A funeral home owner has apologized after abusing several corpses. It’s been nearly two years since the horrific event took place at the Johnson Family Mortuary in East Fort Worth. The Tarrant County courtroom was filled on Friday as Dondre Johnson pleaded guilty to nine cases of corpse abuse. Authorities found several decomposing bodies inside Johnson’s funeral home in July…… MORE
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Kudos to the Beaver Nugget Concierge
This week, in the interest of journalism, I was called to Far North Fort Worth to cover the opening of the Metroplex’ first Buc-ee’s. You might think that it was unnecessary to report on the opening of a convenience store, but someone had to investigate the difficult issue of how many Beaver Nuggets is enough…… MORE
Hello Texas…sure is good to see you again!
I’ve always loved that old Jimmy Buffett song, but now I can personally relate to it. For the first time in 20 years, I’m back in Texas, and I gotta tell you…it feels great! I was stationed at Ft. Hood for nearly five years back in the ’90s, and spent as much time exploring the…… MORE
Kristin Thrower 5/16/16; To Hold Onto or To Let Go?
I discovered a man from my church is a doctor. An optometrist. He and I talked at length over the weekend about my mother’s macular degeneration and how she can possibly have a happier life with the disease that eventually takes your eyesight. I learned the condition is one of many that will eventually come…… MORE
Search Called Off for Missing Arlington Woman
GALVESTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The search for an Arlington woman missing in the Gulf of Mexico has been called off. Samantha Broberg apparently fell off a cruise ship about 200 miles from Galveston early Friday morning. The Carnival Liberty informed the Coast Guard that it had surveillance video of a woman falling overboard. After a search of…… MORE