Riverside News

Independence Day is a time of celebration with fireworks, cook-outs, parties and fun.

Today, the United States seems more interested in politics than ever before. With the nation torn between issues, candidates, and parties, everyone seems to be waiting to see what direction the country will ...

A grand opening ceremony for the new Riverside Bank was held Friday, and a group of approximately 50 Walker County residents attended the event to offer their congratulations and view the new facility.

Life started over for Georgia Maher on Aug. 28, 2006. Before then, Maher -- with 283 pounds packed onto her 5-foot-7-inch frame -- was working at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport as a checked baggage ...

A public school district has become the first in Tarrant County to hang out an unusual sign: "Yes We're Open." Any kid from anywhere can now enroll in the Birdville schools, which are mostly in North Richland ...

Stagnant, luminescent green water trapped inside huge concrete tanks is like a slap in the face to Chris Waring.

“We had a program at the school that night and they were still excited and talking about everything they did”

Visitors to the African-American history tent at the 21st Gen. Sam Houston Folk Festival can take a step back in time when, as 82-year-old Hattie Irving said, "Things were better." The tent represents the ... via The Huntsville Item

Yeah, yeah, some ugly old box of an office building got torn down this week. So what? Let's talk about a real insult to local history that's about to occur. via Dallas Morning News

“I've spoken with TxDOT representatives who have said the project will probably go forward using the existing footprints which would be (highway) 59”

It has been roughly three months since residents of Huntsville and Walker County attended town hall meetings to voice their opinion on the Trans-Texas Corridor/I-69 project to the Texas Department of ... via Free Republic

“We're not going to turn anyone away, but for them to actually be in the script, because it has to go out to KSAM and KSTAR, I've got to have them no later than noon Thursday.”

Late entries for The Walker County Fair parade will be accepted until noon today. via The Huntsville Item

“First, we'll be talking about estimating the value of your timber. Landowners are always curious about how much their timber is worth. We'll be showing how foresters get values of trees.”

Local landowners have an opportunity to attend the spring Timber Growers Field Day to learn more about timber value, understory management and animal control. via The Huntsville Item

“Unfortunately, that is reality.”

FORT WORTH -- The Fort Worth district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is formally recommending that the boundaries of Trinity Uptown be changed to include about 1,000 acres on the city's east side, dramatically changing the project's scope and boosting its overall price tag.

If the plan is approved in Washington, D.C., two major city projects -- Gateway Park and the Riverside Oxbow Ecosystem Restoration area -- will be made part of the Trinity Uptown project, which encompasses about 800 acres on the city's near north side. Read more

By JEFF MOSIER / The Dallas Morning News jmosier@dallasnews.com Mayor Mike Moncrief said in his fifth annual State of the City Address on Wednesday that he will focus on "smart growth" for Fort Worth this year. via Denton Record-Chronicle

“It allows us to do more in a shorter period of time than ever before”

FORT WORTH -- An Army Corps of Engineers proposal to broaden the scope of Trinity Uptown by absorbing 1,000 acres that includes Gateway Park is being met by east-side community leaders with cautious optimism and a healthy dose of skepticism.

While some say they are happy to finally see the city take aggressive efforts to improve Gateway by making it a part of Trinity Uptown, others are unhappy that the city has not moved faster over the years to improve conditions at the park.

Former Councilwoman Becky Haskin and others said the city has had millions of dollars set aside for years for Gateway -- along with numerous master plans to transform it into a facility rivaling Central Park -- but has failed to act. Read more

Affluent homeowners on Fort Worth's west side were upset about initial plans in the Trinity Uptown project to store periodic floodwaters temporarily on several hundred acres near their homes.

More than a year ago, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and city officials began considering a different approach: to contain the occasional flooding on the east side of Fort Worth, in the Riverside Oxbow area of the Trinity River on the west edge of Gateway Park.

That bred fear and suspicion on the less affluent east side. Would homes and businesses north of the Oxbow area be flooded as a result? Were the rich folks on the west side getting preferential treatment? Read more

A week-long roundup in Walker County results in 11 arrests. Sheriff investigators began their operation at a known drug location in the Riverside area. via KBTX-TV Bryan

“Federal Forest Ranger James Scott also assisted us.”

The Walker County Sheriff's Department arrested 11 people in early January during a high intensity criminal enforcement operation which spanned countywide. via The Huntsville Item

“One group wants to know what can be done differently at the dam to help our flooding problems, and the other group wants to know why it took so long for water to subside after the flooding in July.”

Representatives from the Trinity River Authority met with residents of the Green Rich Shores subdivision Friday at the Thomas Lake Road fire station to discuss the causes of flooding in the area and any ... via The Huntsville Item

“We're trying to stay very focused during this meeting”

The Greenrich Shores Flood Relief Committee will hold a meeting with the Trinity River Authority Friday to discuss flooding in the Riverside area in 2007. via The Huntsville Item