It’s the kind of headline that grabs attention. “115 People Arrested in Tarrant County Human Trafficking Sting,” one October news story read. Several publications, including the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, posted similar headlines that likely misled readers to assume that Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn and his
To open her presentation on human trafficking to the members of a Northside neighborhood association last Saturday, Heather Schott got a little personal. “Around the age of 17, I went out and was mixing drugs and alcohol all night long,” said the senior pastor at Mercy Culture Church, a massive charismatic church on
“We declare that Fort Worth is yours, Jesus,” Mercy Culture Church recently posted. “We declare your justice and righteousness resound in every part of our city. We declare no other spirit but the holy spirit is seated on the throne of Fort Worth.” Mercy Culture is the newest edition to the Gateway Church Network,
Just over 200,000 Tarrant County residents 17% of registered voters cast ballots during last week’s primaries. The partisan elections that determine which candidates will represent their party in November saw many familiar names emerge victorious. In the county judge race, Democrat Deborah Peoples bested her one
Landon Schott’s confusing but mostly LGBTQ-bashing social media posts have made him a pariah to many and a celebrity to right-wing nuts seeking elected office. “You are obedient!” the Mercy Culture Church leader recently posted on his Instagram story. “You’re not hateful, mean, judgmental, intolerant, or bigoted