Editor's note: Affluent suburbs are all the buzz in this week's hottest Fort Worth headlines, from America's best places to live to the fastest growing in the nation. Our most popular stories also include Galentine's Day fun across Fort Worth and several restaurant openings. Read the hottest headlines below, then find our picks for the best things to do in Fort Worth this weekend right here.

1. Affluent Fort Worth neighbor nearly tops 2025 list of best places to live. The Fort Worth-adjacent city of Southlake has nearly topped a new list of the best suburbs to live in America for 2025.

2. 6 Dallas-Fort Worth cities among fastest-growing wealthy suburbs in U.S. Six Dallas-Fort Worth cities have earned major bragging rights on a new list of the fastest growing affluent suburbs in America. In Tarrant County, Southlake and Colleyville make the cut.

3. Find Galentine's Day 2025 fun at these Fort Worth restaurants and bars. There is Valentine's Day and then there is Galentine's Day — a holiday created by TV sitcom Parks and Recreation character Leslie Knope to celebrate female empowerment and friendship. Suffice it to say that Valentine's Day has never been the same. Fort Worth restaurants, bars, and even museums are ready with Galentine's offerings for 2025.

Leslie Knope star of "Parks and Recreation" is credited with creating Galentine's Day. Danny Feld/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank

4. Openings and new menus make this Fort Worth restaurant news upbeat. This edition of Fort Worth restaurant news has lots to cheer about with openings and re-openings, and just one closure or two. There are new menus and limited-edition items, so if they sound good, don't delay, because they won't be around forever.

5. New Japanese restaurant in North Richland Hills serves it fast & good. There's a new Japanese restaurant in North Richland Hills that's ready to bring it fast and good: Called JAL Japanese Express, it’s a fast-casual style restaurant that opened in January in a former poke shop in the Tarrant Parkway Plaza.