🌱 Benbrook family mourns Jackson Phillip “Phil” Keathley’s passing at age 84.

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• Benbrook family mourns Jackson Phillip “Phil” Keathley’s passing at age 84.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly cloudy; breezy, humid, with a high of 83 and low of 50 degrees.
• Saturday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 66, low: 45.
• Sunday: Sunshine and beautiful, with a high of 71 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Jackson Phillip Keathley (williamsonsource.com) — Benbrook readers may recognize James Keathley, brother of Jackson Phillip (Phil) Keathley, who has passed away at 84. Phil’s life took him from rural Oklahoma to Navy service, advanced entomology work, and decades of church and community involvement before his recent years in Tennessee with family.
   

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Tuesday April 21

• Touch-A-Truck
  Dutch Branch Park , 1899 Winscott Rd , Benbrook
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• CHS Softball (JV) vs Lake Worth - Softball (F) - Junior Varsity
  YMCA Camp Carter Softball Complex Home - Castleberry ISD/
  5:00 pm
• Education Foundation Gala
  Joy James Elementary School Fort Worth, TX 76114
  6:00 pm
• Student Recital Series: TCU Opera presents William Finn’s The 25th
  Secrest-Wible Building
  7:00 pm
• CHS Softball (V) vs Lake Worth - Softball (F) - Varsity
  YMCA Camp Carter Softball Complex Home - Castleberry ISD/
  7:00 pm
• Student Recital Series: Anthony Tinsley, trombone.
  PepsiCo Recital Hall
  7:00 pm
• Student Recital Series: Caio Godoy, cello
  Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU
  7:00 pm
• Stockyards Championship Rodeo
  Cowtown Coliseum , 121 E Exchange Ave , Fort Worth
  7:30 pm
• COUNCIL HILL | Dad Rock Night
  Magnolia Motor Lounge , 3803 Southwest Blvd , Fort Worth
  8:00 pm
• Lonestar Parish at Dirty Water
  Dirty Water Saloon , 9716 Palo Pinto Rd , Fort Worth
  8:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• TCU Clarinet Festival
  Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU
• Saturday School
  Castleberry Elementary School Fort Worth, TX 76114
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Why did the city/county/state mow ALL of the wildflowers along I20, 377 etc?
  They hadn’t gone to seed yet, which means less or no flowers next spring. (Nextdoor Team Ranch - La Bandera)

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🗞 Nearby News

White Settlement

• Inside the patrol car: How officers assess risk in real time (police1.com)
• Paul Walling Dickenson - January 26, 1956 - April 7, 2026 (fortworthreport.org)

Crowley

• 10 Men Arrested In Fort Worth Sting: Tried To Solicit Sex With Children Under 17 Online (dallasexpress.com)
• Texas Football Recruiting: Rivals Five-Star 300 Update Features Longhorns Commit, Top Targets (on3.com)

Fort Worth

• Documentary about famed Texas twin artists to premiere in Fort Worth (fortworthreport.org)
• 6 Reasons Fort Worth Seniors Are Choosing Houston Senior Living Communities (fwweekly.com)

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