River Oaks News

Barack Obama, in his own fashion, wants to be the next Tom DeLay. He is plotting to convert the Texas congressional map to his party, just as DeLay did four years ago.

Sid Uberman, a longtime Fort Worth real estate broker who handled many large land deals for regional shopping centers in Tarrant County and nationwide, died Sunday night.

By DAVE LIEBER Lenny Peck wanted a new driveway poured outside his Bedford home.

Great Houses of Texas By Lisa Germany, photography by Grant Mudford Harry N. Abrams, $50 Cocktail-party chatter or not, it was a fatal faux pas.

A woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon when she returned to her car, parked near an elementary school, as police were preparing to remove three children locked inside, officials said.

“We wanted our guests to feel like they were on a movie set in Hollywood”

If there were standing ovations for galas, Cynthia and Anthony Petrello would have received one Friday night for their spectacular Alley Theatre ball, "An American in Paris." Just as previews of the Alley's new ... via Houston Chronicle

“This is the second time this month she's been robbed”

FORT WORTH, Texas -- " Police said a man who tried to rob a donut store was shot and killed by a man who lives near the store Friday morning. via Shooting The Messenger

“Now there are five children that have to go on without him.”

Officials have released the name of the tow-truck driver who was killed late Sunday while trying to remove a car from the shoulder of south Interstate 35W on the south side of Burleson. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“I think the emphasis is totally on money. We've forgotten what our mission is: to take care of indigent patients”

Second in a six-part series The death certificate tells the end of the story. Jacob Aron Noles, age 26. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Garden of the Dragonfly is pleased and excited to announce an exhibit featuring the paintings of Martin de Vore on Saturday, April 26. via Houston Chronicle

“It really supplements their mall location.”

Trademark Property Co. has locked in financing for High Street, the $105 million real estate development designed to include apartments, shops and offices in an urban, walkable setting east of the Galleria. via Houston Chronicle

Jeers: To Maj. Karl Lewis, spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing at Naval Air Station Fort Worth, for denying that jets were in the air during the UFO sightings Jan. 8 in Stephenville. Then the military confirmed that they were. (See Feb. 10 news story 'A month later, town starts to settle down.')

-- Margie Miller, Fort Worth

Cheers: To our school's teachers, staff and students for an outstanding teacher talent show. The performances were entertaining, and the audience was awesome. Despite delays because of technical difficulties, our students showed their class with enthusiastic and courteous support of every performer, regardless of level of talent. Read more

“He has such an old-world courtesy about him.”

Democratic and Republican candidates for president come to Texas Thursday to make a last push for support in the Texas primary, KPRC Local 2 reports. via Click2Houston.com

He's heading to Houston. With his presidential nomination largely in the bag, McCain seems to have left the Straight Talk Express bus in the garage for now and instead is jetting around the Lone Star State, ... via Houston Chronicle

“I stay with her sometimes, but my residence is at 1301 Gould”

Constable Sergio DeLeon has requested that his challenger in the Democratic primary be declared ineligible because he doesn't live in the precinct.

DeLeon is constable for Precinct 5, which covers part of northwest Fort Worth.

In a letter sent Tuesday to Tarrant County Democratic Party Chairman Art Brender, DeLeon said his primary opponent, Ernest Magallon, moved in July to a house in River Oaks, which is in Precinct 4.

Magallon said he has lived for 11 years on Gould Avenue on the north side of Fort Worth, which is in Precinct 5. He bought a rental home in River Oaks over the summer that his daughter is now living in, he said. Read more

“So when I first started filmmaking [in 1999], I did research, and every distributor told me to go into horror, because it's easiest to get distribution [of].”

Abram : "I'd love to make a kids'movie one day." Jon Keeyes : "Distributors are paying less for horror right now." Above is a still from his new film, Living and Dying. via Fort Worth Weekly

“So we've decided that if someone recognizes its value and can take care of it, then I think that about 40 years is long enough to own a home.”

If you've ever wondered where the stars stay when they're filming in Austin, now you know. via Austin American Statesman

You don't need a wad of cash to celebrate the holidays. Just get in your car, turn the radio to Christmas tunes and sip on hot cider as you drive around festively lit neighborhoods. via Houston Chronicle

Pat Safian of the Coldwell Banker Tanglewood office and Patty Williamson of Williams Trew Real Estate Services are pleased to present The Park townhomes, located in a vibrant and growing area in River Oaks.

Enjoy the convenience of the west side of Fort Worth including museums, shopping, easy access to Interstate 30 or Loop 820 with downtown only minutes away.

This gated community will contain no more than 20 units. Only six residences remain of the first 10 constructed. These homes are for the discriminating buyer who wants a new home with quality construction at an affordable price. Read more

“When I got the call that Linda was dead, I almost laughed at the irony of it all”

Almost from the day he made his arrival in Houston in the early fifties from Harvard's MBA program, he was known as the Sphinx. via Texas Monthly