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U.S. Gymnastics Championships land in week's 5 hottest Fort Worth headlines

Simone Biles is expected to compete.

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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. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here.

1. How to get tickets for the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth. Gymnastics' biggest stars are coming to Fort Worth for the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, May 30-June 2, at Dickies Arena. This is when Olympic dreams will take flight in Fort Worth, with the championships serving as the final opportunity for athletes to qualify for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trails, held four weeks later in Minneapolis.

2. Where to drink in Fort Worth right now: 5 best new bars for February. Amid the hubbub of the holidays, a fresh batch of bars opened quietly in Fort Worth. The lineup ranges from a game-watching adults-only playground to a modern whiskey bar where guests can customize and infuse their own bottle to go. Here are five new and cool watering holes to hit this month.

3. There's good news and bad in this roundup of Fort Worth restaurant news. This roundup of Fort Worth dining news includes upbeat openings, renovations, new menus, and new desserts. But there is also sad news of closures that have happened, or that may happen — unless diners get out there and dine. Here's what's happening in Fort Worth restaurant news.

4. 2 Fort Worth eateries make Texas Monthly 2024 best new restaurant list. Two Fort Worth restaurants have earned notice on the 23rd edition of Texas’s Best New Restaurants for 2024, the annual list from Texas Monthly magazine, compiled by editor Patricia Sharpe. In order to be considered for the list, restaurants must have opened between December 1, 2022 and November 30, 2023.

5. Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 5 sinful desserts for February. Some of us stick by our new year’s resolutions to cut out sweets. Then there’s the rest of us, happy to break them in the name of a sinfully sweet dessert. Resolutions oftentimes start breaking around February. With that in mind, this month’s Where to Eat is dedicated to five new spots in and around Fort Worth with excellent desserts.

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State Fair News

Texans can now get a license plate with a State Fair of Texas theme

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State Fair of Texas license plate

At long last, you can now wear your love for the State Fair of Texas on your license plate: The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board of Directors has given their approval for a State Fair of Texas specialty license plate, marking an exciting milestone for Fair enthusiasts not to mention supporters of higher education.

Texans will be able to purchase the custom-designed plates starting in 2025. The plate features Texas icon Big Tex and his signature, “Howdy, Folks!”

The Big Tex Scholarship Program provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors from across the state of Texas. Beneficiaries include students who have participated in livestock events at the State Fair; graduating seniors from six Dallas Independent School District high schools near Fair Park; and longtime seasonal employees of the State Fair of Texas or their dependents.

The Big Tex Scholarship Program has awarded more than $18.8 million to more than 3,500 Texas students since 1992.

Texas license plates come in all sorts of themes: military, high schools, Texas institutions, hobbies, nature, sports, fraternities & sororities, and charities.

“The State Fair of Texas is a cherished tradition, and this new specialty license plate provides an incredible opportunity for Texans to showcase their pride while supporting Texas students,” said Karissa Condoianis, SVP of Public Relations.