In Reality Check stories, Star-Telegram journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? RealityCheck@star-telegram.com. Fort Worth’s Trinity ...

The effort to launch a clean-up project on the Trinity River is far from over, according to Fort Worth city leaders. The city was fundraising for a water wheel that would be a permanent fixture in the ...

The City of Fort Worth is one step closer to a cleaner Trinity River. Officials want to bring in a trash-collecting waterwheel to remove floating trash from the water, a project first reported by NBC ...

In what he hopes will be inspiration for other cities to help in cleaning Orange County’s waterways, Newport Beach Mayor Noah Blom unveiled an image of the new trash-collecting water wheel that should ...

A photo of the trash collecting water wheel in Baltimore Harbor. Fort Worth planned to have two of these wheels in the Trinity River, but couldn’t raise enough money. Clearwater Mills Fort Worth has ...

Considering the hectic pace of life in the 21st century, it's not surprising that there's something soothing about the sight of a water wheel turning under the gentle persuasion of a running stream.

Fort Worth has decided to scrap its proposed trash collecting water wheel project after three years of fundraising failed to meet the needed costs. The city needed to raise around $1.9 million to ...