Four voters say eliminating 92 Tarrant County polling places will disproportionately burden Black and Hispanic voters.

Fort Worth firefighters and EMS workers are getting raises and staffing protections after months of contract fighting. Now residents need to know whether those investments translate into faster, more reliable emergency response. Aqua RichJo— October 1, 2026 After nearly a year of bargaining, accusations of bad-faith negotiations and a summer impasse, Fort Worth firefighters and EMS workers finally have a new contract. On Tuesday, September 29, the Fort Worth City Council unan

Aqua RichJo | September 29, 2026 Lone Star Film Festival has published its 2026 official selections, giving audiences a first look at the films headed into its Fort Worth program. The lineup includes six narrative features, six documentary features, six special screenings and a substantial short-film slate. The selections span the United States, Ghana, Israel, Japan, Canada and the United Kingdom. Listed shorts include “The Inheritance,” directed by Destinee Stewart; “Mime,”

Aqua Richjo| September 28, 2026 Fort Worth firefighters and EMS personnel could get a new four-year contract Tuesday. City Council is scheduled to vote September 29 on a tentative agreement with the Fort Worth Professional Firefighters Association Local 440. The deal calls for a 5% across-the-board raise, step increases in fiscal year 2027 and market raises in later years. It would also raise the minimum daily staffing requirement from 248 to 252. The agreement still needs al

Aqua RichJo| September 25, 2026 Crystal Mason cast a provisional ballot in 2016. It was never counted. The Fort Worth woman was still convicted of illegal voting, sentenced to five years in prison and left to fight the case for nearly a decade. Now her acquittal stands. On September 24, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed prosecutors’ request to review the ruling that cleared Mason. The court said it had improvidently granted review, meaning it should not have taken