This Week's Hot Headlines

5 new Fort Worth restaurants heat up this week's most popular stories

Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines.

1. Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 5 hot new restaurants for November. The heartbeat of Fort Worth's dining scene is the mom-and-pop restaurant, typically run by those who know, live in, and love our city. For the November edition of Where to Eat, we bring news of five new family-run spots.

2. Best Fort Worth restaurants for dining on Thanksgiving Day 2019. If you're not keen on cooking this Thanksgiving, this list has the best Fort Worth restaurants that are open on the holiday, serving brunch, dinner, and everything in between. Most require reservations, so don't wait to make your plan.

3. Innovative wine bar in Fort Worth lets customers pour self-serve sips. There's an exciting new concept coming to Fort Worth: Called 38 & Vine, it's a wine bar and tasting room set to open in December in the Foundry District, between downtown and the Cultural District.

4. Real Housewives of Dallas star LeeAnne Locken lifts the veil on her $4 million wedding. Take away the TV cameras, the million-dollar tiara, and the People magazine reporter, and LeeAnne Locken and Rich Emberlin were just two people pledging their love in a heartfelt wedding last spring. But simple “I do’s” just won’t do when you’re a star of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Dallas.

5. These are the 12 best things to do in Fort Worth this weekend. This weekend, Fort Worth will host an annual film festival, several big events at the hottest new venue, a concert-style theater production, and much more.

BBQ on the Brazos has a new home.

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BBQ on the Brazos has a new home.

Sports News

New IndyCar race comes to Arlington via Jerry Jones and Texas Rangers

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IndyCar Series @ AT&T Stadium

The NTT IndyCar Series will return to Texas with the IndyCar Grand Prix of Arlington, a race planned for March 2026 that will take place near AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field.

The location is no accident as Penske Entertainment, which owns the race series, is partnering with the Dallas Cowboys and REV Entertainment, the official events partner of the Texas Rangers, to put on the event in a first-of-its-kind joint venture. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told a reporter that he was all in on the idea "as soon as [he] saw Roger Penske's name."

The race will feature a 2.73-mile track layout that will weave that will weave through Arlington’s core sports and entertainment district, which features the current homes of the Cowboys and Rangers, as well as Choctaw Stadium, the Arlington Convention Center, and more.

The NTT IndyCar series features a series of open-wheel racing competitions in the United States and Canada, with the Indianapolis 500 being the most famous. Races take place on a mix of oval, temporary street circuit, and permanent road course races.

The new event in Arlington marks a return to the Dallas-Fort Worth area for the NTT IndyCar Series after Texas Motor Speedway, which had hosted a race every year between 1997 and 2023, but was dropped from the series in 2024.

In a press conference on October 8, Penske said the 2.73-mile course in Arlington will include a straightaway that runs nearly one mile long — making it one of the longest straightaways in an IndyCar race. It will also include on-street racing, which is more appealing to fans than on enclosed tracks.

Planning for the race weekend is underway, including the appointment of veteran motorsport industry executive Bill Miller as president of the IndyCar Grand Prix of Arlington. Miller previously served as president of California Speedway and senior VP of at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), which represents vendors in the automotive aftermarket.

Like all other NTT IndyCar Series races, it will be broadcast on FOX, which recently signed a media rights deal with IndyCar.

The IndyCar Grand Prix of Arlington will feature a full weekend of racing and entertainment, with general admission, reserved seating, VIP hospitality, and party zone areas available.

Fans can register their interest by going to gparlington.com.

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