🌱 How much more could your Fort Worth trash bill cost in 2027?

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In today's newsletter:

• How much more could your Fort Worth trash bill cost in 2027?
• How Fort Worth neighbors are rallying after a deadly wrong-way crash
• See how close this Fort Worth red-light runner came to disaster

Also on today's calendar: Glow Getter 10K and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Near-record heat, with a high of 107 and low of 84 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Hot, temps: high: 108, low: 82.
• Tuesday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 106 and low of 81 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fort Worth residents could pay 20% more on their solid waste bill in 2027 (wfaa.com) — Fort Worth residents could see their solid waste bills jump about 20% in 2027, from roughly $25.75 to $30.90 a month, under a proposed city budget. City leaders are also weighing modest hikes to property taxes, stormwater, water, wastewater, and environmental fees to plug a funding gap. Town halls through early September will let residents ask questions and share feedback before decisions are finalized.
   

• Mother, grandmother identified as victims of fatal wrong-way crash in Fort Worth (star-telegram.com) — A wrong-way crash on Texas 121 in Fort Worth killed 32-year-old Tyler Triplett and her mother, Randi Holshouser, and critically injured Triplett's 11-year-old daughter, Ranleigh. Friends have launched a GoFundMe to help cover the women's funeral costs and the child's ongoing surgeries and medical care, as the community processes the sudden loss and injuries.
   

• Fort Worth, TX: Late Night Red Light Runner At JT White & Randol Mill Almost T-Bones Dashcam Owner (tiremeetsroad.com) — Dashcam video from earlier this month shows a driver running a late-night red light at John T White Road and Randol Mill Road/Eastchase Parkway in Fort Worth, narrowly missing another car. The clip, shared on Reddit, highlights how quickly a near–T-bone collision can unfold and notes that red-light violations in Fort Worth typically bring about $250 in fines plus record impacts.
   

📸 Around Fort Worth

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Worth

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Monday August 24
• What's for Dinner? Conflict and Consumption in American Food Cultur
  TCU College of Fine Arts Moudy Gallery
  11:00 am
Tuesday August 25
• Casey's Kids Volunteer Interest Meeting
  Eagle Ridge ES 350 Keller Parkway, Keller, 76248
  5:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• What's for Dinner? Conflict and Consumption in American Food Cultur
  TCU College of Fine Arts Moudy Gallery
  11:00 am
Friday August 28
• Sort New PK/ECSE
  Eagle Ridge ES Keller, TX 76244
  8:00 am
• What's for Dinner? Conflict and Consumption in American Food Cultur
  TCU College of Fine Arts Moudy Gallery
  11:00 am
• Rupture & Release | Art Exhibition
  TCU College of Fine Arts Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Gallery
  12:00 pm
• Skating- Galaxy
  Treetops School International Euless, TX 76040
  5:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Glow Getter 10K →
  3000 S Hulen St, Fort Worth
  6:00 am
• Fort Worth Homebuyer's Fair →
  3908 McCart Ave, Fort Worth 76110
  10:00 am
• Rupture & Release | Art Exhibition
  TCU College of Fine Arts Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Gallery
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 24
• Community Listening Session
  Fort Worth ISD 1401 Jones St., Meeting Room 113
  6:00 pm
• Superintendent's Strategic Action Session
  Fort Worth ISD South Hills High School - 6101 McCart Ave.
  6:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• CHS Volleyball (JV) vs Brewer - Volleyball (F) - Junior Varsity
  Castleberry High School Home - Competition Gym
  4:30 pm
• CHS Volleyball (V) vs Brewer - Volleyball (F) - Varsity
  Castleberry High School Home - Competition Gym
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Gray Fox, you surprised me!
  I got two excellent videos after a couple of quick photos, as I stood about 30 feet away trailing this little one watching her nibble on fresh leaves… (Nextdoor Wedgwood Square)
• Update: Pet Reunited
  Sophia, a dog who went missing in Benbrook, TX, has been safely reunited with their family after 6 hours, 6 minutes. Message from Owner: "Last seen… (Nextdoor The Highlands at Chapel Creek)

• Dignity Home Care posted a job opening for Driver/Activities Assistant in Fort Worth. Apply here.
• Celestica posted a job opening for Production Supervisor - Back End in Fort Worth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Worth here.

🗞 Nearby News

Haltom City

• Remote Retention Representative jobs hiring near Haltom City, TX at EchoStar (echostar.com)

Lake Worth

• North Richland Hills police officer rescues exotic kinkajou from summer heat (fox4news.com)

North Richland Hills

• Seth Paul Patterson - May 16, 1993 - Aug. 13, 2026 (fortworthreport.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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