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🌱 How JPS’s new Fort Worth psych emergency center is changing crisis care
Coming up on the Fort Worth Patch calendar: Glow Getter 10K
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In today's newsletter:
- How JPS's new Fort Worth psych emergency center is changing crisis care
- How one Fort Worth shelter is battling this brutal heat wave
- What Texas Wesleyan's NCAA Division II move means for Fort Worth sports.
Also on today's calendar: Glow Getter 10K and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Partly sunny and hot, with a high of 106 and low of 82 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Sunshine; record-tying heat, temps: high: 106, low: 82.
- Saturday: Sunshine and hot, with a high of 109 and low of 82 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. JPS Health Network to Mark One Year in New Psychiatric Emergency Center Location (essentialhospitals.org) — A new freestanding Psychiatric Emergency Center on JPS's Fort Worth campus is transforming how local residents in crisis get help, with faster access, dedicated entrances, and calmer spaces. Opened in September 2025, the center now serves adults, adolescents, and children five and older, partners closely with local EMS and police, and is on track to see nearly 24,000 patients this fiscal year. 
2. Fort Worth shelter struggles to aid the city's unhoused population as North Texas heat intensifies (wfaa.com) — Fort Worth's When We Love shelter on East Lancaster is straining to keep unhoused residents safe as more than a week of triple-digit heat batters North Texas. Staff and volunteers are handing out water, ice, snacks, cooling towels, and bus passes to cooling centers, but say demand is outpacing donations. The shelter also serves as a backup cooling center, offering air conditioning and fans to anyone needing relief.
3. Texas Wesleyan University receives invitation to pursue NCAA Division II membership (fortworthreport.org) — Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth has been invited to apply for Lone Star Conference membership, a major step toward moving its athletic programs into NCAA Division II. The shift would boost competition and visibility for more than 650 student-athletes while giving the conference its only campus located in the city of Fort Worth.
4. Body found inside pipe at abandoned Fort Worth power plant, source says (wfaa.com) — Authorities are working to recover a man's body discovered deep inside a water pipe at the long-shuttered TXU North Main Power Plant along the Trinity River, just north of downtown Fort Worth. The recovery could take several days because of the pipe system's complexity, and officials have not yet identified the man or explained how he ended up there. The century-old plant has been abandoned for years.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Worth
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- Sort New Kindergarten Students
Eagle Ridge ES Keller, TX 76244
8:00 am - What's for Dinner? Conflict and Consumption in American Food Cultur
TCU College of Fine Arts Moudy Gallery
11:00 am - Casey's Kids Volunteer Interest Meeting
Eagle Ridge ES 350 Keller Parkway, Keller, 76248
5:00 pm - What's for Dinner? Conflict and Consumption in American Food Cultur
TCU College of Fine Arts Moudy Gallery
11:00 am - Glow Getter 10K →
3000 S Hulen St, Fort Worth
6:00 am - Fort Worth Homebuyer's Fair →
3908 McCart Ave, Fort Worth 76110
10:00 am
Friday August 21
Monday August 24
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
Saturday August 29
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🗓 Events Nearby
- CHS Football (9th) Red vs Paradise High School Panthers - Football
Castleberry High School Away - Paradise High School
5:00 pm - Community Listening Session
Fort Worth ISD 201 N Rupert St Ste 107, Fort Worth, TX 76107
6:00 pm - Castleberry Football (V) vs Paradise High School Panthers - Footbal
Castleberry High School Away - Paradise High School
6:00 pm - CHS Boys Cross Country (V) vs Hillsboro High School Hillsboro Eagle
Castleberry High School Away - Wallace Park
8:00 am - CHS Girls Cross Country (V) vs Hillsboro High School Hillsboro Eagl
Castleberry High School Away - Wallace Park
8:00 am - CHS Volleyball (JV) vs FW Country Day - Volleyball (F) - Junior Var
Castleberry High School Away - Fort Worth Country Day Round Gym
5:00 pm
Thursday August 20
Friday August 21
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