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The World Cup matches may be over for Dallas, but the official FIFA FanFest at Dallas' Fair Park remains open for the final weekend. The festival offers more than just a place to watch the games on massive screens. Director of Events and Entertainment for the North Texas FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee Cindy Solomon says they have local vendors, areas to escape the heat, and a playground.

This World Cup was an opportunity for the well-known Hunt family to make good on their father Lamar Hunt's wishes. "My dad said his biggest singular regret of World Cup 1994 was not getting World Cup games in Kansas City," FC Dallas President Dan Hunt said.

The Dallas City Manager is speaking out about the massive opportunity given to the city as the World Cup slowly comes to an end. City Manager Kimberly Tolbert says this was something that will help shape Dallas for years to come.

As North Texas prepares to host its final FIFA World Cup match on Tuesday, organizers said the tournament has done more than bring the world's biggest sporting event to the region — it has created lasting connections, inspired future generations, and positioned the Metroplex for more global events.

Russell Scott talks with Dallas Urban Biologist Chris Morris to get the latest on Nick & Nora and their 3 eaglets.

These are some of the people who spoke with KRLD's Russell Scott. They were displaced after a three-alarm fire ripped through the Cambridge Park condos.

The final Main Street Social Saturday is this weekend as Dallas' World Cup activities slowly start to come to an end. Shalissa Perry with Downtown Dallas Inc says the events early on have been both a massive undertaking but a huge success.

There is a new way to look at the darkest day in Dallas' history. As part of their special exhibition, the Sixth Floor Museum in Dealey Plaza has added a photo overlay over a popular window inside the old Texas School Book Depository.

The nation's 43rd President of the United States hit a major milestone Monday. George W. Bush turns 80. Former President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have called Dallas home ever since departing the White House in January of 2009.

A number of city leaders are responding to the latest decision by the Dallas City Manager to force furloughs onto City employees. This is in response to the budget shortfall costing the City millions. Others remain irate over recent decisions and discussions that could shape the City for decades.

Autonomous vehicles are becoming more common on Texas roads, but some are calling for stronger regulations before the technology expands further.

As we make our way through the halfway point of the World Cup, local organizers are seeing nothing but happiness from fans. Shalissa Perry with Downtown Dallas Inc says one of the features along everything going on along Main Street is located right at Main Street Garden.

One of the highly successful attractions during the World Cup comes right out of the heart of Downtown Dallas. Dan Bradley, who owns the Bullzerk shirt company, is running the Central Pitch Pop Up Store inside the Adolphus Tower.

One of the great economic benefits we are finding out from the World Cup is how local shops in Dallas Fort Worth are seeing an increase in traffic. Ann-Marie Gustafsson is Operations Director for The Wooden Spoon in Plano which sells Scandinavian food and gifts. She says they have a lot of people coming in.

Downtown Dallas will again close portions of Main Street on Saturday for the second time during the World Cup. Downtown Dallas Inc. is behind the Main Street Social Saturdays for the duration of the tournament.

The Dallas City Council approved a multi-million-dollar incentive package Wednesday for Morgan Stanley. The global financial services giant wants to expand into a $1.3-billion hub in Downtown Dallas.

Transportation officials say years of planning are paying off as North Texas hosts the FIFA Club World Cup, with the first three matches at Dallas Stadium running smoothly despite large crowds and summer heat.

Senator John Cornyn is warning fellow republicans that he has no problem playing hardball on his way out of Capitol Hill. He has six months left in office following his runoff loss to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and he is already making demands for his vote.

The largest auctioneer in the world for historic and specialty firearms is The Rock Island Auction Company in Bedford. KRLD's Bill McLean talked with the company's Joel Kolander about a special auction later this month.

The FIFA Fan Festival at Dallas' Fair Park has been a huge success in the first week of the World Cup. Not only can fans experience every match from inside the Pavilion on massive screens but the festival is spread out across most of that area of the fair grounds.

FIFA is releasing new numbers showing the number of records broken since the World Cup began last week. More than 54 million people turned in across the United States, Mexico, and Canada for the opening.