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Public safety facilities at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport are being upgraded as a new $3.6 million construction project to expand security screenings begins next week. The renovation of an 81,000-square-foot warehouse called International Logistics Center Building B is ...
On Saturday, more than 7,400 registered attendees visited South Main Village to celebrate the sixth annual Trinity Pride Fest, becoming Tarrant County’s largest Pride celebration of the year. As banners and rainbow decorations lined the block, local bars, restaurants, and retaile...
The Star-Telegram recently pandered to Lone Star pews by publishing an op-ed defending Texas’ decision to teach the Bible in public schools. Christians in general and the author, an outspoken Christian and former homeschool mom, are certainly entitled to their opinion, but the U....
Federal authorities announced new federal charges in the kidnapping and execution-style murder of a man in Farmers Branch two years ago, allegedly involving members of the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and ...
OPENING Alpha (NR) Alia Bhatt stars in this Indian action-thriller as an assassin seeking to take down her stepfather’s company selling mercenaries’ services. Also with Sharvari, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, and Hrithik Roshan. (Opens Friday) I Know Who You Are...
Another man has died after being in Tarrant County Jail custody — the fourth death in less than two weeks, raising more questions from family members. The family of Victor Runnels, 61, told reporters Tuesday they still do not know what medical emergency led to him being taken fro...
Several families are displaced after a fire destroyed an apartment building in Mesquite on Wednesday. According to Mesquite Fire Department officials, crews were called to the Westover on 80 apartment complex on the west side of Mesquite along Highway 80 around 12:20 p.m. When fi...
Seven people were sentenced to prison Wednesday on federal terrorism charges over a shooting at a protest outside a Texas immigration detention center, a week after eight others involved were sentenced to decades behind bars. All but one of those sentenced in Fort Worth on Wednes...
An oblong gray rock sits in the foyer of the Fort Worth Fire Department’s Station 2. Its only defining feature: words in thick black paint across the front. “Camp Mystic 7-4-25." A few rooms over, a sticker pasted across firefighter Shane Harmon’s helmet reads, “Cile.” A hand-dra...
From backyard barbecues to dazzling fireworks displays, to family get-togethers for backyard barbecues and pool parties, there is no shortage of ways to celebrate the Fourth of July. And, this year, the celebrations will be bigger than ever as the country marks the 250th annivers...
Despite heightened security around World Cup matches at Dallas Stadium, Arlington police say eight people have now been arrested for attempting to enter games without tickets. The latest arrests occurred Saturday during the Argentina vs. Jordan match. NBC 5 Investigates found sim...
The Fairfield Police Department announced a K9 (canine) Officer died earlier this month; the Ennis Police Department is investigating the incident. A Fairfield police officer, Joseph Silas, was let go on June 18, 6 days after the German Shepherd died, after Fairfield's Internal A...
The Fairfield Police Department announced a K9 (canine) Officer died earlier this month; the Ennis Police Department is investigating the incident. A Fairfield police officer, Joseph Silas, was let go on June 18, six days after the German shepherd died, after Fairfield's Internal...
What started as a relaxing vacation in Cabo San Lucas turned into a familiar scene for a longtime Plano firefighter. Plano Fire Rescue Captain Chris Patterson was driving back to his condo while taking time off last week in Cabo when he noticed a man stomping around in a smoky fi...
The KAI-designed Dallas County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is already fulfilling its mission as the host site for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Joint Operations Center (JOC), serving as a central hub for approximately 200 federal, state and local public safety, emergency managem...
The Fort Worth City Council voted to increase the amount the city can pay an attorney representing former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean in the ongoing federal civil lawsuit over the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson. Council members approved June 23 raising the maximum pa...
A woman's screams for help led to a deadly confrontation with a man carrying a machete in Fort Worth late Sunday night. Fort Worth Police said officers were called to the 2900 block of Ross Avenue at about 10:20 p.m. for a man with a weapon. When officers arrived, they found a ma...
Fort Worth city leaders unveiled the Hank Nava Jr. Memorial Highway sign on Monday, honoring the life, service, and legacy of the police officer's impact on the community and law enforcement. Fort Worth police officer Henry “Hank” Nava Jr. was shot and killed in 2005 while servin...
Three women were arrested Thursday afternoon for a deadly stabbing near the Val Verde Regional Medical Center. Police say they were called around 2 p.m. after a woman was reportedly stabbed multiple times. The woman who was stabbed was taken to San Antonio for emergency treatment...
Sparks will fly across North Texas this Fourth of July, and NBC 5 has compiled a great list of celebrations for you and your family to enjoy. Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, marks the day in 1776 when America officially declared its independence from British rule,...
The buildup of America’s fleet of aircraft and munitions means billions more in military contracts for Lockheed Martin Corp. and its related divisions. The world’s biggest defense contractor was awarded a $2.2 billion “indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity” contract on June 12 ...
Tony Vasquez was hit and killed by a drunk driver, who admitted to drinking between 4-6 beers while watching a World Cup Match. According to Irving Police, Noe Ibarra, hit Vasquez, who was on a scooter, on June 19. It happened at Cantrell St. and Cibola Dr in Irving. An arrest af...
Tony Vasquez was allegedly hit and killed by a drunk driver, who admitted to drinking between 4-6 beers while watching a World Cup Match. According to Irving Police, Noe Ibarra, hit Vasquez, who was on a scooter, on June 19. It happened at Cantrell St. and Cibola Dr in Irving. An...
A North Texas family is making a desperate plea for justice after a man was killed in an alleged drunken driving hit-and-run crash. According to Irving Police, 31-year-old Tony Vasquez was hit by a driver while he was riding a scooter on June 19 at Cantrell Street and Cibola Driv...
At the end of each nursing home performance, Trang Pham hands out chocolate. Trang moves through the room, offering candy, asking residents about their favorite music and listening to the stories they carry with them. The small gesture keeps the moment from ending too quickly, th...
Dallas police are asking for the public's help as they investigate a deadly shooting that left one man dead and another critically injured. Officers responded around 2 p.m. Saturday to the 3900 block of Linfield Road, where they found two men who had been shot multiple times. Pol...
Arts organizations have some spectacular ways to celebrate Independence Day. SHAKESPEARE DALLAS Combine theater and fireworks for an unforgettable Independence Day celebration. Audiences for Shakespeare Dallas’ July 3 performance of Alice in Wonderland can watch the Fair Park Fir...
Can HOAs regulate e-bikes and scooters? Sean Kenjura, deputy chief at the Fort Worth Police Department, provided the City Council’s Public Safety Committee with an update on state and local laws that pertain to electric bikes, scooters and similar devices at their June 2 meeting....
Texas personal injury practice has changed substantially over the past two decades. The 2003 medical malpractice reforms, the 2011 Texas Supreme Court decisions on damage caps and pre-suit notice requirements, and the steady evolution of insurance industry practices have all resh...
The I-45 corridor between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston is one of the most active commercial freight routes in the country. Stretching roughly 250 miles and passing through Corsicana, Huntsville, and Conroe before reaching the northern edge of Harris County, this stretch of inter...
Thousands of people are expected in downtown Dallas Friday night as Argentina fans return to Klyde Warren Park ahead of their team's next match and another major event draws crowds just blocks away. The celebration comes less than a week after an estimated 20,000 Argentina suppor...
Members of the Frisco Triathlon Club are urging Texas lawmakers to strengthen protections for bicyclists after two club members were killed while riding near Pilot Point in January. The advocacy effort comes as club members continue waiting for answers in the crash that claimed t...
Kailey Muir, a former assistant city attorney for Arlington, believes she was fired out of retaliation after she released partial records of Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn’s son last year. Lucas Waybourn, 21, was arrested March 3, 2025 and charged with solicitation of a min...
International students always discuss their application process, including language exams, essays, and letters of recommendation. Document translation: quiet, administrative, easy to view as secondary – rarely comes up with the same urgency. But for those who receive academic rec...
A driver who admitted he was behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer when he fell asleep and collided with stopped traffic pleaded guilty Thursday to nine charges related to the deadly 7-car pileup that killed five people and injured four others. A plea hearing was scheduled for Th...
Police are reviewing security at Dallas Stadium in Arlington after several people entered Monday’s World Cup match without tickets and one eluded capture. Arlington Police told NBC 5 Investigates they arrested four people who entered the stadium without tickets ahead of the match...
A family of ducks has been reunited thanks to a group of heroic Lewisville firefighters. According to the Lewisville Fire Department, the firefighters were finishing a workout on Thursday when they noticed a duck was standing near a water overflow drain, quacking loudly and swimm...
Thousands of Sweden fans are expected to march through Arlington on Thursday afternoon ahead of the Group F match against Japan at Dallas Stadium this evening. Organizers said they'll gather at about 1 p.m. near Choctaw Stadium, the former home of the Texas Rangers; the march sta...
One child is dead, and several others are hurt after a house fire on the 4200 block of McCart Avenue in southwest Fort Worth. Fort Worth Fire Public Information Officer Craig Trojacek said his department received the call just before 3:00 a.m. on Thursday morning. Trojacek said t...
A school-aged child was killed, and several others were injured in an early morning house fire in Fort Worth that drew dozens of first responders and prompted a desperate rescue effort by a nearby driver who is now being hailed a hero by firefighters. At about 3 a.m. Thursday, fi...
The horror movie Leviticus makes no overt reference to the Book of Leviticus. I dare say that gay readers are more familiar with the third book of the Old Testament than most Christians of any stripe. The relevant passage in the book says pretty unambiguously that male homosexual...
Mayor Mattie Parker is not legally required to abstain or recuse herself from city decision- making related to data centers because of her husband’s position at a firm that lobbies for a data center coalition, three experts in local government ethics told the Fort Worth Report. B...
The timing is probably coincidental, but Royal Sons are dropping their new album on June 27, which is a day after the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn. I bring this up primarily because the fourth track on the first side is called “Crazy Horse” but also because M...
Just 23 minutes before the first FIFA World Cup match between the Netherlands and Japan last week, as tens of thousands of fans filed into Dallas Stadium, an FBI task force officer conducting drone countersurveillance was notified about an unmanned aircraft flying within the Temp...
Rickey Kinney is missing. The outsider artist and electronic musician called Fort Worth home in the late 2000s through late 2010s, composing, performing, and releasing electronic music under the nom de guerre Squanto, as well as producing music videos for local bands like Oil Boo...
Levitt Pavilion in downtown Arlington sits desolate this month, a stark contrast to June, when an estimated 1,500 people piled into the small green space to enjoy the Help Center for LGBTQ+ Health’s celebration of gay culture which included vendors, live entertainment from notabl...
An American boy born today will on average live almost five fewer years than a member of the opposite sex born today. In addition to directly affecting in the most profound and personal manner the 1.88 million boys who will be born in our country this year, this burden also weigh...
OPENING Carry on Jatta 4 (NR) The latest installment of the Punjabi-language comedy series is about a family dealing with the death of their patriarch and their dog. Starring Gippy Grewal, Jasmin Bajwa, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Karamjit Anmol, Jasmin Bhasin, Binnu Dhillon, and Sunil Grov...
As flash flood waters overwhelmed vehicles on a North Texas roadway last Friday, one police officer did not hesitate to act. Baylor University Medical Center Police Officer Brittney Taylor says she helped rescue six people after rising water stranded multiple drivers near the hos...
A third person has been arrested in connection with a cold case murder that police say they cracked last April with the arrest of the victim's former wife. Now, the woman's current husband is also accused in connection with the man's death 24 years ago. Frisco Police, working wit...
The southbound lanes of Interstate 35E in Carrollton at the George Bush Turnpike were closed Wednesday morning after a deadly truck crash and explosion. Police said an 18-wheeler was involved in a major crash that started at about midnight. Parts of the PGBT were closed while the...
Art and soccer come to Oak Cliff Wednesday night for the 2026 World Cup's Copa de Cliff festival. It's a free community celebration taking place along Jefferson Boulevard and in the Bishop Arts District along Bishop Ave. from 6 – 10 p.m. More than 50 local businesses, artists, an...
Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors at the Christian camp for girls along the Guadalupe River in Texas. Camp Mystic has been under increasing pressure since t...
The Dallas Mavericks have four new players to add to their busy week of offseason news. Round 1 First was the 9th overall selection, Morez Johnson Jr., a forward/center who won a national championship with new Mavs head coach Dusty May just a few months ago. Johnson Jr. is 6-foot...
Dozens of hands shot up as Pete Geren, president of Fort Worth ISD’s board of managers, asked a question to the audience gathered Tuesday inside the District Service Center. Is reading a civil right? The belief that it is, Geren said, shaped the district’s nearly $1.1 billion bud...
Tarrant County's District Attorney wants to shut down two Fort Worth motels he says are ridden with crime. DA Phil Sorrells on Tuesday filed public nuisance lawsuits against Super 7 Inn and Delux Inn in south Fort Worth on claims the two motels are "hubs of criminal activity," ac...
Prairieland ICE detention center shooter Benjamin Song was sentenced to 100 years in prison Tuesday, with others getting 30 years or more for their role in a July 4, 2025 immigration protest turned violent. Song was convicted of attempted murder for shooting and injuring an Alvar...
The Tarrant County District Attorney's office is suing two Fort Worth motels over what the DA says is out-of-control crime. Tarrant County DA Phil Sorrells said between January 2024 and May 11, 2026, Fort Worth Police have responded to 1,700 calls at the Super 7 and Delux Inn mot...
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced criminal charges against 455 people as part of a two-week healthcare fraud crackdown that officials say involved more than $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to insurers. Among those charged are 13 in North Texas, and a nurse practi...
Fort Worth firefighters are responding to a large structure fire at a commercial building site in Forest Hill on Tuesday morning. The building, located at 4825 Forest Hill Circle, caught fire shortly after 11 a.m. NBC 5's Texas Sky Ranger flew over the scene. Large flames and hea...
