{"id":340928,"date":"2026-06-18T05:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340928\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T05:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:38:18","slug":"top-fort-worth-stories-june-17-from-the-star-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340928\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Fort Worth stories June 17 from the Star-Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781761098_355_La Rueda.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A combination plate at La Rueda in east Fort Worth.\" alt=\"A combination plate at La Rueda in east Fort Worth.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A combination plate at La Rueda in east Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>                Bud Kennedy<\/p>\n<p>            bud@star-telegram.com<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s most-read stories range from a beloved family business closing to World Cup visitors discovering local flavors. Here\u2019s a roundup of top stories from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth locals shared their <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/entertainment\/restaurants\/article316149346.html\">favorite Mexican restaurants on Nextdoor<\/a>, with recommendations including La Rueda, Las Fuentes and Casa De Lina. One of the suggested taquerias was also recognized in Texas Monthly\u2019s \u201c25 best new Texas taquerias\u201d list. Reporting by Ella Gonzales.Tornado Terry\u2019s Family Amusement Center, a 35-year-old Fort Worth business, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/business\/fort-worth\/article316068162.html\">plans to close in August<\/a> after construction on Keller Hicks Road cut profits to 45% of previous levels. Owner Shannon Bell has not taken a personal paycheck since September and sold her late husband\u2019s 1968 Camaro to cover living expenses. Reporting by Fousia Abdullahi.A 40-year-old man <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/fort-worth\/article316153675.html\">died after a medical emergency in custody<\/a> at Tarrant County Jail on Monday afternoon. James Kent Johnson had been taken into custody Sunday by River Oaks police on a charge of violating a bond or protective order, and he did not consent to a standard medical screening at booking. Reporting by Lillie Davidson.Japanese World Cup fans <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/entertainment\/restaurants\/eats-beat\/article316121444.html\">flooded social media with posts about Rodeo Goat\u2019s specialty burgers<\/a>, with one post viewed nearly 100,000 times. The burgers feature unusual toppings like grilled peaches, bacon-onion marmalade and jalape\u00f1o-pickle chutney. Reporting by Bud Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A combination plate at La Rueda in east Fort Worth. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com Today\u2019s most-read stories range from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-340928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}