The 109 Archives

Incoming Fort Worth Water Department director hopes for supply growth

Published Jan 27, 2015

Fort Worth’s new director of the water department hopes to maintain an adequate water supply for a rapidly growing city.

John Carman will take the reins as Fort Worth Water Department director on April 6, replacing Interim Director Andy

Kimbell Art Museum stays open late

Published Jan 23, 2015

Tarrant County resident tests positive for measles

Published Jan 21, 2015

Fort Worth business woman gives advice for ‘navigating in a global world’

Published Dec 20, 2014

A Fort Worth business leader and volunteer lives her own lessons for success.

On top of founding and running a consulting firm, Susan Nix finds time to engage in the community in a variety of ways.

Most recently, Nix worked with a t

Gas price drop could present problems for US oil producers

Published Dec 19, 2014

Zahid Mehmood, a clerk at the 7-Eleven store on the corner of West Berry and University Drive in the 109, said that in the 12 years he has worked there, he has not seen gas prices drop so much.

“The drop in gas prices is very beneficial

Cakery brings artistic creations to Bluebonnet Circle

Published Dec 18, 2014

Sugar Biscuit Cakery is celebrating six months of creative cake making on Bluebonnet Circle.

Owner Ratna Goenardi said buying from her cakery is different from going in a grocery store because her cupcakes are just as much art as cake.

Junior Achievement program models finance to Tarrant County students

Published Dec 17, 2014

McLean sixth-graders are learning the value of understanding finance well before college.

Junior Achievement comes to the school during the week based on student’s schedules and uses volunteers to teach the material.

“Th

Local artist working to enhance Overton Park art

Published Dec 17, 2014

Foster and Overton Parks are planning $3 million worth of improvements to their facilities,

‘Hour of Code’ comes to Saint Andrew Catholic School

Published Dec 16, 2014

Students in the 109’s Saint Andrew Catholic School are not only being taught how to decipher scripture in the Bible -- they are also learning how to decipher JavaScript and HTML5.

All of the school’s students, kindergarten through

Slideshow: Happy holidays from the 109 staff

Published Dec 14, 2014

As fall semester comes to a close at TCU, the 109 would like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a happy holiday season and introduce the staff who have reported in the 76109 this fall.

Tamadhar “Tooti” Alm

University Christian Church hopes to bring back Adopt-A-Student program

Published Dec 14, 2014

A staff member at the 109’s University Christian Church is hoping that beginning next year, college students won’t have to go back to their hometown to get a home-cooked meal or receive the kind of advice and support they get from their own

Pastor’s ‘Game of Thrones’ sermons tell the story of the birth of Jesus from an alternative angle

Published Dec 13, 2014

During the Advent season, many pastors tell their congregation about the Biblical story of the birth of Jesus, but the Rev. Ben Disney, pastor of the 109’s Arborlawn United Methodist Church, is telling his congregation the story from a more histo

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Incoming Fort Worth Water Department director hopes for supply growth

Kimbell Art Museum stays open late

Tarrant County resident tests positive for measles

Fort Worth business woman gives advice for ‘navigating in a global world’

Gas price drop could present problems for US oil producers

Cakery brings artistic creations to Bluebonnet Circle

Junior Achievement program models finance to Tarrant County students

Local artist working to enhance Overton Park art

‘Hour of Code’ comes to Saint Andrew Catholic School

Slideshow: Happy holidays from the 109 staff

University Christian Church hopes to bring back Adopt-A-Student program

Pastor’s ‘Game of Thrones’ sermons tell the story of the birth of Jesus from an alternative angle