At about 7:30 a.m., the agency's meteorologists 'detected a line of severe ... via Star-telegram.com

“I can't believe the Lord blessed us with four beautiful children”

By DIANE SMITH FORT WORTH -- Nicole and Johnathan Madison learned firsthand that Three Is a Magic Number .Really.As the song Multiplication Rock goes, 'A man and a woman had a baby ...' In the Madisons' ... via Star-telegram.com

“On the way to our hotel room, I asked Larry: 'How do you like traveling light?”

Traveling can provide some interesting experiences and challenges.

Just ask Haslet residents Joyce Yates and hubby Larry, who is in the steel business and is president of a cattle breeder's association.

The pair left on a three-day, business/pleasure trip to Houston, stopping in Jewett to talk to a steel mill official, who gave them some advertising T-shirts, said Joyce.

Joyce had packed a couple of suitcases carefully, mindful that on a previous trip, 'Larry had griped and said we should travel a little lighter,' Joyce said. 'But in Houston everybody dresses up, even the people showing the animals.' Read more

“Then I thought, 'Why don't I just do one big prize that anybody anywhere can try for?'”

The road to hell may be paved with good intentions, but the highway to heaven could come with a new set of wheels.

That's Haslet preacher Ronnie Hill's plan. He is offering people a chance to win a new Dodge truck, Jeep Wrangler or Chrysler 300 -- provided they listen to his three-minute testimony about Jesus.

Those who watch Hill's video at his recently created Web site -- www.threeminutestory.com -- can sign up online for the Dec. 12 drawing.

For 20 years, the traveling evangelist has preached at rodeos, NASCAR races and motorcycle rallies. He has offered many incentives to hear him out -- among them a free chance to ride a mechanical bull. Read more

Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

1. Industrial lease

Trade Center 5

The Simmons Bedding Co. leased 213,392 square feet at International Commerce Park. The landlord is Kennedy Associates.

Brokers: Steve Trese of CB Richard Ellis represented the landlord. Damian Rivera of Stream Realty represented the tenant.

Fort Worth

2. Overton Centre Tower II

4100 International Plaza Drive

Southwest Bank has leased 22,471 square feet of office space for its administrative and human resources operations. The bank will also have a branch location and be the lead tenant in a two-story office building under construction at 2200 W. Seventh St. The building is scheduled to open in summer. Read more

“I knew that my support would come from the teachers and the concerned parents. They don't want the education system taken over by people who don't know about education.”

Incumbent Pat Hardy of Weatherford was leading the Republican primary for the District 11 seat on the State Board of Education, according to unofficial, incomplete results Tuesday night.

Hardy had 59.2 percent of the votes, compared with 40.8 percent for Cleburne urologist Dr. Barney Maddox, with early voting and 304 of 572 precincts reporting.

There was no candidate in the Democratic primary. Bruce Beckman of Haslet is a Libertarian seeking the seat.

Maddox has called evolution 'fairy tales.' If he had been elected to the board, social conservatives would have had their first majority on the 15-member board. Of 10 Republicans, seven are considered social conservatives. The other five members are Democrats. Read more

The race between state Rep. Charlie Geren and Tom Annunziato has devolved into one of the most bitter local campaigns. Both men are running to represent District 99, which includes parts of northwest Fort Worth, Azle and Haslet as well as Saginaw, Blue Mound, Westworth Village and Lake Worth.

Geren has called Annunziato a liar for campaign mailers that Geren said distorts his record. Annunziato, a former Geren supporter, has said he was just pointing out areas in which the two candidates disagree. Read more

NORTH TEXAS It's been a dangerous afternoon in North Texas. Grass fires have been popping up and engulfing large swaths of land before firefighters can get them under control. via KTXA-TV Fort Worth

In some elections, it's a tough call as to who merits the voters' support. That's not the case in the March 4 Republican primary for the District 99 state representative seat. Incumbent Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, is the obvious choice.

The district includes parts of west and northwest Fort Worth and most of northwest Tarrant County, including all or part of Azle, Blue Mound, Haslet, Lakeside, Lake Worth, Pelican Bay, River Oaks, Saginaw, Sansom Park, Westover Hills, Westworth Village and White Settlement. Read more

“It has been a pretty incredible day”

The slow-moving flatbed truck hauling 18-wheeler parts caught the eye of Keller patrol officer Mike Norris.

The truck was traveling only 30 mph Thursday afternoon on Texas 114, so Norris pulled it over. The stop led detectives to a tractor trailer chop shop and as many as four thieves who dismantled up to $800,000 worth of parts from five stolen trucks.

'It just looks like an 18-wheeler graveyard,' Detective Jesse Minton said Friday morning of the fenced lot in the 4800 block of Keller-Haslet Road. As officers talked to truck driver Rodrigo Garcia on Thursday afternoon, Norris saw the front end of a Freightliner truck on the flatbed trailer, Keller police Lt. Brenda Slovak said. Read more

“We've got some tips that have been coming in ever since the reward has been upped and the persons of interest have been named”

Divers are searching a stock pond in Haslet for evidence related to the December murder of North Richland Hills resident Marianne Wilkinson. via KTVT Fort Worth

“I've never seen an 18-wheeler chop shop in my career before”

What started as a simple traffic stop turned into the discovery of a large chop shop operation overnight. via NBC5i.com

“I've never seen an 18-wheeler chop shop before in my career”

A tip from an alert Keller police officer helped in the bust of an unusual large truck "chop shop" early Friday morning. via WFAA-TV Dallas

“Just because you have a helmet or vest or a pair of chaps, you can still die out there.”

By Angela K. Brown Associated Press Sunday, February 3, 2008 Children wear protective helmets and vests while "Mutton Bustin'" -- riding sheep to entertain the crowd during a break in the Professional Rodeo ... via Abilene Reporter-News