{"id":791198,"date":"2026-05-12T14:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/791198\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:02:17","slug":"restaurateur-comeback-and-local-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/791198\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurateur comeback and local news roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0457.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Fort Worth restaurateur David Shaw, nearing his 50th year owning restaurants and bars, survived a construction accident, pneumonia and prostate cancer to open his new Shaw\u2019s Southwest Grille in Granbury, Texas.\" alt=\"Fort Worth restaurateur David Shaw, nearing his 50th year owning restaurants and bars, survived a construction accident, pneumonia and prostate cancer to open his new Shaw\u2019s Southwest Grille in Granbury, Texas.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Fort Worth restaurateur David Shaw, nearing his 50th year owning restaurants and bars, survived a construction accident, pneumonia and prostate cancer to open his new Shaw\u2019s Southwest Grille in Granbury, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>                Bud Kennedy<\/p>\n<p>            bud@star-telegram.com<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth and Tarrant County readers woke up Monday to a mix of resilience, tragedy and institutional change. From a restaurateur\u2019s comeback to a major jury verdict, here\u2019s a roundup of top stories.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Fort Worth restaurateur David Shaw, 73, opened <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/entertainment\/restaurants\/eats-beat\/article315699281.html\">Shaw\u2019s Southwest Grille on the Granbury square<\/a> after surviving a near-fatal August fall onto a metal bolt that severed two arteries, followed by multiple surgeries, infections and prostate cancer treatment. His wife and co-owner, Ann Diakis Shaw, opened the Southwestern restaurant in a 150-year-old limestone landmark while he recovered.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Alexavier Nalani Nahoolewa, 19, was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article315703962.html\">fatally shot by a Saginaw police officer<\/a> on May 7 while officers served a felony arrest warrant at a home on North Creek Drive. Police said Nahoolewa resisted arrest and got into a physical confrontation with officers before being shot, and the Texas Rangers are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Fort Worth ISD\u2019s Board of Managers voted 7-0 to<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/education\/article315676551.html\"> delete most of policy DCE Local<\/a>, which outlined probationary periods, progressive discipline, appeals and hearings for non-Chapter 21 contract employees. Attorneys and community members worry the move strips protections from uncertified teachers and central administration staff heading into the 2026-27 school year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A jury <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/article315593028.html\">awarded $131 million to a former Texas A&amp;M student<\/a> after finding the manager and owners of College Station\u2019s Foundation Lounge responsible for her 2017 sexual assault. The verdict against general manager David Hammond and the bar includes $31 million in compensatory damages; $50 million in exemplary damages against the bar; and $50 million against the assailant, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth restaurateur David Shaw, nearing his 50th year owning restaurants and bars, survived a construction accident, pneumonia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":785663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-791198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}