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Karmelo Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder in June 2026 and sentenced to 35 years in prison for the April 2, 2025 stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco high school track meet. Anthony has maintained he acted in self-defense, a claim rejected by the jury. A judge denied Anthony’s motion for a new trial on August 22, leaving the conviction in place while his appeal proceeds in Dallas’ Fifth Court of Appeals.
Texas, on behalf of the Texas Department of Agriculture, filed suit in Travis County District Court against Purpose Driven Ministries and its president, Fort Worth City Council Member Chris Nettles. The suit seeks repayment of $787,872.77 in expenses the department deemed disallowed under the federally funded Child and Adult Care Food Program, plus interest, fees and costs. The pleadings as described by multiple local reports do not specify the underlying expenses, so misuse remains an allegation rather than an established finding of wrongdoing.
Texas Center for Arts + Academics governs the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts and Texas School of the Arts, public charter schools serving more than 1,000 students. Cheryl Bean is the organization’s board chair and the Republican nominee for Texas House District 94. Parents’ calls for her removal followed a deleted AI-generated social-media image and other posts that critics characterized as racially offensive.
Bedford’s Beats and Eats Fest is a free, day-long Labor Day weekend event at Generations Park at Boys Ranch in Bedford, Texas. The festival combines live music, food trucks and children’s activities, with free parking and shuttle service available from designated locations. Don Felder is a former Eagles lead guitarist known for performing the guitar solo on “Hotel California.”
Fort Worth police responded at about 4 a.m. on Aug. 30, 2026, to a reported cutting in the 3200 block of Avenue B, on the Texas Wesleyan University campus. Officers found a victim with a small laceration; the victim was hospitalized in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries. Texas Wesleyan says it is working with Fort Worth police, which is leading the investigation.
Asha, a 23-year-old western lowland gorilla at the Dallas Zoo, was known to be pregnant when her care team noticed abdominal fluid buildup and could not detect a fetal heartbeat. The zoo consulted animal specialists and brought human OB-GYNs into surgery in July. Doctors confirmed a miscarriage, performed a cesarean delivery to remove the fetus, and removed large cystic masses from both ovaries; Asha was cancer-free and has returned to her troop.
Christopher and Raquelle Judge managed Judge DFW LLC, a Fort Worth-area business that marketed custom architecture, construction and interior-design services. Federal authorities said the company collected installment payments from clients in six North Texas counties between August 2020 and January 2023, then often left projects unfinished or abandoned them. Both pleaded guilty in December 2025 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.