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Collision at Northwest Regional Airport
This is the most bizarre crash landing I’ve ever seen at a small private airport. This incident happened last Thursday at Northwest Regional Airport, about 20 miles northeast of Fort Worth, Texas.
Source: www.foxnews.com
This isn’t your grandmother’s recession
So you’ve reduced your stops at Starbucks to once a day, put off buying a new car and even canceled that cruise to the Bahamas. At least you had those things to cut back on. “For the past 20 or so years, we have been on a consumption kick that is out of proportion with anything we’ve had in history,” says Scott Spiker, CEO of First Command Financial Services in Fort Worth, Texas. “It’s almost an opiate to which our society is addicted.” When Americans feel financial pressure, they scale back,
Lo/Jack helps locate stolen FWISD laptop
Here's a tip if you're thinking about stealing a computer from the Fort Worth school district, don't. Laptops and desktops are being installed with the Lo/Jack recovery technology that recently led to the return of one computer. In October, a teacher at Polytechnic High School had a $1,500 laptop stolen when she was in a meeting. Then late last month, police were able to use the technology to track the computer. A student is being questioned about the laptop. "This is notice that if you steal
Texas On Ice
Our pal Kevin Selle out in the Dallas/Fort Worth area (this is the famous Kevin Selle that is a regular on WeatherBrains) sent this photo to us this afternoon… and he writes: “Many many things in DFW looking like this….”
Newby leaves government gig
After four years as a high-ranking aide to Gov. Rick Perry, Brian Newby returned today to his hometown of Fort Worth and his former firm, Cantey Hanger. “At some point, you need to come home,” says Newby, who left the Fort Worth-based firm in 2004 to become Perry’s general counsel. In July 2007, Newby became chief of staff for Perry, and in October 2008, Perry named him co-director of the Division of Disaster Recovery and Renewal in the wake of Hurricane Ike, which hit the Gulf Coast in Septemb
Dallas and Fort Worth newspapers team up, is this next for TV?
There is lots of buzz in newspaper land about the sharing of content between rivals The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram:Just a dozen years ago, newspapers on either side of Arlington, Texas, fought fiercely for every reader in the fast-growing city, spending millions of dollars to expand their staffs and cover the smallest meetings and sporting events. So it came as a surprise that The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram started sharing photos and concert re
Ministers, clergy join Fort Worth police in fighting crime
Fort Worth police department's training course for local clergy and ministers in the fight against crime begins Thursday. The 12-week course offers an overview of police operations to religious leaders of all faiths. The Ministers Against Crime (M.A.C) and Clergy and Police Alliance (C.A.P.A) receive class room training and an overview of police operations including family violence sexual assault and homicide, officials said. The course takes place at the Fort Worth Police Training Academy
Text of Finkbeiner's state of the city speech
Complete text of prepared speech - final document, as provided by his office:Good afternoon, Rotarians and guests! It’s good to be here and with you. And, I thank you for affording me the privilege of sharing with you today.We have arrived at the dawn of a New Year, and all of the promise — and challenges it offers. 2008 will be remembered for many things. Jack Z. Smith in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram summarized it thusly:“We’re in a gargantuan mess of our own making, one aggravated by astonishi
Even CEO Can't Figure Out How Radioshack is Still in Business
Great satire via the Onion. Even CEO Can't Figure Out How RadioShack Still In Business FORT WORTH, TX—Despite having been on the job for nine months, RadioShack CEO Julian Day said Monday that he still has "no idea" how the home electronics store manages to stay open. ... One of Day's theories about RadioShack's continued solvency involves wedding DJs, emergency cord replacement, and off-brand wireless telephones. Another theory entails countless RadioShack gift card
Not too bad a day at D/FW so far
Freezing Rain might as well be two curse words for airport operations folks, but so far Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport isn't suffering too badly. American Airlines says it has cancelled just 11 flights and its partner American Eagle has cancelled 30 flights. Our friends at www.fly.faa.gov say the ground delay program is producing an average delay of 1:36 for flights to and from D/FW. It helps that the rest of the country seems "green" in terms of airport efficiency. Freezing rain is
