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Alisha Zachary faced a small business owner’s worst nightmare. Her Fort Worth studio, home to her permanent jewelry business, Goldilinks Jewelry, was burglarized less than two years into owning it. Nearly $15,000 worth of inventory was stolen. Get Arlington news that matters. Sign up for local stories in your inbox every Thursday. Zachary was devastated. Nearly three years of work went into getting the store up and running and it was all scuttled in a flash. Determined to not let the burglary rob her of her dream, Zachary pushed forward. “I’m hoping that it’s something that sticks around for a long time, because we love doing it,” Zachary said. After first hearing about permanent jewelry from her eyelash technician in October 2021, Zachary was instantly intrigued and thought it would be a creative way to exercise her love for making jewelry. She had studio space leased and inventory ordered by the following month. Goldilinks Jewelry opened its doors in January 2022, funded by a small inheritance Zachary received following her mother’s death. After 15 years of accounting in the oil and gas industry and one year of operating Goldilinks Jewelry — by appointment and on weekends — Zachary quit her corporate job in 2023 to run the business full time. “The turning point for me was coming into this environment every day and really developing my creative side, and then going back to a boring, 9-to-5 desk job that was very procedural and bureaucratic,” Zachary said. “I could drastically see the difference between those two worlds. It started really hitting me how unhappy I was in that corporate environment, and so I made the choice to leave my full-time job.” Her first year of running the business full time was interrupted by tragedy. Not only did the burglary occur Aug. 21, which was also Zachary’s birthday. On the same day, she was in Oklahoma with her 21-year-old daughter, Sara O’Lague, who was going through medical tests that led to a rare cancer diagnosis. O’Lague, a Goldilinks Jewelry employee, got into bracelet-making at a young age along with her mother and sister. After her diagnosis, O’Lague moved from Oklahoma back to Texas with her mother and transferred from the University of Central Oklahoma to Tarrant County College, studying education. While out of town helping her daughter, Zachary received a phone call from her Fort Worth studio’s property manager. The Goldilinks Jewelry studio had been wiped of nearly every item and was entirely trashed. Zachary returned to Fort Worth and inspected the damage. Furniture was overturned. The sparkling wine and soda bottles she stocked for customers were broken. Nearly everything was taken or destroyed. “I decided in that moment that I wasn’t going back into that space, that they just had taken such a special space that I share so many other special moments with people,” she said. “It was not ever going to be the same.” O’Lague watched her mother endure the heartbreak of losing part of her business — all while trying to help her navigate her diagnosis. After doctors told O’Lague about her cancer, all she had to look forward to was working at the store, but she was robbed of that, too. “Once I kind of figured out what was going on with my diagnosis, I thought, ‘It just really freaking sucks, because I like being here, it was a really fun part of my routine,’” O’Lague said. Clients like Rachel Cervantes, a 23-year-old Fort Worthian, were devastated to hear the news of the burglary. Cervantes and her mother first visited the store for a Mother’s Day celebration in 2022 and went back together twice after that. “It’s just something really fun as a mother-daughter duo that we like to do together, especially when you grow up, you look for more fun adult things to do,” Cervantes said. The fond memories made with new and returning customers were part of Zachary’s favorite moments in running the business. From bachelorette parties to mother-daughter duos, Zachary enjoys interacting with her customers and providing them with jewelry and memories to last for years to come. Those special moments ignited Zachary’s determination to reopen. “Having lost my mom, I go back to the special moments that I’ve shared with people here, and how meaningful that is for me to be a part of those moments,” Zachary said tearfully. “I feel like I’m carrying on some of that with her.” Cervantes was one of many customers and community members who found out about the burglary via Goldilinks Jewelry’s Instagram , where Zachary announced the business’s temporary closure. “When bad things happen to nice people, it really sucks, especially something that somebody’s invested a lot of time and energy,” Cervantes said. Zachary said that social media post led to an outpouring of community support from vendors offering to provide supplies in advance of payments to other permanent jewelers offering to lend equipment to clients showing up at pop-up events. “As soon as we posted on social media what happened — it makes me emotional,” Zachary said, her words trailing away as she choked back tears. “The outpouring from the community was overwhelmingly amazing.” Zachary didn’t want Goldilinks Jewelry to be closed for long, so she began looking for a new space. A studio on Magnolia Street caught her eye, but Cameron Conaway, a Realtor from Street Realty, told her it was being leased. Conaway introduced her to a new development in Arlington that was looking for a small-business occupant. Moving to Arlington wasn’t in Zachary’s plans. She jokingly said when Conaway presented the idea she thought, “Oh, you’re cute. That’s never going to happen.” She toured the Arlington studio anyway. As she talked with Conaway, Zachary was persuaded. “He totally won me over with the location, with the walkability, with what they’re doing in this neighborhood, with the revival, with the street visibility, the nightlife, the restaurants,” she said. Goldilinks Jewelry celebrated its reopening Nov. 15. Though opening day was slow, Zachary and her staff are hoping for a busy holiday season and preparing for upcoming pop-up events. “I’m not trying to hold a grudge toward the people who committed the crime, but I wanted to take this as something to propel me to the next bigger, better thing,” Zachary said. Now in a larger studio and the first business to open in the new development on Front Street in downtown Arlington’s Urban Union, Goldilinks Jewelry is looking to create a new clientele base there. Zachary hopes her clientele in Fort Worth will be willing to make the drive and remain regulars. Cervantes said her drive to the old location and the new one are about the same distance. If Goldilinks Jewelry were to shut down permanently, Cervantes said she and her mother probably wouldn’t go anywhere else for permanent jewelry. Cervantes listed some perks of the business over other permanent jewelers, including no charge to returning customers for repairs or rewelds of their jewelry and a relaxing, easy-going environment. “I’m just really happy for her that she got back into the hobby that she really feels passionate about after such a negative thing happened to her,” Cervantes said. Goldilinks Jewelry currently offers permanent jewelry for bracelets, anklets and necklaces with over 40 sterling silver and gold chain options. The store also offers a custom hat bar where customers can pick one of over 30 colors for their hat, then accessorize it with over 100 patches, chains, charms and pins. Soon, Zachary plans to offer customizable cowboy hats and transparent bags to please stadium goers. Zachary also hopes to one day open a second location elsewhere in the metroplex or even in her hometown, Oklahoma City. However, O’Lague advised her to wait at least a year before moving into another new space because “it was a lot of work.” For now, Zachary, her employees and her daughter are looking to put the final touches on their new storefront and make a name for Goldilinks Jewelry in Arlington. In the meantime, they will enjoy the reestablished routine of providing permanent jewelry and lasting moments for people. “I hope that this can be my job forever,” O’Lague said. Ella Scott-Dean is an audience engagement fellow for the Arlington Report. Contact her at ella@fortworthreport.org. At the Arlington Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here . Related Fort Worth Report is certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative for adhering to standards for ethical journalism . 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Haiti gang attack on journalists covering a hospital reopening leaves 2 dead, several woundedArticle content QAMISHLI, Syria — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Tuesday they have launched a counter-offensive against the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army to take back areas near Syria’s northern border with Turkey. The SDF is Washington’s critical ally in Syria, targeting sleeper cells of the extremist Islamic State group scattered across the country’s east. Since the fall of the totalitarian rule of Bashar Assad earlier this month, clashes have intensified between the U.S.-backed group and the SNA, which captured the key city of Manbij and the areas surrounding it. The intense weeks-long clashes come at a time when Syria, battered by over a decade of war and economic misery, negotiates its political future following half a century under the Assad dynasty’s rule. Ruken Jamal, spokesperson of the Women’s Protection Unit, or YPJ, under the SDF, told The Associated Press that their fighters are just over 11 km away from the centre of Manbij in their ongoing counter-offensive. She accused Ankara of trying to weaken the group’s influence in negotiations over Syria’s political future through the SNA. “Syria is now in a new phase, and discussions are underway about the future of the country,” Jamal said. “Turkey is trying, through its attacks, to distract us with battles and exclude us from the negotiations in Damascus.” A Britain-based opposition war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, says since the SNA’s offensive in northern Syria against the Kurds started earlier this month, dozens from both sides have been killed. U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke on Tuesday with Turkish National Defence Minister Yaşar Guler, according to Pentagon press secretary Maj.-Gen. Pat Ryder. He said they discussed the ongoing situation in Syria, and Austin emphasized that close and continuous co-ordination is crucial to a successful effort to counter IS in the country. They also discussed the importance of setting the conditions to enable a more secure and stable Syria. Ankara sees the SDF as an affiliate of its sworn enemy, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which it classifies as a terrorist organization. Turkish-backed armed groups alongside Turkish jets for years have attacked positions where the SDF are largely present across northern Syria, in a bid to create a buffer zone free from the group along the large shared border. While the SNA was involved in the lightning insurgency — led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham — that toppled Assad, it has continued its push against the SDF, seen as Syria’s second key actor for its political future. RECOMMENDED VIDEO On Monday, the SDF spokesperson Farhad Shami said the group’s forces pushed back the Turkish-backed rebels from areas near the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates, a key source of hydroelectric power. He said the SDF also destroyed a tank belonging to the rebels southeast of Manbij. The British-based war monitor said on Tuesday that the Kurdish-led group, following overnight fighting, has reclaimed four villages in the areas near the strategic dam. Turkish jets also pounded the strategic border town of Kobani in recent days. During Syria’s uprising-turned-conflict, the Kurds carved out an enclave of autonomous rule across northeastern Syria, never fully allying entirely with Assad in Damascus nor the rebels trying to overthrow him. Even with the Assad family out of the picture, it appears that Ankara’s position won’t change, with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s landmark visit to Syria maintaining a strong position on the Kurdish-led group in his meeting with de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa of HTS. “It has turned the region into a cauldron of terror with PKK members and far-left groups who have come from Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Europe,” Fidan said in a news conference after the meeting. “The international community is turning a blind eye to this lawlessness because of the wardenship it provides (against IS).” With the ongoing fighting, SDF Cmdr. Mazloum Abdi has expressed concern about a strong IS resurgence due to the power vacuum in Syria and the ongoing fighting, which has left the Kurdish-led group unable to carry out its attacks and raids on the extremist group’s scattered sleeper cells. Tens of thousands of children, family members, and supporters of IS militants are still held in large detention centres in northeastern Syria, in areas under SDF control.Nebraska will be trying to preserve its perfect in-state record when it hosts South Dakota on Wednesday night in a nonconference game in Lincoln, Neb. The Cornhuskers (4-1) are 3-0 at home and also won Friday at then-No. 14 Creighton, beating their in-state rivals on the road for the second straight time. But the last time they did that, in 2022, they followed that win with a 16-point loss at Indiana to open Big Ten Conference play. "Believe me, we've addressed a lot of things," Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg said. "A lot of people are saying some really positive things. You've got to find a way to put that behind you. I've liked how our team has responded and come back to work after that great win at Creighton." Brice Williams leads the Cornhuskers with 18.2 points per game and was one of five players in double figures against Creighton. Juwan Gary topped the list with 16. South Dakota (6-2) comes to town off a 112-50 home win Monday night over Randall, the third non-Division I school it has beat. The Coyotes' last game against a D1 opponent was Friday at Southern Indiana, resulting in a 92-83 loss. This will be South Dakota's second nonconference game against a Big Ten opponent, after a 96-77 loss at Iowa on Nov. 12. In December, the Coyotes also visit Santa Clara, hovering near the top 100 in KenPom adjusted efficiency, before jumping into Big Sky play. "The schedule is very good and that should help us," third-year South Dakota coach Eric Peterson said before the season. "We have some good nonconference games that should help prepare us for the end of the season." Nebraska has held four of its opponents to 67 or fewer points, with Saint Mary's the only one to top that number in the Cornhuskers' lone loss. Opponents are shooting 38.1 percent this season. South Dakota shot below 40 percent in its two previous games before shooting 62 percent against Randall. Isaac Bruns, who scored 20 to lead South Dakota in the Randall game, paces the Coyotes with 12.9 points per game. --Field Level Media