Corporate relocations to Texas have dominated headlines for years. In 2022 alone, the DFW area saw over a dozen major corporate relocations. Ed Curtis, CEO of YTexas, has served as an ambassador to...
Enduring Hearts Helps Transplant Families
More than 400 children in the United States need heart transplants every year, and those medical procedures can place a great deal of emotional and financial stress on the families of these...
Local Restaurant Explores Its Heritage
North Texas is a melting pot of cultures and traditions. This is understood well by one restaurateur whose establishment sits atop a hill on the west side of the Fort Worth Stockyards. She is always...
Work at The Family Place a ‘Gift’ for CEO
When Mimi Crume Sterling left behind her well-heeled executive lifestyle in New York City to plant her feet in Dallas, working for a nonprofit, she felt she had been given "a gift." Sterling is the...
Former Gang Member Positively Impacts Dallas Youth
Focused on intervention, former gang member Marcus Estell mentors youth in Dallas neighborhoods hit hard by gang violence, dedicating his life to his family and faith and putting others before...
CEO Claire James’ Road to Success Shaped by Family
Claire James is the founder and CEO of the North Texas-based company Brava Team, a full-service brokerage firm that works as a manufacturer representative for customers trying to get their products...
Interview with Dr. Ben Carson on Documentary ‘Uncle Tom 2’
Uncle Tom 2: an American Odyssey opines through the film that Marxism is gradually demoralizing the United States and the black community by infiltrating American institutions. The documentary...
Celebrate National Taco Day with Local Entrepreneur
Today is National Taco Day. While tacos have likely been around for several hundred years, the exact evolution of the dish is obscure. Some historians, like professor Jeffrey M. Pilcher, suggest...
Local Chef Carves a Name for Himself
Since 2017, CT’s MealPrep and Catering LLC has been serving the DFW metroplex and providing good, healthy, and flavorful food to the people of Dallas and surrounding communities. Through hard work...
Kim Brown: Changing Brains, Changing Lives
Most 7-year-old children spend their weekends playing, whether outside, or, these days, on a tablet. Kim Brown spent the weekends as a 7-year-old with her family back and forth from Waco to Dallas...
Local Construction Worker Becomes Successful Hairstylist
More than four decades ago, a free haircut was the catalyst that ultimately set a construction worker on a whole new career path. In 1977, Fort Worth resident Tim McDowell was working in...
Son’s Bone Cancer Battle Changes Mother’s Passion
Long days and nights spent in a hospital by her son's bedside more than 20 years ago helped a restaurant owner find a new passion and put her on a path to service. Karen Hodges was at the hospital...
By Amy Jones | Sep 17, 2022
Local Teens Power Nonprofit ‘Operation Serve DFW’
As two Coppell high school students witnessed the COVID-19 pandemic and the effect it had on others, they were moved to offer a helping hand to their neighbors. Meghana Chinta and Dilan Patel were...
By Amy Jones | Sep 16, 2022
Local Woman Changes Lives with Camouflage Tattoos
A local healthcare educator uses her skills in tattooing to help people overcome the pain and anxiety of scars and extreme hair loss. When Elena Sanchez was 8 years old, her mother was diagnosed...
By Amy Jones | Sep 2, 2022
Abortion Survivor Tells Her Story
Claire Culwell was 20 years old when she discovered she had a twin. Adopted as an infant, she said she knew from the beginning that she was "wanted, chosen, and loved" by her adoptive family. But...
By Amy Jones | Aug 26, 2022
Oak Cliff Local’s Comic Book a Smashing Success
Oak Cliff native Eric July is a writer, content creator, and musician best known for his YouTube channel with over 490,000 followers. He posts regular videos on various topics from economics to...
Dallas Photographer Tells Stories of Community
One local photographer is using his medium to rekindle a sense of pride in the community. Don Thomas II, who goes by the name "Tortellini," uses his camera to tell the stories of the people who live...
Texas Tree Foundation Makes ‘Cool Schools’
The private nonprofit Texas Trees Foundation is working with North Texas schools to upgrade their greenspaces. The foundation's "Cool Schools" program aims to create a fun and engaging outdoor...
Purva Jain: Turning Dreams Into Reality
Even though Purva Jain of Purva Design Studio works all day long with blueprints, textiles, flooring, lighting, and construction materials, she shares that her job centers around people and making...
By Amy Jones | Jul 31, 2022
Dental Robot Fixes Smiles in North Texas
Robots have slowly become integrated into our lives. With the invention of the smartphone and features like "Siri" and "Google Assist," it is as if we walk around with small robots in our pockets....
By Amy Jones | Jul 30, 2022
Artist Born Without Hands Honors Late Mother
Born without hands, Desmond Blair paints artworks inspired by his late mother. At birth, Blair was born with a genetic mutation that left him without hands. Between his mother and grandmother, they...
By Amy Jones | Jul 29, 2022
