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1. Fort Worth billionaire Alice Walton crowned world's richest woman. Walmart heiress Alice Walton has taken back the title of world's wealthiest woman. According toForbes, Walton has toppled L’Oreal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers of France to become the richest woman on the planet for the first time since 2022.

2. New ramen and sushi restaurant debuts in ex-Pei Wei in SW Fort Worth. A promising new Asian restaurant serving ramen and sushi just opened in Fort Worth: Called Hokkaido Ramen & Sushi, it’s at 5900 Overton Ridge Blvd #130, in the City View Towne Crossing shopping center at Chisholm Trail Parkway and I-20, taking over a former Pei Wei that closed in 2022.

3. Shaq's Big Chicken restaurant is ready for its Fort Worth debut. The wait is over for the much-anticipated Fort Worth debut of Big Chicken, the buzzy chicken restaurant from celebrity Shaquille O'Neal. It opened in the Alliance area at 9755 North Fwy., in the Victory Shops at Heritage Trace, on September 3.

4. Fort Worth's TCU earns high honors in new ranking of top U.S. colleges. The new academic year may have just started, but there's already a report card for TCU students to write home about. This time, their school's being graded. And don't worry, Mom and Dad - it made the honor roll. Niche, an education review and ranking website, has rated Texas Christian University the eighth best college in Texas and the 81st top private University in America (out of 915) for 2025.

5. Exclusive foodie dining tour will stop at farm west of Fort Worth. A pricey foodie event is returning to the Dallas-Fort Worth area — sortof: Outstanding in the Field, featuring dinners staged at communal tables that snake through actual fields, will stop at Shadow Creek in Bowie, a ranch about 80 miles west of downtown Fort Worth.