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Top Fort Worth news: Couple get 7 years in prison each for enslaving Guinean girl for 16 years; more

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Published on April 24, 2019
Top Fort Worth news: Couple get 7 years in prison each for enslaving Guinean girl for 16 years; morePhoto: Richard Ingram/Flickr

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Couple get 7 years in prison each for enslaving Guinean girl for 16 years

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A suburban Fort Worth couple has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison each for enslaving a Guinean woman for 16 years. 

Read the full story on SFGATE.

Labor groups to Fort Worth schools: ‘We don’t want any outsourced workers’

The Fort Worth school district has been exploring an outsourcing food services plan as a way to improve its focus on education while saving money. The plan goes for a vote by the school board Tuesday.

Read the full story on Star-Telegram.

How Fort Worth school board members voted on a plan for cafeteria workers

Fort Worth schools Superintendent Kent Scribner said food services contract will allow cafeteria workers to remain employees of the district. Labor advocates urged board to protect jobs from being outsourced.

Read the full story on Star-Telegram.

Fort Worth mother and son set to graduate together

The dual graduation will bring Zachary Nunley one step closer to his dream of becoming a firefighter, one that family members say he has not relinquished since he was a toddler.​

Read the full story on CBS DFW.


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