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• Paralympian Dedicates Play to Parents

  17-08-2016 23:48
  
  One student-athlete at the University of Texas at Arlington campus is headed to Rio to compete in the upcoming 2016 Summer Paralympic Games.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Man Dressed as Woman Demands Drugs, Shoots Pharmacist

  17-08-2016 23:37
  
  An Arlington pharmacist was shot by a man dressed as a woman Wednesday morning who demanded drugs, police say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 NewsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• John Wiley Price Not Indicted For February Scuffle At Radio Station

  17-08-2016 23:04
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A grand jury did not indict Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price a for a February scuffle at a gospel radio station.
  While running for the same seat on Dallas County Commission, Price and former Dallas City Councilman Dwaine Caraway got  into a heated argument during a joint appearance on Heaven 97.
  The argument escalated and Price was accused of assaulting a Caraway staffer.
  Dwaine Caraway and John
  
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• 7-Year-Old Critically Injured In East Dallas Apartment Fire

  17-08-2016 22:36
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A 7-year-old is in critical condition and a mother and 7-month-old were also injured in an apartment fire in East Dallas Wednesday afternoon on Chariot Drive.
  Dallas Fire-Rescue says mother and her other child, a 7-month-old, suffered minor injuries.
  The 7-year-old boy, was inside the apartment when the fire started.  The mother and baby were outside according to Dallas Fire-Rescue.
  The fire department says the moth
  
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• NTX Lawyer's Prayerful Social Media Posts Draw Judicial Warning

  17-08-2016 22:20
  
  A North Texas defense attorney is being told to refrain from revealing details about ongoing trials in his prayerful posts on social media.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• Bus Route Details Delayed For Some DISD Students

  17-08-2016 22:17
  
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  DALLAS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Some Dallas ISD parents are having no luck Wednesday getting bus route information for the upcoming school year beginning Monday.
  Dallas County Schools, which runs the buses for DISD, says it’s in the process of updating bus route information for transport for special needs and choice school students.
  Dallas County Schools says its system is overloaded and there are delays in getting the information online.
  
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• “Fixer Upper” Clients Cash Out By Renting Their Homes

  17-08-2016 22:16
  
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  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Chip and Joanna Gaines have caught the attention of viewers everywhere with their HGTV cable television series Fixer Upper, which documents the couple renovating homes for clients in Waco.
  And now, fans can stay in one of the very homes the Gaines’ have fixed up, according to the Waco Tribune.
  Several homeowners featured on the show have turned their homes into vacation rentals, with some even buying
  
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• Child Injured in East Dallas Apartment Fire

  17-08-2016 22:07
  
  Breaking news from NBC 5. Dallas firefighters are battling a two-alarm fire at an apartment complex.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Apartment Fire in East Dallas

  17-08-2016 21:12
  
  Breaking news from NBC 5. Dallas firefighters are battling a two-alarm fire at an apartment complex.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Police Arrest Owner Of Bulldog After Boy Viciously Attacked

  17-08-2016 21:04
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It was at the end of May when a 13-year-old boy was attacked by a white bull terrier at an apartment complex in east Dallas. Today the person who police say let that dog run free is behind bars.
  Luz Alvarez was arrested by the City Marshals yesterday and has been charged with Attack by Dangerous Dog.
  When young Jesus Galvan was attacked on May 30 the dog, which was housed nearby, had escaped its enclo
  
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• Police Arrest Owner After Boy Viciously Attacked By Bulldog

  17-08-2016 21:04
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It was at the end of May when a 13-year-old boy was attacked by a white bull terrier at an apartment complex in east Dallas. Today the person who police say let that dog run free is behind bars.
  Luz Alvarez was arrested by the City Marshals yesterday and has been charged with Attack by Dangerous Dog.
  When young Jesus Galvan was attacked on May 30 the dog, which was housed nearby, had escaped its enclo
  
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• AT&T Hikes Prices For Some Plans, But Raises Data Caps

  17-08-2016 20:38
  
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  NEW YORK (AP) – AT&T is joining Verizon in raising the prices of some of its data plans.
  As with Verizon, AT&T is going to great lengths to avoid calling the changes a price hike, as the higher prices come with more data, reducing the cost per gigabyte for many customers. Indeed many customers will benefit, and those who won’t can keep their existing plans.
  The price increase underscores how wireless companies see data as a way
  
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• LIVE: Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell Promoted to Vatican

  17-08-2016 20:34
  
  Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell has been summoned by Pope Francis to work at the Vatican on behalf of Catholics around the world.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Price, Caraway Cleared by Grand Jury in Gospel Radio Fight

  17-08-2016 20:16
  
  After hearing four hours of testimony, a Dallas County grand jury declined Wednesday to indict Commissioner John Wiley Price or his political rival, ex-Dallas council member Dwaine Caraway in their February...
  
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• Dallas Police Officer Salaries Again At Center Of Debate

  17-08-2016 19:39
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas police officers salaries are once again at the center of debate. Dallas Police Chief David Brown will be talking with the City Council later today about the issue.
  As it stands, Chief Brown wants to hire nearly 550 new officers – at a cost of just over $20 million. The chief is also asking that “step increases” for sworn officers be doubled. The price tag for those cost of living raises &mda
  
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• Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell Promoted to Vatican

  17-08-2016 19:26
  
  Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell has been summoned by Pope Francis to work at the Vatican on behalf of Catholics around the world.Photo Credit: Getty Images/Catholic Diocese of Dallas
  
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• Woman Demands Drugs, Shoots Arlington Pharmacist

  17-08-2016 17:51
  
  Police say an Arlington pharmacist was wounded when he was shot by a woman Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC 5 NewsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• North Texas Resource Officers Give Back-To-School Advice

  17-08-2016 17:42
  
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  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – In less than a week a lot of North Texas students, teachers and staff will be heading back to school. Even if you don’t fall into one of the aforementioned groups, the influx of people and traffic will probably have some impact on your life.
  Patrol officers say drivers and pedestrians should be on the lookout when near a school or in a school zone.
  In Tarrant County, the intersection near Arlington High S
  
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• Woman Walks Into Texas Drug Store, Shoots Pharmacist

  17-08-2016 17:06
  
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  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Arlington are searching for a woman who shot a pharmacist this morning.
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• Man Dressed As Woman Walks Into Drug Store, Shoots Pharmacist

  17-08-2016 17:06
  
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  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – A man dressed as a woman shot a pharmacist this morning during an attempted robbery.
  The man walked into the Remco Pharmacy, in the 1600 block of  West Division Street, and demanded drugs. It isn’t known if the pharmacist complied, or tried to comply, but at some point he was shot — perhaps as many as three times.
  CBS11 News talked with an employee at a neighboring business wh
  
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• Police Release Sketch of Rideshare Passenger's Killer

  17-08-2016 16:29
  
  Detectives released a sketch Wednesday of a man suspected of fatally stabbing a Garland man who mistook the attacker for a rideshare driver in July.Photo Credit: Carrollton Police Department
  
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• Two More Zika Cases Found In Dallas County

  17-08-2016 16:06
  
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  DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – Dallas County health officials have identified two more cases of Zika virus in the county, bringing the total number of cases to 26.
  These latest cases have affected a 6-year-old child from Dallas and a 50-year-old man from Grand Prairie. Both of those were imported cases from Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.
  “The recent rains, of course, will contribute to mosquito activity” says Zach Thompson,
  
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• Texas Losing Aetna Affordable Care Act Insurance Exchanges

  17-08-2016 15:55
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Aetna will abandon Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges next year in Texas and 10 other states amid financial concerns.
  The nation’s third-largest insurer has not released specifics on how many clients in Texas use the exchange.
  Aetna late Monday announced that a second-quarter pre-tax loss of $200 million from its individual insurance coverage helped it decide to limit exposure to the exchanges. Ae
  
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• McDonalds Packs Happy Meals With Fitness Tech

  17-08-2016 15:35
  
  McDonald's is putting "Step It" fitness trackers in every happy meal. The wristband tracks every step, jump or stumble children take during the day.
  
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• Texas Ready To Fight To Keep Voter ID Law In Place

  17-08-2016 14:37
  
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  DALLAS (1080 KRLD) –  The state of Texas wants to keep its Voter ID law in place, so the legal battle is about to heat up again.
  State Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office plans to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court to “protect the integrity of voting in the state.”
  The news comes nearly a month after a federal appeals court ruled the law discriminates against minority voters.
  It’s not clear if the state wi
  
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• 6 Injured By Electric Shocks From Amusement Park Ride

  17-08-2016 13:51
  
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  NEW LONDON, Conn. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Police say six people were hospitalized for injuries they sustained when a ride at an amusement park in Connecticut shocked them.
  Officers in New London were dispatched to the scene at Ocean Beach Park shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday after getting reports of people injured.
  The operator of “the Scrambler” told police he felt a tingling sensation when he hit the stop button on the ride. T
  
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• Eminem Joins Drake On Stage To Quash Rumored Quarrel

  17-08-2016 13:39
  
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  DETROIT (AP) — Drake and Eminem have knocked down rumors of bad blood by appearing on stage together at Drake’s show in Eminem’s hometown of Detroit on Tuesday night.
  The rappers have been the topic of online conversation this month amid a beef between Drake and Joe Budden, who is a part of Eminem’s Shady Records.
  The Detroit Free Press reports Eminem rose from below the stage near the end of Drake’s concert at Jo
  
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• Pope Taps Dallas Bishop To Head New Vatican Office For Families

  17-08-2016 13:25
  
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  VATICAN CITY (AP/CBSDFW) – Pope Francis has named an American, Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell, to head the new Vatican office for families and laity.
  Farrell, a former Legion of Christ priest whose brother is also a top Vatican official, becomes one of the highest-ranking Americans at the Holy See.
  Francis appointed Farrell on Wednesday as he formally created the new Dicastery for the Laity, Families and Life, which combines several Vatican offi
  
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• Photos: '16 Big Tex Choice Awards Finalists

  17-08-2016 13:05
  
  The finalists for the 2016 Big Tex Choice Awards were announced early Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: State Fair of Texas
  
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• Fried Jell-O? State Fair Announces Big Tex Food Finalists

  17-08-2016 12:46
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – And then there were eight.
  The State Fair of Texas this morning announced the finalists for the Big Tex Choice Awards, and if you like fried foods and bacon, the fair will be the place to be.
  Culled from a list of 34 entrants, the eight finalists include:
  Caribbean Pineapple Korn-a-Copia
  Deep Fried Bacon Burger Dog Sliders on a Stick
  Deep Fried Pulled Pork “Funyun” Dings
  Down Home Chicken Pot Pie Pocket
  
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• Fort Worth Police Say 2016 Overall Crime Rate Down, Homicides Up

  17-08-2016 12:40
  
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  FORT WORTH (1080 KRLD) – Good news from the Fort Worth Police Department as officials say the city’s overall crime rate is falling.
  At the Monday Fort Worth city council meeting, Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald said that for the first six months of this year, the overall crime rate is down 2.4% compared to the first six months of 2015.
  According to the Chief, property crimes, like burglaries and thefts, are especially down.
  
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• 2016 Big Tex Choice Award Finalists Announced

  17-08-2016 12:30
  
  Officials with The State Fair of Texas will announce eight finalists for the 12th annual Big Tex Choice Awards Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Republican Donald Trump Shaking Up Campaign Staff

  17-08-2016 12:20
  
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  TETERBORO, N.J. (AP) – Republican Donald Trump is overhauling his campaign again, bringing in Breitbart News’s Stephen Bannon as campaign CEO and promoting pollster Kellyanne Conway to campaign manager.
  The move comes just 82 days before the election and represents yet another shake-up for the tumultuous campaign.
  Trump tells The Associated Press that he’s known both people for a long time. He says, “They’re terrific p
  
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• Best Back-to-School Deals

  17-08-2016 11:40
  
  A new study by Deloitte shows people who wait until early Aug. to buy school supplies will save more than people who shop in early summer.
  
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• Hour-Long Police Chase Ends With Crash In Northwest Dallas

  17-08-2016 09:50
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A suspect wanted on charges of aggravated robbery after an armed carjacking led Dallas Police on an hour-long chase that ended when the suspect rammed a police car in Northwest Dallas.
  It began just after 11:30 Tuesday night on Victory Park Lane, near the American Airlines Center, where the suspect was accused of a stealing a woman’s car at gunpoint.
  A short time later officers found the suspect and the car and gav
  
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• North Texans Offer Assistance to Louisiana Flood Victims

  17-08-2016 06:58
  
  North Texans are rushing to help people in Louisiana who have been flooded out of their homes.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Fort Worth Police Armed With New Tool to Fight Crime

  17-08-2016 06:56
  
  Fort Worth police officers are armed with a new tool to fight crime – a high-tech computer program that uses the latest data to map crime hot spots.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Frisco ISD Hears Appeals for Transfers Amid Overcrowding

  17-08-2016 06:52
  
  Tuesday night, Frisco ISD parents appealed decisions to deny their children the ability to transfer schools.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Users Call New “Karmatic” App ‘Facebook’ Of The Highway

  17-08-2016 04:59
  
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A new app called “Karmatic” that just hit the web connects drivers using their license plates for the first time.
  Created in North Texas, users are calling it the Facebook of the highway.
  The app’s developers feel it works similar to most social media sites, only it relies on interactions that spark on the road.
  “I just like the idea of it. You can basically just look anybody u
  
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• Donald Trump Pledges to 'Reject Bigotry and Hatred'

  17-08-2016 03:56
  
  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged to reject "bigotry and hatred and oppression in all its forms" — months after his slow response to the support of a former Ku Klux Klan leader and...Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Dallas County Elected Officials Get 6-Percent Raises

  17-08-2016 02:07
  
  Dallas County Commissioners Tuesday approved 6% raises for themselves and other elected officials, reduced from 8% after strong opposition from Dallas County Deputies who may get smaller raises.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Video: Man Accused of Setting Building Fire With Child Along

  17-08-2016 01:52
  
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  FORT WORTH (CBS11) – Connie Nahoolewa says she doesn’t understand why someone would set fire to clothing and other items people donated to the Northside Inter Community Agency in Fort Worth.
  “Your heart just sinks. That day, it just cast a pall upon all of us,” said Nahoolewa.
  She says the charity lost at least $1,500 in donated items in the fire.
  A metal building once filled with donations now sits empty.
  “I
  
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• HEB Brand Stores Not Included In Company’s North Texas Expansion

  17-08-2016 01:20
  
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  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Talk about a homemade-tortilla-craving-letdown.
  News that San Antonio based HEB had purchased six existing grocery stores in North Texas had fans buzzing. But, the company won’t be turning them into HEB stores, as many had hoped.
  “As soon as I came here, I was like, ‘man we were really missing out on this,’ ” says Chelsea Klepfer of Waxahachie. Klepfer became a fan after movin
  
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• John McLaughlin, Host Of Confrontational TV Show, Dead At 89

  17-08-2016 01:00
  
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  NEW YORK (AP) — John McLaughlin, the conservative political commentator and host of the namesake long-running television show that pioneered hollering-heads discussions of Washington politics, has died. He was 89.
  McLaughlin died Tuesday morning, according to an announcement on the Facebook page of “The McLaughlin Group” series. No cause of death was mentioned, but an ailing McLaughlin had missed the taping for this past weekend&r
  
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• FWPD Wants Residents, Businesses to Register Security Cams

  17-08-2016 00:51
  
  Surveillance video has become one of the best tools police have to help them solve a crime. Now police in Fort Worth want to know which homes and businesses have surveillance cameras to look for evidence...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Texans Enjoying Break From Summer Heat

  17-08-2016 00:43
  
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  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – North Texas is finally seeing a break from the relentless heat that scorched the area for almost three weeks straight.
  On Tuesday many people across North Texas woke up to temperatures in the 70s and stayed relatively cool all day long.
  People CBS11 spoke to on the Trinity trail cycling and jogging said the break from the heat is well-received.
  “It’s cool. It’s breezy. It’s
  
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• Officials Search for Person Who Set Fire to Donation Bldg.

  17-08-2016 00:40
  
  Fort Worth Fire Department officials are searching for a man they say set fire to a donation storage building.Photo Credit: Fort Worth Fire Dept.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• New Bike Lanes Causing Confusion Near Elementary School

  17-08-2016 00:16
  
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  FORT WORTH (CBS11) – Trace Ridge Parkway next to Lone Star Elementary School in north Fort Worth has undergone a dramatic facelift since parents last picked up their children from school several months ago.Drivers suddenly find themselves looking at a green crosswalk, two lanes of bike paths extended into the street and change the flow of traffic.There’s concern it will be hectic first day of school next week with cars, bikes and p
  
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