By Alexa Garcia-Ditta, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Jun. 10--GRAND PRAIRIE -- Mike Alfaro, a handyman who helped anyone who needed it, started riding bicycles four years ago. And since then, it has been "his main thing," a close friend said Tuesday.

By Bill Teeter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Jul. 3--GRAPEVINE -- There's been so much rain that even boaters are being inconvenienced. At Lake Grapevine, every boat ramp is closed because of high water. And campsites have been shut down.

By Max B. Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Apr. 18--FORT WORTH -- In its first cooperative agreement with the city of Dallas, the Tarrant Regional Water District voted Tuesday to study building a pipeline that would carry millions of gallons of water a day from Lake Palestine in East Texas.