🧊Stock Show attendance slips on ice; D.C.-related suit filed against AA; Early voting starts tomorrow.

Five people, including two from Fort Worth, have been given federal indictments for establishing a Fort Worth company that allegedly engaged in a nationwide cattle fraud scheme for $220 million. The company is Agridime.

With more than 90,000 applications, The Texan breaks down the demographics of those applying for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts ($10k school vouchers).

A new lawsuit has been filed against American Airlines after the National Transportation Safety Board ruled last month that the 2025 Washington D.C. area crash could have been avoided. 

Amazon and Flock Safety ended a partnership that would have given law enforcement access to a vast web of Ring cameras. The decision came after Amazon faced substantial backlash for airing a lost dog Super Bowl ad that was meant to be warm and fuzzy, but instead came across as disturbing and dystopian.

USA Today took its third Super Bowl AdMeter to TCU Adjunct Professor Kevin Smith's Sports Marketing class to gets its spin on the national Super Bowl commercials. Here is the story. 

On this Presidents Day, the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas (free admittance today) has an article featuring America's first Treasury Secretary -- Alexander Hamilton. Explored is what Hamilton did as the primary economic policymaker that made him worthy of the hit Broadway musical in his name.

A list in which you don't want to rank high: Unfortunately, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is third among metro areas with the largest gender pay gaps entering 2026, according to business.com.

Fort Worth-based Delightful Development, co-founded last year by Craig Cavileer, won approval from the Williamson County Commissioners Court to acquire roughly two acres downtown that includes the former Williamson County Jail and adjacent land at 300 South Main Street in Georgetown. Cavileer was a significant part of the early re-development of the Fort Worth Stockyards. 

BNSF Railway and J.B. Hunt Transport Services launched Quantum, an intermodal service designed to meet the service-sensitive highway freight needs of customer supply chains. The partnership says Quantum customers can anticipate up to 95% on-time delivery service approximately a day faster than traditional intermodal service.

Brazos Midland, a subsidiary of Fort Worth-based Brazos Midstream, expanded its senior credit facility to $1.1 billion from $225 million in commitments from a syndicate of banks. The funds will support the ongoing expansion of Brazos’ natural gas gathering and processing system throughout the Midland Basin.

Lee & Associates Dallas-Fort Worth completed multiple lease transactions of industrial space at Westpark Distribution Center in Bedford, bringing the project to 100% occupancy. Chris Hillman and Adam Graham of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, MoxieBridge.

The traveling Texas America250 exhibit to celebrate the United States semiquincentennial is at the Grapevine Tower Gallery. The free exhibit, which showcases significant Texas treasures from the state archives, is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays until March 3.

The Grand Hyatt DFW renovation by Design One Studio is complete. The changes include an increase in room count from 298 to 315, and updates to the event conference space, fitness center and Grand Met restaurant and lounge. The hotel remained opened during the seven-month project. 

According to an analysis of listing and sales data by the Dallas Business Journal, Hurst's 76054 ZIP code was the hottest housing market in D-FW for the fourth quarter of 2025 with a median sale price of $640,234, up 37% from Q3. Fort Worth’s 76110 ZIP code came in third.

Public Storage, a Real Estate Investment Trust that acquires, develops, owns and operates self-storage facilities, is moving its headquarters from Glendale, Ca., to Frisco. At year-end, it owned and/or operated 3,533 facilities located in 40 states with approximately 258 million net rentable square feet, and a 35% common equity interest in Shurgard Self Storage Limited, which owned 332 self-storage facilities located in seven Western European countries. The company also shuffled its leadership team. 

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $24,619,976 modification contract that adds scope to provide on-site engineering, specialized ground test software data loads for various systems, maintenance and subject matter expert troubleshooting. Work will be done in Fort Worth and will support the development and execution of the Electromagnetic Environmental Effects production acceptance compliance tests for F-35 production aircraft for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and non-U.S. Department of War participants.

The Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber and the Women's Business Council - Southwest. have a Memorandum of Agreement to collaborate on access to certification resources, supplier diversity opportunities, and contract readiness support. "This moment represents strong leadership alignment and a shared commitment to expanding opportunity, strengthening our members, and advancing the long-term success of the Fort Worth business community."

Fort Worth-based Farmers Brothers Coffee results for the 2026 fiscal second quarter were worse year-over-year, but not a surprise.

The five days of ice put the Fort Worth Stock Show attendance number in a deep freeze. The 1 million estimate was the fewest since 2021. Attendance figures:

• 2026: 1 million

• 2025: 1.26 million

• 2024: 1.14 million

• 2023: 1.27 million

• 2022: 1.2 million

• 2021: Cancelled

Snippets:

• Early voting for the March 3 Primary Election begins tomorrow. Go here to see your sample ballot. 

• The Department of Homeland Security has hired a company to defend World Cup venues from drones. 

• Renewed vows: They didn't forget Valentine's Day at the James L. West Center for Dementia Care.

Significant stat: 22,384 = Attendance Saturday at Globe Life Field for the Shriners Children’s College Showdown, which is a single-day record for college baseball attendance at the venue. REV Entertainment, owner and operator of the College Baseball Series, donated $111,149 to support the life-changing care provided by Shriners Children's. 

Announcements:

• NYSE Texas: Adds Edward Crawford, co-founder of Coltala Holdings, to its Advisory Board. 

• Jackson Walker: Names Brittani Wilmore Rollen a Partner. 

• Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman: Names Neely Fortinberry a Partner. 

• Abilene Christian University: Adds three trustees, including Larry Autrey, who recently retired as Executive Chairman of Whitley Penn, a public accounting firm he led for 25 years.

• Sport Fishing Championship: Hires Traci Larrison as Vice President of Partnerships & Marketing.

• Amon Carter Museum of American Art: Names Camille Dickson Gallery Teacher.

• Mirion: Names Tighe Smith Chief Nuclear Officer, a similar position he held for Paragon Energy Soultions before it was purchased by Mirion. 

• Roanoke: City Council member Hogan Page has resigned because he is moving.

• CXO Coaching: Adds Cara McDaniel as Executive Coach & Advisor. 

• IdeaLync Consulting: Launched by Ron Lynch.

• Tarrant County Dispute Resolution: Selects Ricardo Coronado as Tarrant County Mediator of the Year. 

• M2G: Changes name of its mental health non-profit to Soar: The M2G Mental Health Initiative.

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