Fort Worth Fire Chief Raymond Hill will retire Sept. 1, concluding more than three decades of service to the City of Fort Worth and a career marked by leadership, innovation and a steadfast commitment to public safety. Chief Hill joined the Fort Worth Fire Department as a firefig...
Fort Worth interim fire chief Raymond Hill is set to retire at the start of September, according to a city announcement Aug. 6. The announcement saddles the city with the task of filling the top fire department role for the second time in less than a year, and comes amid difficul...
With profound sadness, we announce the unexpected passing of Krista Lin Thompson of Mansfield, Texas, on Aug. 1, 2026. Her passing was sudden and tragic, leaving an immeasurable void in the hearts of all who knew and loved her. Memorial Service: 12 – 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, 2026,...
Area leaders are pledging support for a new plan for an aging mall property that has been in decline for several years. Now, they believe, the story of Ridgmar Mall is finally getting an ending — and a new beginning. Ramrock Real Estate, a Dallas-based private equity firm, announ...
Police arrested a former Weatherford ISD teacher on Thursday and charged him with improper relationship with a student. The district identified the teacher as Chase Liles and said he resigned from Weatherford ISD on Wednesday, one day before his arrest. Weatherford ISD said it co...
On Friday mornings, the line outside Goldee’s Barbecue begins forming hours before the doors open. People unfold lawn chairs along Dick Price Road in southeast Fort Worth. They talk, play games and wait for trays of brisket, pork ribs, turkey and house-made sausage. The line is p...
A Royse City family is demanding accountability after newly released video showed a police officer forcefully detaining a mother, her daughter and others outside a neighborhood pool. The family filed a formal complaint with the Royse City Police Department, which confirmed it has...
One person is in custody after an off-duty Dallas ISD police officer was critically wounded in a shooting late Thursday morning outside a Walmart and Sam's Club in North Dallas, sources confirm to NBC 5. Dallas Police responded to a call to assist an officer with an ambulance out...
What to KnowDallas ISD police officer critically wounded in a shooting in North Dallas Thursday morning.Police officials say the officer was flagged down by a person in crisis on a nearby highway and the officer drove that person to the Walmart parking lot where the shooting took...
What to KnowDallas ISD police officer critically wounded in a shooting in North Dallas Thursday morning.Police officials say the officer was flagged down by a person in crisis on a nearby highway and the officer drove that person to the Walmart parking lot where the shooting took...
Dallas Police are investigating a shooting involving a police officer in a residential neighborhood near Forest Lane and Preston Road. According to police, the shooting took place on the 5900 block of Williamstown Road. Police said no injuries have been reported, but there is sti...
No one was injured when a Dallas police officer fired on an armed robbery suspect early Thursday morning. Dallas Police said officers were called at about 920 a.m. to a robbery in progress on the 3500 block of Sunnyvale Street, where an armed person stole a vehicle. According to ...
Savory, sweet, and drinkable creations are competing once again for the Texas-sized honor of a Big Tex Choice Award at the State Fair of Texas. This year's finalists have been narrowed down from 30 semi-finalists to feature five savory, five sweet, and five "sipper" items. The Bi...
There are many reasons to lament the decline of romantic comedy films at the box office, but One Night Only gives me another reason: Monica Barbaro would slay in them. This week’s new comedy is the best showcase ever for the actress, way better than her Oscar-nominated turn in A ...
While I don’t completely understand where Christian Nationalists are coming from, I do know where they came from. Some of them, anyway. While attending public elementary school, my weekends as a fourth grader included going to church with my grandfather, the hellfire-and-brimston...
Lon Burnam, the former Texas state representative arrested during a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting, has been released from jail and is now considering legal action against County Judge Tim O’Hare. At about 1 p.m. Tuesday, Burnam, 73, was carried out of the courtroom b...
After just under a year spent fighting a $25 million shortfall, Arlington city staff are proposing a $769 million budget in the upcoming year. If adopted, the city expects to have a surplus of roughly $3.4 million to put into its reserve funds. However, officials told council mem...
His name was Mr. DeVore. When I was in ninth grade, he was my world geography teacher. Somehow, he recognized the 14-year-old punk me had some talent for social studies. Once when I was through with my work early (a usual occurrence), he sent me with an older student from one of ...
OPENING Alterity (NR) Johnny Remo’s horror film is about a group of ghost hunters who discover a government secret in an abandoned shopping mall. Starring Emi Curia, Bryan Eubank, Kelvin Hodge, Lucas Hart, Brittney Rae, and Jeremy Sumpter. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Cookie Queens (...
Dallas voters may be asked to approve nearly a billion dollars in debt this fall to help the city deliver a long-promised new police academy and help provide financial flexibility in making ongoing contributions to the city’s police and fire pension fund. The proposed $960 millio...
Tarrant County and several jailers should be added back to the wrongful death lawsuit of Anthony Johnson, Jr. over their failure to provide him adequate medical and mental health assistance, an attorney for the Johnsons argued Tuesday. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard ...
Dallas Police are searching for two girls, ages 5 and 13, who were last seen early Wednesday morning near South Akard Street carrying pink, glittery backpacks. Police issued an alert Wednesday classifying the disappearance of 5-year-old A’Mree Hines and 13-year-old Briasia Landru...
Dallas police announced Wednesday that two girls, ages 5 and 13, who were last seen early Wednesday morning near South Akard Street carrying pink, glittery backpacks, have been found. According to police, officers used drone units to find both of the girls, who have been taken to...
Two girls, ages 5 and 13, were found safe Wednesday after Dallas Police issued a critical missing alert and launched an early-morning search involving officers, investigators and drones. Police received the initial call at about 5 a.m. after the girls were last seen in the 1400 b...
Fort Worth’s certified tax rolls for this year grew only 0.89%, pushing the city’s projected general fund budget shortfall for 2027 to $77 million from an estimated $49 million in June, city staff said Tuesday. That means the city will have to pare spending further or figure out ...
Tarrant County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to delay approving polling sites for the November midterm election, after agreeing that the lists proposed by the county elections administrator included too few locations. Clint Ludwig, the administrator who oversees the cou...
Phillip Adrian Ortega II was called home by the Lord on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Though his family grieves deeply, they do so with the hope and assurance found in their faith in Christ, trusting in His promise that they will one day be together again. Funeral Service: 9 a.m. Thurs...
A Dallas man is behind bars after police said he drugged and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl who had run away from home. Dallas police arrested 62-year-old David Klepak after investigating the alleged assault at an East Dallas duplex along Winton Drive. Officers remained ou...
Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare directed meeting attendees to leave the commissioners courtroom Tuesday when some audience members clapped after he instructed them not to. Lon Burnam, a former state lawmaker representing Tarrant County from 1997 to 2015, was carried out of the co...
Kay Mullendore Granger, the first Republican woman to serve as Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee in Congress, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Aug. 2, 2026 following an aggressive late battle with Alzheimer’s. Her life was the stuff of legend. Her remark...
When temperatures start climbing into the triple digits, Texans know it’s officially Hatch season. Central Market’s annual Hatch Chile Festival returns Aug. 5-18 with this year’s theme, Hit the Hatch Jackpot, featuring two weeks of smoky flavors, chef-prepared specialties, and fa...
The U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, announced the arrest of two men in connection to the death of an American Airlines flight attendant who went missing in Medellín earlier this year during a crew layover in the South American country. In a statement posted on X over the weeken...
Authorities in South America have arrested three people in connection to the death of an American Airlines flight attendant who went missing in Medellín, Colombia, earlier this year during a crew layover. The U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, announced in a post on X that two men...
Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare kicked the public out of a commissioners court meeting Tuesday after the crowd erupted into jeers and began chanting "shame" as the commissioners discussed reducing the number of polling locations open during the November 2026 midterm election. The...
Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare kicked the public out of a commissioners court meeting and had a former state lawmaker arrested on Tuesday after the crowd erupted into jeers and began chanting "shame" as the commissioners discussed reducing the number of polling locations open du...
Former U.S. Rep. Kay Granger’s death was personal to all who knew her, including U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey. “In this world of partisanship that you see, Kay ran this congressional seat the way she ran the city, in a very bipartisan way,” Veasey, a Fort Worth Democrat, told the Fort W...
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State University has partnered with TimelyCare, a virtual health and well-being platform for college and university students, to offer Texans 24/7, on-demand free and equitable access to medical care. The partnership extends the services available t...
Kay Mullendore Granger, the first Republican woman to serve as Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee in Congress, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Aug. 2, 2026 following an aggressive late battle with Alzheimer's. Her life was the stuff of legend. Her remark...
BURLESON – Rex William Cross, aged 78, passed away peacefully on July 30, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. Rex was born on Aug. 23, 1947, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and was raised by his adoptive parents, Lois Piowaty and Sydney Cross. A lifelong protector of his community and countr...
More than 650 Flock Safety license plate reader cameras are installed across Dallas, and police say the technology is helping solve crimes. But as the network grows, so does opposition from privacy advocates — and an increasing number of the cameras are becoming targets of vandal...
Dallas police say no fugitive is out of reach as the North Texas Fugitive Task Force continues its efforts to track down some of the region's most dangerous suspects. "We will continue to go after the worst of the worst every single day in the city of Dallas," Dallas Police Chief...
Firefighters are working to put out a brush fire in Bear Hollow on Monday evening. Officials say the fire has burned about 400 acres and is 10% contained. Bear Hollow is near Wizard Wells, Texas, about 65 miles northwest of Fort Worth. Texas A&M Forest Services is on the scene wi...
Firefighters continue to work a brush fire in Bear Hollow on Tuesday evening. Officials say the fire has burned about 900 acres and is 50% contained. Bear Hollow is near Wizard Wells, Texas, about 65 miles northwest of Fort Worth. Officials say 50 people are on the scene. Firefig...
Firefighters contained a brush fire in Bear Hollow on Wednesday evening. Officials say the fire has burned about 906 acres over three days. Bear Hollow is near Wizard Wells, Texas, about 65 miles northwest of Fort Worth. Texas A&M Forest Services, Jack County Rural Fire Departmen...
A 63-year-old woman says she was just seconds away from being abducted outside a Dollar Tree at Montgomery Plaza in Fort Worth. Police arrested Johntay Burgess and charged him with attempted kidnapping, along with several other charges, including exposing himself and assaulting a...
Hannah Foust’s entry into a growing debate over police surveillance began with a photo in a group chat. A friend had spotted an oblong camera mounted high on a street lamp one May evening over a residential intersection in Carrollton. Not everyone in the chat knew what it was, bu...
Tanner Horner's request for a new murder trial has been denied by a Tarrant County judge. Horner pleaded guilty to capital murder earlier this year, and a jury sentenced him to death for the 2022 murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand. Last month, Horner's attorneys argued that wides...
The city of Plano's fire department announced that parts of Parker Road at Lanarc Drive are closed due to a gas leak. It's unclear what caused the leak or when it started. The city is asking people to use alternate routes and expect delays. This is just west of Independence Parkw...
The city of Plano's fire department announced that parts of Parker Road at Lanarc Drive have reopened after being closed due to a gas leak. It's unclear what caused the leak or when it started. The city first posted about it around 11 a.m. The city is askedpeople to use alternate...
The Dallas Police Department and federal partners held a press conference on Monday to provide an overview of the public safety operations and enforcement efforts conducted during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in June and July. The briefing highlighted crime reduction strategies, enhan...
San Francisco Giants (47-65, fourth in the NL West) vs. Texas Rangers (55-57, second in the AL West), Arlington; Monday, 7:05 p.m. CST PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Logan Webb (6-7, 3.93 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 93 strikeouts); Rangers: Cal Quantrill (4-3, 3.84 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 39 strikeouts...
San Francisco Giants (47-65, fourth in the NL West) vs. Texas Rangers (55-57, second in the AL West), Arlington; Monday, 7:05 p.m. CST PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Logan Webb (6-7, 3.93 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 93 strikeouts); Rangers: Cal Quantrill (4-3, 3.84 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 39 strikeouts...
Bill Meadows, a former city council member, will remember his longtime friend and colleague Kay Granger as someone who rolled up her sleeves, quietly got stuff done and painted a new vision for Fort Worth. Whether as mayor or a member of Congress, Granger looked for — and often c...
Evan Miller’s feature film debut, “Due West,” stars Adrianne Palicki (“Friday Night Lights,” “John Wick”) as a bartender in a sleepy Texas town, the kind where everybody knows someone who married into money. She’s forced to confront an unintended pregnancy in one of the nation’s ...
A family in East Fort Worth wants to find the driver who hit two cars parked in their driveway and left. The parked cars collided with their home on Haynes Avenue. Surveillance video shows a black truck slamming into them. Fortunately, no one inside was hurt. "I've seen my dad bu...
The American Red Cross declared a “national blood supply crisis” last week, the second in the history of the humanitarian organization. Blood donations — which have reached a four-year summer low — are not keeping up with the demand from hospitals. Because of the low supply, the ...
Connecticut Sun (7-22, 2-11 Eastern Conference) at Dallas Wings (18-11, 8-6 Western Conference) in Arlington; Sunday, 6 p.m. CST BOTTOM LINE: Connecticut Sun comes into the matchup against Dallas Wings as losers of four in a row. The Wings have gone 8-5 at home. Dallas is second ...
Editor’s note: Transcript provided by CoverGov and Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer. The City of Hurst will save a projected $500,000 over 10 years after refinancing some outstanding bonds at a better interest rate. “We felt it was an opportunity we wanted to jump on,” Clayton ...
LOCKESBURG, AR – Wayne Hoover made his peaceful transition on Monday morning, the 27th of July 2026, in Lockesburg, Arkansas. Wayne was born on July 7, 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas, to the late Herbert Clark and Mildred Pauline Lander Hoover. He spent most of his years in White Set...
A Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter jet showed its aerial prowess with a vibrant display of its capabilities, including a near-vertical rise into the sky. Meanwhile, a mockup of a new Bell Textron MV-75 Cheyenne military helicopter under development attracted interest from global cus...
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