By Susan Schrock in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
In anticipation of what he calls a “retirement bubble,” Fire Chief Don Crowson has removed the requirement that prospective firefighters already be trained in emergency medical procedures. Nearly 40 percent of the city’s sworn firefighters are eligible for retirement. So to open the doors to more applicants, the [...]
By Mitch Mitchell in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
On Friday, members of a south Arlington mosque found graffiti depicting Uncle Sam and Allah in a sexual position spray-painted in the parking lot. About 1 a.m. Sunday, police and firefighters responded to a call about a fire that destroyed playground equipment at the mosque, the Dar El-Eman [...]
Update: Rangers’ Nolan Ryan gives fan who fell a well-deserved foul ball
By Elizabeth Zavala and Jeff Wilson in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The fan who fell 30 feet from the second deck of Rangers Ballpark in Arlington while trying to catch a foul ball finally got it, delivered personally by team President Nolan Ryan.
The pitching legend [...]
By Jonathan Betz at WFAA News, Dallas Fort Worth
As search teams continued looking for a missing swimmer at Grapevine Lake Monday afternoon, there were some harrowing moments when it was feared that several more could go under. A pleasure boat with at least five on board began taking on water 50 yards off shore. Among [...]
By Nathaniel Jones in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The former Delta Upsilon fraternity house, a West Abram Street landmark known for its spacious front porch, was heavily damaged in an early-morning fire Monday.
“I’m not sure what we’re going to do,” said owner Sunny Graham, who bought the building from UT-Arlington’s Delta Upsilon Foundation in 2006. “The [...]
From WFAA News, Dallas
Firefighters in Arlington battled a two-alarm fire in a three-story apartment building at the Avalon Landing Apartments in the 2300 block of Fair Oaks Drive.The fire began around 9 a.m. Heavy smoke could be seen billowing out of the building as firefighters worked to extinguish the fire from the roof of a [...]
By Robert Cadwallader in a special to The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
See photos here.
The nasal siren of bagpipes and the thump-thump of drums emanating from the fire training center on some days may not please the ears of some passers-by. Or even the ears of those making the sounds, a small group of Arlington firefighters proudly [...]
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