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FORT WORTH NEWS: Tree-trimming contractor dies after being electrocuted while working, Robbery suspect arrested outside a downtown church

May 14, 2012 | 0 Comments

FORT WORTH, Texas — News reports stated of a 23-year-old contractor who died on Monday after his tree-trimming equipment came in contact with a live power line, this according to the authorities who made the announcement.

The Fort Worth Fire Department removed the victim’s body from the tree where he was working on which was located in the 2500 block of Warren Lane just before 11 a.m. Residents nearby reportedly called the Fire Department around 9:30 a.m. regarding a suspected electrocution.

According to fire officials who arrived at the scene, the main power line had to be shut off in some houses in the area so that the victim’s body could be removed.

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C-130s Moving Out Of Fort Worth?

May 7, 2012 | 0 Comments

FORT WORTH, Texas – Recent reports stated that the U.S. House Defense Appropriations subcommittee is ready to stop the move of C-130s legislatively just after three months of trying to persuade the Air Force not to transfer eight C-130 Hercules aircraft from Fort Worth to Great Falls, Montana.

The House version of the defense appropriations bill is a repudiation of the Air Force’s and Defense Department’s proposal to move 151 Air National Guard aircraft, then reportedly cut 5,000 personnel and move dozens more airplanes across the country. The said plan would affect Texas by getting rid of one of its major assets for natural disasters.

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Smoking Plan May Not Be Pursued in Fort Worth

May 7, 2012 | 0 Comments

FORT WORTH, Texas – After recent reports of a proposal to stop hiring smokers, the City of Fort Worth seems to be thinking of cancelling the said idea.

Recent reports state that if the City Council approves with a city staff recommendation, the said proposal of not hiring smokers would effectively be obsolete.

The city is reportedly considering “future insurance premium surcharges” to encourage employees on wellness programs and stopping unhealthy habits. However, the said changes in health-insurance premiums will not likely happen until January 1, 2014.

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Early Childhood Matters Celebrates 6th Anniversary, Bike Month Activities in Fort Worth

April 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

FORT WORTH, Texas – Early Childhood Matters is reportedly celebrating its six years of service on Friday at the Fort Worth Central Library located at 500 W. Third St.

ECM families, both current and new, are being invited to celebrate with activities like arts and craft projects which have been created over the past year by ECM families. These projects will also be on display at the event. There will also be story times and other activities for children in attendance.

The group has already helped nearly 10,000 children under the age of 5 to become better prepared to start school.

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Identity Theft Led to Crime Spree for Two Years

April 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

FORT WORTH, Texas – Two years ago, a nurse aide working at a Fort Worth nursing home, suddenly realized that someone took her purse while walking to the parking lot of the said facility. That incident led to one of Tarrant County’s identity theft suspects who reportedly targeted over half a dozen area nursing homes as well as home healthcare businesses and at least a dozen frail and vulnerable patients the said facilities.

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Gladney Center Celebrates 125th Anniversary

April 28, 2012 | 0 Comments

FORT WORTH, Texas – In 1887, the Rev. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris, a Methodist minister, and his wife, Belle, knew about the orphans being boarded on a train, the couple started looking searching for homes for them. The orphan trains then stopped running during 1929, yet the need for adopting orphans continued.

The effort started the Texas Children’s Home and Aid Society, which is now presently known to many as the Gladney Center for Adoption. The center is named in honor of Edna Gladney, who later managed the center and campaigned for the rights of disadvantaged children.

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Fort Worth City Employees React on Plans to Scale Down Pension Benefits

April 25, 2012 | 0 Comments

FORT WORTH, Texas – After the announcement regarding changes in pension benefits, the city and employee groups reportedly state that they are prepared to go to court to settle issues concerning the proposals which would reduce some pension benefits.

City Manager Tom Higgins reportedly stated that the retirement fund is unsustainable without benefit reductions. In his letter to employees on Tuesday, he reportedly stated that the Fort Worth Employees’ Retirement Fund will never be able to pay off its unfunded liabilities if changes are not made.

The city also informed the police association of the proposal during “meet and confer” discussions regarding a new contract.

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Loan Funding for Interstate 35W Expansion Project Approved

April 24, 2012 | 0 Comments

FORT WORTH, Texas – City officials are thankful that the U.S. Transportation Department’s announcement regarding the expansion project of Interstate 35W has been reportedly approved for a $415 million loan.

They reportedly stated that by using a combination of free and toll lanes, which would help generate revenue to help add with the cost of construction, was the only way to make sure that the project could be started within 10 years.

Texas Transportation Commission member Bill Meadows of Fort Worth reportedly stated that this project has been the first to be approved. The construction could start in less than a year, and that the rebuilt existing lanes as well as new toll lanes are likely to be opened on 2018.

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Machinists’ Union Leaders Plan to Reject Lockheed’s Proposed Contract for Fort Worth Plant

April 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

FORT WORTH, Texas – Recently, the leaders of the Machinists’ union which represents workers at Lockheed Martin’s plant located in west Fort Worth reportedly stated that they will encourage members to vote to go on strike and reject the company’s final proposal for a new three-year labor contract.

There will be a scheduled membership meeting for on Sunday at the Cowtown Coliseum so that they could vote on Lockheed’s contract offer that the company presented. It includes 3% yearly wage increases and a $3,000 signing bonus; however it would replace the benefit pension plan for new hire workers with a defined contribution savings plan.

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Former Fort Worth Police Officer Indicted

April 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

FORT WORTH, Texas – Recent reports revealed that a seventh former Fort Worth police officer has reportedly been indicted in grounds of traffic ticket scandal, while it seems that an eighth may avoid prosecution after reaching an agreement with the prosecutors.

James McDade, a patrol officer who had been on the department for five years until he resigned last 2010 during an internal investigation, had been indicted last Wednesday. He now faces 19 counts of tampering with a government document with intent to defraud another, which is a state jail felony, and another count of theft by a public servant, which is a third-degree felony.

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