Students and faculty at Paschal High School in Fort Worth are in the dark this morning. A press release from the Fort Worth ISD said an off-campus “power pole incident” caused the outage. More >

Heavy rains flooded the kitchen at Hi Mount Elementary School in Fort Worth Wednesday morning. Officials with the district said flooding in the kitchen is not uncommon when heavy rains swell beyond the capacity of drainage canals along the 4100-block of Birchman Avenue.

An email from a viewer said the water level in the kitchen reached the knees of the workers, but officials with the district said the water flowed in through the floor drains and really only rose to a height of an inch or two. Chopper 5 flew by the school and spotted crews working hard to direct the floodwater out of the building.

Thunderstorms bringing heavy rain, quarter-sized hail, gusty winds and cloud-to-ground lightning are possible in parts of Dallas-Fort Worth Tuesday night as a storm system moves through from the south. A large area of showers and thunderstorms were moving north from the Jacksboro-Athens area around 4 p.m., according to the National Weather Service office in Fort Worth.

Another strong thunderstorm was moving into Mansfield and then Arlington around 4:05 p.m., with frequent lightning, very heavy rain, penny-sized hail and wind gusts to 40 mph.

After processing hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops over more than seven years, the Army is shutting down its R&R way station at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport in two months because of the drawdown of troops in the Middle East and Afghanistan. More >

After processing hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops in the past seven-plus years, the Army is shutting down its R&R way station at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in two months because of the drawdown of troops in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

The decision also signals the end of the Welcome Home A Hero program, a volunteer-led group that has organized a flag-waving, back-slapping, goodies-laden greeting for every flight of troops since June 16, 2004, a total that now exceeds 2,700 days in a row, no matter the hour, holiday or weather.

Zoës Kitchen has opened its seventh Dallas-Fort Worth location in the Village at Fairview.

It is the 14th Texas and the Birmingham, Ala.-based fast-casual restaurant chain, whose president and CEO is based in Plano. The company has made Texas a priority for growth, even hinting at the possibility of a regional office in the area.

Zoës also hired a Dallas-based vice president of marketing, Rachel Phillips-Luther.

It was a 65 year old North Texas woman who caused the security breach at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. She left the airport police station without commenting. More >

North Texans will need their jackets today and Wednesday. A cold front that moved through North Texas this morning has dropped temperatures as much as 20 degrees in some areas of this region.

Just after midnight, the temperature was 65 degrees at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the official reporting site. At 7:45 a.m., it was 44 degrees at the airport.

A man was fatally shot inside a Fort Worth business on Thursday afternoon.

The incident happened at about 3:15 p.m. inside the Rivers Tree Service at 4650 White Settlement Road.

According to Fort Worth Police Officer Clifton Miller, a man in his early 60s walked into the business and fatally shot another man. The unidentified victim was described as being between 30 and 40 years old.

The latest round of rain gave a boost to lakes that are vital to the region’s water supply. The Tarrant Regional Water District, which supplies raw water to about 98 percent of Tarrant County, said the district’s capacity is now 72 percent, up from a low of 67 percent in late November. More >