HURST — The air shimmers above the asphalt on Precinct Line, as thick as always in the dead of Texas summer. From her post underneath a pop-up lemonade stand on her front lawn, Shari Rydzeski can tell that it’s time for an executive decision. But first, she’ll need to talk to the boss. Mikayla, Shari’s…

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BEDFORD — Only 35 seconds passed between the sound of the starting horn and moment that the final vehicle crossed the finish line at Pulling for Hope. The contestants, scattered across the parking lot at Pennington Field, almost universally doubled over, cast their eyes to the sky, or dropped to the ground in an attempt to recover…

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BEDFORD– The winter sun crests Pennington Field, throwing what warmth it can offer across the turf that local students call home. In the parking lot where many of them will learn to drive, a throng of people gather to raise funds in support of those who will go without this Christmas. The stadium, home to LD…

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There’s an old proverb from Lao Tzu: “The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.” In most cases, we are quick to undertake that pilgrimage alone. But for Dannah Mahmoud, a 2015 graduate of Lawrence D Bell High School in Hurst, the journey began with thousands of single steps, all taken by men and women…

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