River Oaks News

For those who miss the wit and whip of Molly Ivins, the new biography of her life will make you laugh, cry, shudder and think.

Here's a look at municipal propositions in Tarrant County: Dalworthington Gardens: Sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.

Features Ring of Fire On November 18, 1999, at 2:42 a.m., the most passionately observed collegiate tradition in Texas - if not the world - came crashing down.

After reading Richard Hollerman's Oct. 14 letter, "Unwarranted assumptions," I gather that he believes that only atheist scientists think that dinosaur fossils are millions of years old.

Cheers: To Leslie Wooldridge and the JPS volunteers with Cowtown Brush-Up. They painted my house, pulled weeds, trimmed bushes and made me feel very special.

All we know is what baseball living legend Bobby Bragan told us: Fort Worth Cats owner Carl Bell "desperately wants to sell the team." Neither Bell nor a purported interested party returned phone calls seeking illumination or even a brusque "no comment." Two sources who asked not to be identified told us that Bell, a Dallas insurance company owner ...

By AMAN BATHEJA Texas sales tax revenue took its biggest tumble of the year this summer, according to a report released Friday by the comptroller's office.The state collected $1.75 billion in revenue in August, 12.5 percent less than in August 2008.

Have more to add? News tip? E-mail us . Star-Telegram rain reporters tracked rainfall for the 24 hours that ended at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Publish Me YAHOO! Your Life MizCheevus: Ita TMs OK to admit your age Wednesday, August 26, 2009 While you are opening your paper - MizCheevus is having her birthday ... her 75th observance began at 7 a.m. and ended at 7 p.m. This 88th will be good because each previous natal day has been super.

New San Marcos Fire Chief Les Stephens will be sworn in Friday during a special ceremony at 3 p.m. at the Activity Center, 501 E. Hopkins.

New San Marcos Fire Chief Les Stephens will be sworn in Friday during a special ceremony at 3 p.m. at the Activity Center, 501 E. Hopkins.

Rostro de Mujer, an etching aquatint screenprint by Grapevine artist Miranda Ruben, is part of the 125-Mile Visual Arts Exhibition.

The San Marcos City Council confirmed the appointment of Les Stephens, a Battalion Chief in the Garland, Texas Fire Department, as the new Fire Chief for the city of San Marcos on Tuesday.

I recently found myself arguing with a police officer after wiping out on Main Street.

By SANDY GUERRA-CLINE There will be a party today in the house on Yale Street in Fort Worth that Edgar Graves built for his wife, Clara, almost 60 years ago.That's because last week, on June 11, the Graves celebrated 70 years of marriage.They were in their early 20s when they first met.

The story of Maxat Aitbayev began in a country most Americans probably couldn't find on a map and ended a few weeks ago on a brilliant Sunday afternoon in Fort Worth.