West DFW News

Tonight at 7 PM, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick will join Matt Crouch, President and Chairman of Trinity Broadcasting Network, Dr. Phil, a pastor, and a news anchor to discuss whether God spared the life of the president or if the incident in Butler, PA was simply a random act of luck. The discussion will also touch upon what the Bible says about God choosing leaders and being involved in elections.

Rev. Curtis Jefferson was recently honored with the Earl King Award by the Christian Men's Fellowship (CMF) of Parker County at their monthly meeting on Monday. Jefferson is the founding pastor of New Hope Baptist Church, which he led for 35 years until his retirement in 2022.

The Earl King Award is named after CMF’s founder and honors a Parker County man for exhibiting Christian leadership over a significant length of time. Rev. Jefferson is the second recipient of this award.

CMF President Lin Bearden stated, “Earl’s vision when he started CMF many years ago was that it would be a local group of men in business whose sole purpose was to encourage each other to spiritually lead their families, share the Gospel, and make our community a loving, caring place. Curtis certainly exemplifies that ideal through his testimony in Weatherford and in the workplace.”

Rev. Jefferson has been very involved in his community, serving on various boards including the Parker Baptist Association and Weatherford College Foundation among others. His son Doug Jefferson accepted the award on his behalf as Rev. Jefferson could not attend Monday’s meeting.

In an exciting development for Senate District 10, the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has announced plans to build a new campus west of Fort Worth on the Parker/Tarrant County line. The campus will be named UTA West and is set to open in 2028 on 51 acres near Aledo in Parker County.

UTA West aims to accommodate up to 10,000 students once completed and will focus on educating students for careers in aerospace, defense, IT, AI, and manufacturing fields.

Chevron has announced plans to relocate from California to Texas over the next five years. This marks Chevron's first headquarters move outside California since its inception over 100 years ago.

This relocation adds Chevron to a growing list of companies moving from California to Texas in recent years including Tesla, SpaceX, Oracle among others. According to the Texas Association of Business from 2010-2019 more than 25,000 businesses relocated to Texas with around 16% coming from California.