Provides the latest RSS feeds for Fort Worth News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Texas Guardian.com http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/cat/879304e687903bb1/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 18:22:41 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:22:41 -0400 30 AUSTIN, Texas – Texas lawmakers have sent to Gov. Rick Perry a bill that allows concealed handgun license holders to carry a revolver or semi-automatic pistol, regardless of what they trained with on the shooting range. Current law certifies license holders to carry only the type of gun they use to get their license. The bill by Sen. Craig Estes, a Wichita Falls Republican, allows them to ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214763973/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 17:07:16 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214763973/scat/879304e687903bb1 SEATTLE — The Texas Rangers have acquired outfielder Joe Benson on a waiver claim from the Minnesota Twins, and optioned him to Double-A Frisco. Texas made room for Benson on its 40-man roster by transferring left-hander Matt Harrison from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL. Harrison, the team's opening day starter, has had two operations on his back since going on the DL in ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214763701/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:37:41 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214763701/scat/879304e687903bb1 reports . The body was found behind a store. A car had been found abandoned after being swept underneath a bridge into a culvert, but it isn't known whether the woman had been in that car. "Our officers and firefighters are doing a great job of monitoring the various closures and keeping the public safe," San Antonio police Chief William McManus said. "I've been kept ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214763578/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:23:05 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214763578/scat/879304e687903bb1 ENNIS, Texas-One of the largest Czech festivals in the U.S. is taking place this weekend in a North Texas town still recovering from a tornado. The 47th annual National Polka Festival is expected to bring 50,000 people to Ennis, about 30 miles southeast of Dallas. Officials say the Ennis parade route had to be changed because the downtown area remains closed to traffic. But Chamber of Commerce ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214761629/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:17:38 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214761629/scat/879304e687903bb1 Washington , D.C. this week to address a bi-partisan Senate subcommittee that criticized the company for using tax loopholes and keeping the majority of its cash overseas to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes. Sen. Carl Levin and Sen. John McCain had harsh words for Apple in their opening statements and in the report assembled by the committee's staff detailing why Cook and co. ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214760784/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:38:41 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214760784/scat/879304e687903bb1 The cheers from the stands at the Texas Motor Speedway Friday weren't for top race drivers but for top students from the Northwest ISD. They were also for the 2013 the "Strive-N-Drive" car ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214760557/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:25:11 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214760557/scat/879304e687903bb1 Environmental Defense Fund media contact: Chris Smith, 512.691.3451 TCACC media contacts: Frank J. Librio (Director, Public Information Office, City of Dallas) 214.670.3322 Frank Michel (Director of Communications, City of Houston) 832.393.0800 NRG media contacts: Meredith Moore 609.524.4522 David Knox (Texas) 713.795.6106 NRG Investor Relations contacts: Nahla Azmy ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214755634/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:32 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214755634/scat/879304e687903bb1 Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Joe Saunders reacts on the mound in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214754639/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:52:34 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214754639/scat/879304e687903bb1 Lance Berkman staked Texas to an early lead Friday and the Rangers went on to down Seattle 9-5. Justin Grimm settled down after a shaky start to get the win and every member of the Texas starting lineup came up with at least one hit. Baker hit a two-run homer in the second and Berkman gave Texas the lead for good with a three-run blast in the ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214754642/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:20:33 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214754642/scat/879304e687903bb1 Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Joe Saunders reacts on the mound in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214753789/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:47:52 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214753789/scat/879304e687903bb1 told the Express-News . "Just this week, I've had pressure from leadership pushing to bring up bills in an almost threatening way, and we have stood up to that. ...Now we're at the end of the session, and they're ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214754029/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:36:15 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214754029/scat/879304e687903bb1 From 1999 to 2013, 164 more deaths occurred from violence in churches than from violence in schools across the country, FBI agent Brent Chambers said.';That surprised me,'; he said. ';I thought there would be more deaths in schools. These numbers tell a story.';Chambers, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith and Tyler Police Chief Gary Swindle all spoke at a seminar for church ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214753742/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:17:36 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214753742/scat/879304e687903bb1 FORT WORTH — A police chase that began near downtown Fort Worth on Friday afternoon ended in east Oak Cliff in Dallas with the arrest of a man accused of sexually assaulting a ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214753325/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:39:27 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214753325/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fox said their efforts are as much for the relatives of the veterans as they are for those who served, so that "they know that their fallen heroes, their family members aren't forgotten, that we honor their service to our ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214753326/scat/879304e687903bb1 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:15:58 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214753326/scat/879304e687903bb1 BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- A federal jury in South Texas has convicted a former district attorney on corruption charges.Former Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos (vee-yah-LOH'-bohs) was convicted Friday of racketeering, bribery, extortion and other charges. He was acquitted of two counts of extortion.Villalobos was accused of paying $10,700 to state District Judge Abel Limas to ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214752369/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:28:56 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214752369/scat/879304e687903bb1 United States American Matt Kuchar held a one-shot lead at 10-under par after 15 holes when the weather-hit second round was suspended for the day at the US PGA Invitational in Texas.Kuchar, who clinched his fifth PGA Tour title at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February, will line up a 40-foot birdie putt at the par-three 16th when play resumes at 7:15am local (10:15pm AEST) on ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214752517/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:20:05 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214752517/scat/879304e687903bb1 Anibal Sanchez came within two outs of throwing the year's first no-hitter in the major leagues Friday, carrying Detroit to a 6-0 win over ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214752571/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:58:43 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214752571/scat/879304e687903bb1 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Matt Kuchar was 10-under par on the 16th green when the second round of the Colonial was suspended Friday night because of an impending storm system. There were 18 groups still on the course, three still with eight holes to play, when play was stopped at 6:38 p.m. The second round at Hogan's Alley will be completed Saturday morning. Kuchar had a one-stroke lead ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214751117/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:01:03 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214751117/scat/879304e687903bb1 "He was very much a presence here at Bass Hall for the competition," said Marcia Garoon, a former Cliburn employee and current host family for a ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214751119/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:53:10 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214751119/scat/879304e687903bb1 State park leaders are asking everyone heading out to the lake for Memorial Day weekend to take extra precautions and help stop the spread of zebra ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214751118/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:53:10 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214751118/scat/879304e687903bb1 A local teachers group said it received earlier this month a list of 444 teachers to be fired, but district officials said the number is smaller now because many have transferred or found other ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214750214/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:45:47 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214750214/scat/879304e687903bb1 A number of Ennis businesses remain closed but hope to reopen soon. But others are in limbo, and there is concern that many historic buildings will have to be torn ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214750216/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:45:46 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214750216/scat/879304e687903bb1 A Collin County commissioner and longtime Boy Scouts of America volunteer is resigning from the organization after Thursday's decision to end the group's ban on gay youth ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214750215/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:45:45 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214750215/scat/879304e687903bb1 From Staff ReportsAn Anderson County man is the state's first confirmed case of West Nile illness this season, the Texas Department of State Health Services today confirmed in a news ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214750217/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:37:39 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214750217/scat/879304e687903bb1 About 30,000 people are expected to pack the parks surrounding Joe Pool Lake in Grand Prairie over the Memorial Day weekend -- and some are getting there early to beat the ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214749174/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:38:45 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214749174/scat/879304e687903bb1 The first officer arrived at the scene only a minute later and located the injured 12-year-old child, identified as Keshawn Carter Davis. The child was transported to Hunt Regional Medical Center in Greenville where he was later pronounced ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214749173/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:38:44 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214749173/scat/879304e687903bb1 The chase began at about 3:15 p.m. when the driver of the white SUV refused to stop for police. The driver then continued east down Interstate 30 into Dallas before exiting the highway at Beckley ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214748151/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:29:33 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214748151/scat/879304e687903bb1 Elayna Nigrelli's birth story is almost unbelievable: The infant girl was born while her mother didn't have a pulse. "I have got, like, the best ammunition for the rest of her life," mother Erica Nigrelli ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214747814/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:26:21 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214747814/scat/879304e687903bb1 COASTAL BEND -- A line of storms from Laredo to the Hill Country is making its way east and will likely hit the Coastal Bend before 7 p.m. Friday. The National Weather Service forecast calls for an 80 percent chance of rain tonight. Some areas could see wind gusts of up to 55 mph and a quarter inch of rain. Once the storms pass, the weekend should be sunny and warm with daytime high ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214748170/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:16:25 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214748170/scat/879304e687903bb1 South Texas Project increased its nuclear energy output to full capacity from 70 percent after being offline a week for maintenance. U.S. nuclear-power output increased to its highest level in 10 weeks as the South Texas Nuclear Project and other plants returned to production after maintenance closures, according to a Bloomberg analysis of Nuclear Regulatory Commission data. Generation rose 1.9 ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214763974/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:04:17 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214763974/scat/879304e687903bb1 Republicans in the Texas Legislature have succeeded where Obama Democrats have failed. Both houses of the Texas Legislature have passed SB 346 and it awaits the governor's signature to become law. SB 346, authored by Senator Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) and sponsored in the House by Representative Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth), would greatly expand the definition of what is political activity and ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214747042/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:46:29 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214747042/scat/879304e687903bb1 Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc. Lawmakers have sided with dealers interests over those of Tesla Motors Inc. in the debate over whether manufacturers of electric- or all battery-powered vehicles should be able to sell directly to customers. House Bill 3351, authored by State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, had proposed changing Texas law that mandates vehicles be sold to customers through ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214746461/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:48:39 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214746461/scat/879304e687903bb1 Lawmakers have until Monday to wrap up their regular-session work. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is keeping quiet until the last moment on whether a special session will occur, but Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has made it clear he wants one. At the start of May, Perry advised lawmakers that one of the best ways to avoid a special session would be to show him a budget with $1.8 billion of tax relief for ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214745103/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:36:30 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214745103/scat/879304e687903bb1 A Texas Senate bill that would make drug screening or testing a condition for receiving unemployment compensation benefits by certain individuals passed favorably out of the House Wednesday. Senate Bill 21, authored by State Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, would amend Texas Labor Code so that individuals in industries designated by the U.S. Department of Labor as regularly conducting ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214746973/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:34:42 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214746973/scat/879304e687903bb1 Cherry Hill, N.J.-based freight broker 's volume originates and delivers in Texas, and the company wanted to have more direct contact with customers in that region, Tucker said in a written ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214744488/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:15:57 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214744488/scat/879304e687903bb1 reports.In a Friday court hearing, prosecutors said Brent violated the terms of his release by setting off an alcohol-monitoring device and failing to download data from it as required. Judge Robert Burns issued the order but did not raise Brent's $100,000 bond, according to the AP.Brent is scheduled to go on trial in September for the Dec. 8 crash. Regardless of the outcome, ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743834/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:59:46 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743834/scat/879304e687903bb1 RICHMOND -- Geronimo Aguilar, senior pastor at the Richmond Outreach Center, was released from a Richmond jail this morning for his scheduled transfer to Texas to face sexual assault ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743044/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:13:40 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743044/scat/879304e687903bb1 The Dallas Stars are set to unveil their new uniform and logo on June 4th but it appears the new design may have been leaked ahead of schedule.According to several internet postings, fans reported seeing the new logo as part of the wallpaper offering on the team's iPhone application. The new logo features the letter D with the five protruding points of a star in a predominant green, black ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743019/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:11:05 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743019/scat/879304e687903bb1 A company seeking to run a pipeline across East Texas instead crossed the wrong Texan, and now a state appeals court ruling in the dispute could make it harder to condemn land and snatch private property for future ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214742349/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:02 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214742349/scat/879304e687903bb1 Powered solely by the Sun, Solar Impulse, which has the wingspan of a jumbo jet and weighs less than a compact car, successfully flew from Phoenix to Dallas on Thursday, May 23, to complete the longest leg of the Across America mission, which will conclude in New York. The 950 mile flight to DFW Airport set a new world distance record in solar ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214742163/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:02 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214742163/scat/879304e687903bb1 A man suspected of armed robbery is in custody after being shot by a store clerk following an early-morning robbery near a Dallas elementary ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743045/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:52 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743045/scat/879304e687903bb1 Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said in a news release . "Shoppers are expected to save about $2.9 million in sales tax during the holiday, and the energy efficient products will also help them save on their utility ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743046/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:51 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743046/scat/879304e687903bb1 a Dallas-based broker who allegedly improperly profited by placing his own secret trades ahead of large block trades he executed for clients. The agency charges that the trader, Daniel Bergin, was "front-running" his client trades, an illegal practice where a stock broker executes orders on a security for their own account while taking advantage of knowledge of pending large ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743022/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:43 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214743022/scat/879304e687903bb1 World War II veteran Richard Overton, left, is seen in his Army uniform in an undated photograph provided by the City of Austin. Overton, 107, sits outside his Texas home earlier this month. (AP/Austin American ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214742643/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:42:53 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214742643/scat/879304e687903bb1 The Illinois-based investor purchased an industrial portfolio in North Texas. Industrial property looks like this building, which is included in Stockbridge's DFW, Texas portfolio that is being marketed by CBRE's Dallas office. ML Realty Partners LLC, a long-term real estate investment firm based in Irving and Illinois, has purchased a 457,000-square-foot industrial portfolio in ... http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214742350/scat/879304e687903bb1 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:49:21 -0400 http://www.texasguardian.com/index.php/sid/214742350/scat/879304e687903bb1