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LaTasha Williams never thought she would be sharing her life story with the world. In 1984, when she was 18 months old, the Fort Worth native witnessed her father take the life of her mother, Cheryl Williams-Saddler, along with his own. In college, Williams investigated her mothe...
Drones used to help manage crime now provide Fort Worth police a bird’s-eye view of the action, officials announced Thursday. The initiative sees the city partnering with Flock Safety — an $8.4 billion surveillance behemoth known for its automatic license plate readers — for a on...
Two multifamily property cases raised concerns about safety of residents and neighbors at the May 18 Fort Worth Building Standards Commission meeting. Commissioners voted unanimously to give the owners 30 days to correct multiple code violations. Documenters empowers people like ...
The victim was found unresponsive in the bedroom of their home, police said, but foul play was suspected.
Todd Brook served Fort Worth for over 30 years. Now, after his death, his final wish is for others to help save his wife’s life and others with kidney donations....
Arlington police arrested Aleq Holmes and charged him with capital murder. The department says more arrests are possible.
As North Texas prepares to welcome soccer fans from around the world, public transit agencies say years of planning are about to be put to the test. Officials with DART and Trinity Metro said they are ready for visitors arriving for the FIFA World Cup, with expanded transit optio...
July 17, 1994, was one of the best days of Mauricio Galante’s life. In California as part of a tour sailing the world on a frigate to celebrate his class’s graduation from the Brazilian naval academy, he and some friends snagged seats in the Rose Bowl and watched as his home coun...
Previous Trial Coverage: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Day 3 of the murder trial for Karmelo Anthony, a Frisco teenager who admitted to stabbing a student during a confrontation at a high school track meet last year, continues Saturday in Collin County. Anthony is accused of fatally stab...
Previous Trial Coverage: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Day 3 of the murder trial for Karmelo Anthony, a Frisco teenager who admitted to stabbing a student during a confrontation at a high school track meet last year, continues Saturday in Collin County. Anthony is accused of fatally stab...
Previous Trial Coverage: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Day 3 of the murder trial for Karmelo Anthony, a Frisco teenager who admitted to stabbing a student during a confrontation at a high school track meet last year, continues Saturday in Collin County. Anthony is accused of fatally stab...
Previous Trial Coverage: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Day 3 of the murder trial for Karmelo Anthony, a Frisco teenager who admitted to stabbing a student during a confrontation at a high school track meet last year, continues Saturday in Collin County. Anthony is accused of fatally stab...
Previous Trial Coverage: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Day 3 of the murder trial for Karmelo Anthony, a Frisco teenager who admitted to stabbing a student during a confrontation at a high school track meet last year, continues Saturday in Collin County. Shortly before 2 p.m., the state r...
North Texas volunteers are preparing to welcome fans from around the world as the 2026 FIFA World Cup arrives in Arlington this month, including one woman who is returning to the experience more than three decades later. Eunice Doehring still has the souvenirs from her time as a ...
A North Texas family’s vacation started without a very important member, until American Airlines employees stepped in to help bring him home. American Airlines team members at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport reunited 4-year-old Patrick Webb of Fort Worth with his beloved ...
Books can be found stacked on the floor, on carts and on top of other works at Barber’s Bookstore in downtown Fort Worth. Until recently Barber’s maze of military history, huntin’, dawgs and lit crit housed a copy of “Advanced Custom Rod Building” by Dale P. Clemens that the book...
Arlington officials say they will be ready to send emergency warnings to cell phones using the nation's most far-reaching wireless emergency alert system, IPAWS, before World Cup games begin at "Dallas Stadium." FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) can reach ...
Previous Trial Coverage: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Day 2 of the murder trial for Karmelo Anthony, a Frisco teenager who admitted to stabbing a student during a confrontation at a high school track meet last year, continues Friday in Collin County. Anthony is accused of fatally stabbi...
Fort Worth police are taking a “surgical” approach to reducing crime block by block. The police department worked with criminologists at the University of Texas at San Antonio to divide Fort Worth’s geography into a grid of 92,348 football-field-sized cells. Officials then identi...
Pride Kel-So is back for another go-round this fall. After drawing more than 1,600 last October to the Keller-Southlake area, the inaugural event, organizers say, demanded a follow-up. Slated for Sat, Oct 3, the second annual Pride Kel-So will take place at the same location as l...
After relocating to South Main Village last year, Trinity Pride Fest experienced its largest turnout to date. More than 7,000 souls packed the Near Southside area around South Main Street for a day of partying and inclusivity. And of being out and loud. With the World Cup happeni...
When most people call 911, they expect to hear from a dispatcher. In Arlington, some callers may now be connected directly to a registered nurse. The city's new Nurse Navigation Program, launched last week, allows certain callers with non-life-threatening medical concerns to spea...
Two brothers have been charged with murder in the death of Jorge Sanchez following a confrontation near Lake June Road and Peachtree, according to police. For Sanchez's family, the loss has been made even more painful by news they learned one day after his death: Sanchez was abou...
The trial for Karmelo Anthony, a Frisco teenager facing a first-degree murder charge after admitting to fatally stabbing a student during a confrontation at a high school track meet, begins in Collin County on Thursday. If Anthony is convicted, he faces between 5 years and 99 yea...
The trial for Karmelo Anthony, a Frisco teenager facing a first-degree murder charge after admitting to fatally stabbing a student during a confrontation at a high school track meet last year, began Thursday morning in Collin County. Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing 17-year...
The trial for Karmelo Anthony, a Frisco teenager facing a first-degree murder charge after admitting to fatally stabbing a student during a confrontation at a high school track meet last year, began Thursday morning in Collin County. Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing 17-year...
The murder trial for Karmelo Anthony, a Frisco teenager who admitted to stabbing a student during a confrontation at a high school track meet last year, began Thursday morning in Collin County. Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. If Anthony is convi...
A daytime homicide investigation in Dallas led authorities to a nearby North Texas suburb, where the 22-year-old murder suspect was tracked down.
OPENING The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (NR) This feature presentation is the last two episodes of the Australian animated series about characters trapped in a digital world by an evil ringmaster. Voices by LIzzie Freeman, Michael Kovach, Marissa Lenti, Amanda Hufford, A...
A jury has been seated in the high-profile case against Karmelo Anthony in the April 2025 stabbing death of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet. Opening arguments are expected to begin on Thursday morning. Civil rights group The Next Generation Action Network said they wer...
Fort Worth police say the crash happened at the intersection of Interstate 30 and Oakland Blvd.
Multiple emergency agencies responded Tuesday to a carbon monoxide leak at a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Terrell. According to emergency officials, crews were called to the Terrell Healthcare Center in the 200 block of W. Nash St. after high levels of carbon monoxide w...
North Texas summers are no picnic. Now, as the World Cup comes to the region, the forecast is for an especially hot season. While temperatures in June are expected to remain within normal ranges, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration is forecasting a slightly warmer tha...
North Texas summers are no picnic. Now, as the World Cup comes to the region, there’s a chance the forecast could be for an especially hot season. While temperatures in June are expected to remain within normal ranges, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration is forecastin...
Days after a deadly apartment explosion tore through a North Oak Cliff neighborhood, one survivor is speaking publicly about the loss, trauma and long road to recovery that followed. Jose Lopez, a 74-year-old resident of the Clyde Apartments, said he was inside his apartment, sit...
Emergency savings have always been important, but for many households, they feel more necessary now than ever. Everyday costs are higher, medical bills can arrive without warning, rent and housing expenses continue to pressure budgets, and even a small disruption in income can cr...
You might not think about how much work your air conditioner is putting in, from one scorching hot Texas summer to the next— that is, until your system unexpectedly breaks down, leaving you sweltering inside your own home. But how unexpected are AC breakdowns, really? Actually, t...
Before there was a bustling interstate system, shopping centers and high-rises grazing the skyline, there was already a Fort Worth institution. A church. Mount Gilead Baptist Church, established in the 19th century by a pastor and 12 formerly enslaved people, stood as an epicente...
How many people in the hospital system die because of “medical errors”? The definitive answer is elusive because calculations are opaque. The definition is also opaque — “medical errors” can be consistent with everything from surgical and diagnostic errors to equipment failures a...
De’Shawn Turner walked across the stage thinking about the family members who told him to dream big after doctors warned him he might not be able to play basketball, run track or play football again. Estela Castro walked across the same stage hoping her younger brother would see ...
Emily Bedolla, 18, kept moving the focus of a conversation back to her classmates at Harmony School of Innovation in Fort Worth. She talked about students earning engineering certifications and conducting biomedical research in nearby classrooms at the charter school. Classmate J...
For Todd and Jennifer Brook, photographs preserve some of life's most important moments. Pictures from a beach in Cabo San Lucas capture the couple's engagement. Other framed images document milestones from their 16 years together and two years of marriage. But the memories that ...
United States Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin recognized and honored the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who were on scene during the fatal 2025 Dallas ICE facility shooting on Monday afternoon. On September 24, 2025, a shooter opened fire on an ICE f...
A man was hit and killed on Interstate 35W in Fort Worth after he stepped out of his car following a minor crash, police said.
Southlake police announced the arrest of a 60-year-old man who may be connected to multiple cases of forgery and more than two dozen victims. According to a social media post, someone at a local bank saw suspicious activity and alerted police about a forgery in progress. Officers...
At least one person died in connection with a wrong-way crash early Saturday morning on Highway 121 near Sylvania, according to Fort Worth police. Officers responding to the scene found two vehicles involved in the crash. Police said one of the drivers died at the scene. The othe...
An altercation at a stoplight led to a shooting on Seminary Drive Saturday, Fort Worth police said.
The runoffs for Texas primary elections are over, solidifying the slate of nominees on November’s midterm ballot. In addition to state and federal government positions, Tarrant County voters will elect more than a dozen representatives at various levels of county government, from...
Members of the city of Fort Worth’s Community Development Council heard proposals from nine organizations requesting money from federal Community Development Block Grant funding in the 2026-27 fiscal year. Documenters empowers people like you to help fill the gaps in reporting on...
A law firm filed a lawsuit against Atmos Energy on behalf of Onecimo Ponce Mendoza, a resident of the Dallas apartment complex that exploded after a natural gas pipeline was damaged. Houston-based catastrophic injury law firm Kherkher Garcia, LLP filed the suit on May 29. The com...
Editor’s note: Transcript provided by CoverGov. A rebuild of a 1.4-mile stretch of West Pipeline Road between Harrison Trail and Brown Trail is coming. The Hurst City Council on May 26 approved a $7 million contract for reconstruction of the roadway. The project includes utilitie...
H-E-B is one step closer to opening its first location in the city of Dallas. The grocery chain filed a construction permit for the store at 635 and Hillcrest Road on Wednesday. According to the permit, construction is set to begin in March 2027. The store is projected to open in...
By Wendy L. Moore It’s 8 a.m. on a Thursday and I’m sitting in my favorite coffee shop in Fairmount, sipping a mocha and tapping through a few neighborhood reports on the MyFW app. It has become part of my weekly ritual — a small way I try to keep Historic Southside safe and care...
The morning rush hour had a different feel on Friday in Oak Cliff, where bumper-to-bumper traffic outside Mission Oak Cliff was met not with frustration but with gratitude. A steady stream of people brought donations of food, clothes and other supplies to help neighbors who lost ...
The family of Dallas community activist Sylvia Collins confirmed to NBC 5 that she is among the three victims killed after a gas line ruptured Thursday, sparking a massive fire that destroyed an apartment building. The Dallas County Democratic Party posted a picture of Collins la...
Dallas Fire Chief Justin Ball says everyone who lived at the apartment building destroyed by a natural gas-fueled explosion on Thursday has been accounted for. Ball confirmed Friday that three people were killed and five others were injured. Two of the victims were in one residen...
The owner of the Dallas apartment building destroyed in an inferno on Thursday says an engineering firm was doing soil testing when a gas line was ruptured, sparking a five-alarm fire that killed at least three people and injured five others. In a statement on Friday, Geoff Henle...
An 8-year-old boy reported missing in Celina on Friday morning has been found deceased. According to Celina Police, they were notified at about 9:30 a.m. that 8-year-old MJ Ashmead was missing. Police said the boy had severe developmental disabilities and was last seen near his h...
Two teenage boys told officers they were lured to an Arlington park on Wednesday night and were attacked by two people wearing masks. Officers said they were called to Brantley Hinshaw Park in the 2100 block of Overbrook Drive at about 11:10 p.m. on Wednesday night to investigate...
The Fort Worth Police Department removed the post but has not said whether the man is or is not connected to the crime.
