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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-09-09 Euless Articles Grapevine council approves contract for Euless Grapevine Road work first funded in 2018 By Cody Thorn | 4:42 PM Aug 25, 2025 CDT Updated 4:42 PM Aug 25, 2025 CDT A contract for $2.1 million was awarded to CT4 Construction for the various updates along Euless Grapevine Road. Construction is expected to start by the end of 2025 along Euless Grapevine Road. What's happening? Grapevine City Council approved the road construction project to CT4 Construction after it received approval by TxDOT during the Aug. 19 meeting. The contract for the Bedford-based business is for $2.1 million, which includes $1.85 million in construction and $326,000 for contingency costs. The work will start by the end of the year and will be completed in 105 days, according to city documents, though an exact start date was not listed. How we got here According to previous reporting, work will take place between SH 360 and Hughes Road. The project’s scope includes the construction of two travel lanes, sidewalks and traffic signal improvements at the intersection of the frontage road and SH 360. Federal funding was approved Dec. 13, 2018, with a 20% local match, according to city documents. Council approved using $109,113 from its capital project streets fund to cover direct state costs for the project in 2024. City funds will also be used to cover any overages to pay for construction costs, according to previous reporting. Baby Dolls strip club can rebuild after Fort Worth approves rezoning By Eric E. Garcia | Fort Worth Report Published August 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM CDT Fort Worth Report Baby Dolls strip club, destroyed by a fire on July 10, 2024, is poised to rebuild in far east Fort Worth. Fort Worth City Council members on Aug. 26 unanimously approved a zoning change that will allow the decades-old strip club to rebuild at 3601 S. Highway 157 between Euless and Arlington. The council approved a zoning change for the 1.3 -acre site from agriculture to light industrial — a request that was denied by the Fort Worth Zoning Commission on June 11. Council member Deborah Peoples, who represents the area, said she was concerned about the potential effects of the topless club but that the business meets the city’s criteria for sexually oriented businesses, specifically that they be located at le ast 1,000 feet from homes, churches or schools. “These types of businesses are protected by the First Amendment,” Peoples said. A spokesperson for Houston-based owner, RCI Holdings Inc., did not immediately respond to an email from the Fort Worth Report. RCI plans to resume Baby Dolls operations, according to city filing. “Operations will be unchanged from the prior use,” RCI wrote in the filing. According to a filing with the city, city staff indicated to RCI Holdings that the only path to rebuilding the club required a zoning change. The land Baby Dolls was on had been zoned for agricultural use previously and then zoned for light industrial while the club was operational. But after the fire, the zoning reverted back to agricultural. That meant Baby Dolls couldn’t rebuild without the zoning change. City staff previously noted in a report that while the requested zoning is compatible with nearby land uses, it isn’t consistent with what the city’s comprehensive plan shows for the area. Infill development is encouraged as more homes, churches and schools have been built in the area, including Euless and Arlington. Tarrant Appraisal District records show that the property was valued at $186,210 last year. The site is near at least one other strip club in that section of Fort Worth just west of State Highway 360. Fort Worth fire officials have said the cause of the Baby Doll’s fire was undetermined. Man fatally shot outside Euless restaurant early Monday; suspect fled the scene By Elizabeth Campbell Updated September 2, 2025 9:41 AM One man, 30-year-old Kafo Setaleki Tuha, was killed, and two other people were injured in a shooting early Monday, Sept. 1, in the parking lot of Marina’s Restaurant in Euless, Texas. Euless police are investigating a fatal shooting in the parking lot of a restaurant in the 1500 block of W. Euless Boulevard early Monday. The homicide victim was identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office as 30-year-old Kafo Setaleki Tuha of Bedford. He was an all-district football players at L.D. Bell High School and later played at Houston Christian University. According to a news release, Tuha was shot numerous times and was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Two other people were injured in t he shooting. The suspect fled the scene, according to police. The shooting occurred in the parking lot of Marina’s Restaurant and Club at around 2 a.m. Monday. The shots were fired when a fight broke out among multiple people from several groups, according to police. Texas Health HEB Recognized Nationally for High-Quality Cardiovascular Care Hospital earns Primary Heart Attack Center Certification for second consecutive time BEDFORD, TEXAS, Sept. 8, 2025 – Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst- Euless-Bedford has once again earned Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check mark for Primary Heart Attack Center certification. This is the second consecutive time the hospital has earned this achievement. “Through our commitment and compassion, it was truly rewarding to earn this certification once again, and it confirms that we’re still committed to doing what’s best for our patients,” said Brandon Goertz, FACHE, Texas Health HEB president. “We’re focused on providing individuals with high-quality care, from the physicians on the medical staff to nurses to each and every hospital employee.” During the two-day site visit, reviewers from Joint Commission evaluated the quality of the hospital’s treatment of STEMI — one of the most common and lethal types of heart attacks. STEMI, or ST-elevation myocardial infarction, is a major heart attack caused by a complete blockage of one of the organ’s main arteries. Sarah Canales, M.S.N., APRN, ACNS-BC, Chest Pain Program coordinator for Texas Health HEB, said all aspects of the program are meticulously evaluated to earn and maintain certification. “From diagnosis to monitoring to the treatment of heart attacks, we’re exceedingly proud that we continue to be recognized for fast, quality care,” Canales said. “We’re committed to addressing the needs of cardiac patients, especially when every second counts in their survival. Not only that, through our community outreach and education, we empower individuals so they can survive and hopefully thrive after a heart attack.” As a Primary Heart Attack Center, Texas Health HEB has shown that it has the necessary resources and manpower to provide heart attack patients with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) – a procedure used to address blocked arteries – 24 hours, seven days a week. According to Joint Commission and the American Heart Association, key characteristics of the Primary Heart Attack Center program include: • Focusing on symptom onset and first medical contact (pre-hospital and upon arrival), emergency medical services, catheterization laboratories and inpatient settings • Providing continuous on-site PCI coverage for STEMI patients • Keeping door-to-balloon (D2B) times within 90 minutes or less, per guidelines from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association The door-to-balloon time references the critical moments between a patient’s arrival at the hospital and when the patient undergoes a PCI procedure in the cardiac catheterization lab to restore blood flow to the patient’s heart. The procedure involves inflating a tiny balloon on the end of the catheter to push open the clogged artery. According to Sunita Koshy-Nesbitt, M.D., MBA, a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist, earning national certification is more than just meeting the criteria. “Proper diagnosis and treatment for a heart attack is critical,” said Koshy-Nesbitt, who also serves as Texas Health’s Hospital Channel chief quality officer and as chief medical and quality officer for Texas Health Physicians Group*. “We’re continuously going above and beyond to care for North Texans by providing high-quality cardiovascular care inside and outside our hospitals each and every day.” *Physicians employed by Texas Health Physicians Group practice independently and are not employees or agents of Texas Health Resources hospitals.