Kennedale News

There's a new twist in the murders of three people in Kennedale last week. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner has now ruled that a 57-year-old man and his young grand-daughter were already dead from a beating when the fire that burned down their home was set.

BY NATHANIEL JONES The 34-year-old man suspected in the deaths of his pregnant wife, daughter and father-in-law has admitted his involvement in the crime, Kennedale Police Chief Tommy Williams said Monday."Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, we are unable to comment on details of the statement at this time other than to say that he did ...

There's been a surprising development in Friday's deadly Kennedale house fire that killed a pregnant woman, her father and her six-year-old daughter.

There's an arrest in that Kennedale house fire that left three family members dead.

Share + Dec 21, 2009 1:46 pm US/Central FORT WORTH 1 of 1 Johnny Hummel is believed to be connected to the Kennedale house fire that killed his wife, 34-year-old Joy Hummel, her 6-year-old daughter Joy, and her father Eddie Bedford.

A house fire in Kennedale that killed three people last week is now being being called arson and the father has disappeared.

In the late 1940s, Frank Bedford built a home for his budding family on rural land that belonged to his parents.

KENNEDALE a * Joy Hummel liked Sheila Johnston to sit beside her in church. She loved to hear Sheila's voice sing the hymns.

Friday, December Fire Chief Mike McMurray noted that in this case, there were no smoke detectors in the home.

Ricky Roden is the answer to a depressing trivia question but didn't realize it until reminded Thursday.

By TRACI SHURLEY Reading from college-level books isn't something second-grader Olivia Jones does every day, but at the 2009 Texas Reading Bee Championship she wowed the judges by doing just that, winning the contest and coming home with a go-kart and a laptop.'It was kind of hard,' said Olivia, who attends Arlington's Larson Elementary.

Danny and Suzanne Ray pose in front of the new Ray's Pharmacy on East Broad Street.

The First of 2,010 Trees to Be Planted This Week in Arlington Who: City of Arlington and NBA Cares What: Tree planting ceremonies When: Thursday, Dec.

Editor's note: The information in the following story is taken from public records on file with the Cleburne Police Department.

By JAN JARVIS After being diagnosed with breast cancer in October, Mary Waldrop was torn between having a mastectomy and a lumpectomy.A new diagnostic tool called breast-specific gamma imaging, or BSGI, helped make the difficult decision a little easier.

By EVA-MARIE AYALA Fort Worth has seen a drop in the number of school-age children living in poverty, while many suburban school districts have seen significant increases, according to 2008 estimates released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.From 2004 to 2008, the number of such children in Tarrant County school districts grew by 901 to ...

The Paris Lady Cats beat the Sanger Lady Indians, 3-1, in bi-district and now Paris will take on Carrollton Farmers Branch Ranchview in the area round in McKinney at 7:00 p.m. Friday.

Tim Wright faces two major issues Monday as he officially begins his tenure as Rio Vista ISD superintendent: A $9.95 million bond issue and a depleted fund balance.

The Boneyard 2921 E. Division St. Featuring more than 50-movie-quality sets and a walk-through haunted house that measures more than half-mile long, The Boneyard is largest walk through haunted house in the world.

For 44 years, Buddy Corzine worked as a firefighter, engineer and the last driver of the Santa Fe Railroad's steam engine No.