Emily Wolf

New at Flatwater: The investigation of a teen’s death at Pillen Family Farms was marred by missteps, The New York Times and the Flatwater Free Press found. Said Dr. Erin Linde, who did the autopsy: “The type of investigation that really should have been done wasn’t done.” 🔗 buff.ly/oy9OswZ

New at Flatwater: A Lincoln Diocese parishioner alleged misconduct by a priest. The diocese barred the priest from being alone with kids. But church officials have never publicized the allegations or looked for other victims, the priest’s accuser says. 🔗 buff.ly/MKT6z5G

New at Flatwater: Nebraska lawmakers earmarked millions to help domestic violence survivors and pilot a new juvenile justice program. There’s not enough money in the account to go around. 🔗 buff.ly/AlWr51J

New at FFP: UNL’s Statistics Department is 1 of 6 programs set to close under proposed budget cuts. But stats professors say there’s a glaring problem: UNL used flawed data to determine which departments to slash. 🔗 buff.ly/o6onFrl

New at FFP: As the measles outbreak reaches Nebraska, a new FFP analysis shows that fewer of our state’s children are getting vaccinated against the dangerous virus. Their parents are opting out, citing a religious exemption. 🔗 buff.ly/NIMMc8d

Fort Worth withholds fire hydrant inspection records, citing Texas Homeland Security Act The Fort Worth Report requested the records after a broken hydrant was discovered at the scene of an active fire in January.

This is also a records story. The
@fortworthreport.bsky.social requested inspection records for hydrants across the city, only to be told those records are confidential under the Texas Homeland Security Act. We're fighting for the records — more on that here: fortworthreport.org/2025/02/09/f...

Fire destroyed their Fort Worth home. A broken hydrant may have cost crucial minutes Firefighters arrived at a Tanglewood home within five minutes of a 911 call. Crews soon reported a problem: They didn’t have water.

It's every family's worst nightmare. Your house is on fire, and the hydrant next door is broken. That's exactly what happened to the Hyman family last month — and now, they're left with more questions than answers: fortworthreport.org/2025/02/09/f...

Fort Worth council finalizes decision to hire Jay Chapa as city manager amid controversy | Fort Worth Report The vote comes after a week of controversy, with two council members saying the day before that they wanted to restart the hiring process.

NEW: Fort Worth City Council votes 9-1, with one abstention, to appoint Jay Chapa as Fort Worth's next city manager: fortworthreport.org/2024/12/10/f...

Here’s how much Fort Worth is offering city manager candidate Jay Chapa | Fort Worth Report If approved Dec. 10, the new city manager would earn more than his predecessor David Cooke.

Ahead of tonight's council vote,
@bycecilialenzen.bsky.social
and I got our hands on the offer letter extended to city manager candidate Jay Chapa. Here's what he could be paid (and other perks): fortworthreport.org/2024/12/10/h...

Some reporting tidbits from this story: All doors to City Hall were locked, and reporters weren't allowed inside at all. The session spanned nearly eight hours. And by the end of it, at least one city council member was concerned the process wasn't fair to all candidates.

Fort Worth council conducts closed-door interviews with 5 city manager candidates | Fort Worth Report Fort Worth received 150-plus applications for the position, which David Cooke is vacating after a decade leading the city.

Fort Worth City Council interviewed five city manager candidates behind closed doors Tuesday. @bycecilialenzen.bsky.social
and I were outside City Hall to bring you the latest on the search for David Cooke's successor: fortworthreport.org/2024/12/03/f...

Chief appraiser flags six Tarrant school districts that could be at risk of state funding cuts | Fort Worth Report Districts could be in line to lose millions of dollars if local property values don’t match the state’s estimates.

After newly elected board members spearheaded a reformist effort at the Tarrant Appraisal District, six school districts fear the cost of those reforms could be millions in state funding: fortworthreport.org/2024/11/26/c...

Giving this site a try for the first time! Full disclosure, I will probably be just as spotty about posting on here as I am on the other social media site. But if you're interested in local government accountability across Tarrant County, I'm your girl.