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At least six businesses were destroyed or damaged and a firefighter was hospitalized when a four-alarm fire ripped through a building in West Arlington on Monday afternoon. More than 80 firefighters from Arlington and nearby Pantego were called to put out the large fire at 2410 W...
A Dallas jury has sentenced Rashonda Lowe to life in prison after a shocking guilty plea on the first day of trial last week. Lowe was charged with murder in the death of Jaime Rokkett, the owner of a cookie shop located inside the Shops at RedBird in Dallas. Lowe entered an open...
In 2023, the city outlined five priorities for organizations receiving federal community development grants. On 3 of 5 goals outlined by the city, community organizations have fallen behind in metrics set by Fort Worth city staff. The money for selected organizations comes from t...
A Richland Hills Police Officer shot someone Sunday afternoon during what police are calling a family disturbance. NBC 5 is working to learn if the person shot was armed at the time, what their condition is, and what led up to the shooting. Police released very few details last n...
A Richland Hills police officer shot someone Sunday afternoon during what police are calling a family disturbance. Police initially released very few details and NBC 5 is working to learn if the person shot was armed at the time, what their condition is, and what led up to the sh...
A North Texas family is pleading for help finding their missing daughter after she disappeared last week. Camila Fuentes, a recent graduate of The Hockaday School, has received a scholarship to Villanova University and plans to study civil engineering. Fuentes and her family were...
More than 100 firefighters responded to a 4-alarm fire in Dallas on Sunday afternoon that started as a grass fire, then spread to a nearby home and tires. Dallas Fire-Rescue units responded to a 911 call reporting a grass fire behind a house at 4529 Barstow Boulevard at 4:44 p.m....
An Arlington police officer is recovering after being shot in Dallas while off duty Saturday evening. Dallas Police were called to a shooting in the 3100 block of South Westmoreland Road at approximately 3:50 a.m. Their preliminary investigation revealed that an off-duty out-of-j...
Fort Worth police said one man was killed and another was hospitalized after the two exchanged gunfire Saturday afternoon. Authorities responded to the 6900 block of Misty Glen Court after receiving reports of a shooting. Police learned that the resident returned to his home on M...
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport successfully welcomed the world to North Texas for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after two years of close coordination with regional leaders and FIFA, CEO Chris McLaughlin told airport board members Aug. 6. In his remarks, McLaughlin tallied the ...
Garland police are increasing DWI patrols through Labor Day as part of a Texas Department of Transportation grant program targeting impaired and underage drinking and driving. During the enforcement period, officers will focus on nighttime hours and use both marked and unmarked p...
To learn more about how the transcript that informed this report was created, visit Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer. Colleyville property owners will see an increase in their city property tax rate as part of long-term strategy to “bank” revenue now and keep the city’s finance...
Summer’s last hurrah has arrived! Dinosaurs invade the suburbs in the ’80s-set “The End of Oak Street,” featuring a rootin'-tootin' Anne Hathaway, who should go by Annie (as in Oakley), as a mom armed with a rifle, defending her family from the Cretaceous chaos. Ewan McGregor pla...
Two Fort Worth teenagers, suddenly on their own. For nearly a year, 19-year-old Dulce Zepeda has been raising her 13-year-old sister, Maria, in the months since their parents were arrested by ICE and then deported. When NBC 5 Investigates first met Dulce and Maria in April, they ...
Colleyville Heritage High School investigated a threat called into the school on Friday, which prompted multiple schools in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD to be placed on a "secure" protocol. According to the school district, Colleyville Heritage High School, along with Heritage Eleme...
Officials have released new details in the fatal shooting of a Fort Worth woman during a road rage incident on I-20 on Thursday morning. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Fort Worth police were dispatched to a shooting in the eastbound lanes of I-20 near Granbury Road at ...
Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (“Shoplifters,” “Our Little Sister”) returns with the sci-fi drama “Sheep in the Box,” inspired by the 1943 philosophical fable “The Little Prince.” In the not-too-distant future, grieving parents (Haruka Ayase and Daigo Yamamoto) ar...
A new federal bill backed by a Tarrant County congresswoman could change how local ambulances do business. The Reimbursing Emergency Services for Critical Urgent Encounter Act, or RESCUE Act, aims to get reimbursement rates for ambulances up to date. The bipartisan bill was co-in...
A lingering legal dispute between North Texas officials appears to be resolved. Regional Transportation Council members decided Thursday to approve the signing of key documents in a monthslong conflict with the North Central Texas Council of Governments executive board. The three...
Arlington’s next property tax rate is still unclear, but city council members limited how high it could go. With a 6-3 vote Tuesday, council members approved a tax rate ceiling of 63 cents per $100 valuation. The ceiling is at the no-new-revenue rate, which means the city would b...
Resurgence Media Group, Saga Arts, and Fathom Entertainment invite you to “experience the edge!” as Point Break “rides the wave back into theaters” in North Texas in the coming days. On Sun, Aug 16, and Wed, Aug 19, you can see the acclaimed action thriller at 13 theaters in (or ...
Exactly what your weekend needs Find out what's "Weekend Worthy" with our arts & culture newsletter. Sign up for essential Fort Worth-area events and news — free. Sign up for free Happy Thursday, Earlier this year, Ella Langley made a surprise visit to Fort Worth when she filmed ...
Tanisha Thomas isn’t usually one to ask for help. But when she dialed 2-1-1, Texas’ free hotline that connects people to local resources, three and a half years ago, she was at rock bottom. Thomas and her 1-year-old son were experiencing homelessness after she'd lost her job, and...
A man is dead after stealing an ambulance belonging to the Fort Worth Fire Department and driving it to Austin, officials say. According to the Fort Worth Fire Department, the ambulance was stolen from Fire Station 4 at 2954 Old Mansfield Road in Fort Worth on Thursday morning. F...
Fort Worth police are investigating a fatal road rage shooting at the intersection of I-20 and Granbury Road on Thursday morning. According to the Fort Worth Police Department, the incident occurred at approximately 6:38 a.m. when officers were dispatched to a shooting near the 3...
Fort Worth Police are investigating a fatal road rage shooting that took place along Interstate 20 near Granbury Road on Thursday morning. According to the Fort Worth Police Department, officers were sent to a shooting near the 3700 block of I-20 at about 6:38 a.m. Police said wh...
Fort Worth police have arrested a man on a murder charge in connection with a deadly road rage shooting on Interstate 20 that killed a woman Thursday morning. The suspect has been identified as 37-year old Patrick Lawrence, who is accused in the shooting death of LaTaivia Davis. ...
Tesla is recalling the headlamps on up to 20,000 vehicles. The low-beam output may exceed the allowed intensity in certain areas, according to the recall. The brightness may make it hard for other drivers to see, increasing the risk of a crash. The potentially affected models are...
Mayor Mattie Parker on Wednesday touted the city council’s unanimity in its vote for a potential 90-day moratorium on new data center development during a talk to a Fort Worth group. Parker discussed data centers and a range of other topics during the Women’s Policy Forum’s month...
Bursting the Commissioners Court’s Bubble The 100+ citizens politely and not-so-politely fuming at the county administration building downtown last week made their point: Reducing voting locations only hamstrings democracy. Now, county commissioners are tabling until Tue, Sep 1, ...
Juicy Seafood & Bar, 6501 N Fwy, Fort Worth. 682-250-5798. Noon-10pm Sun-Thu, noon-11pm Fri-Sat. Happy hour 3-7pm Sun-Thu. With three locations around Dallas, Juicy Seafood & Bar recently opened a Fort Worth spot right beyond The Wall (the territory north of Meacham Airport) — an...
Near the end of Avengers: Endgame, Tony Stark says, “You mess with time, it tends to mess back.” Too bad Peter Parker (Tom Holland) had to learn that lesson the hard way in Spider-Man: No Way Home, when his attempt to make everyone forget his secret identity resulted in his Aunt ...
OPENING Agadha (NR) This Telugu-language horror film stars Kamakshi Bhaskarla as a young woman seeking answers after a series of mysterious deaths strikes her family. Also with Shravan Reddy, Uika Gupta, Jovika Vijayakumar, Roshan Basheer, Keshav Deepak, and Bhanu Chander. (Opens...
An Arlington man used fake driver’s licenses and stolen credit card information to buy luxury items like an ATV, a Rolex watch and an original artwork by Pablo Picasso, according to federal authorities. Melvin Leonard Mitchell III pleaded guilty on Aug. 5 to committing wire fraud...
One week after attendees were removed at the Tarrant County Commissioners Court — with some arrested and carried out — another resident was arrested for allegedly disrupting the public meeting. Fort Worth resident EJ Carrion was booked into the county jail early Wednesday morning...
Bruce Aaron Arthurs, 64, passed away suddenly on July 31, 2026, in Fort Worth. He was born on Nov. 24, 1961, in Tarrant County to Martha Jean (Scribner) Arthurs and Clell E. Arthurs. He was a 1979 graduate of Western Hills High School and attended the University of Texas at Arlin...
The City of Fort Worth has proposed an $11.25 million settlement with the family of Atatiana Jefferson nearly seven years after she was fatally shot by a Fort Worth police officer inside her home. The proposed agreement would resolve civil claims related to Jefferson's death. The...
A Wise County elementary school was evacuated Wednesday after a grassfire spread in the area. According to Chico ISD, Chico Elementary School was evacuated after the fire reached the campus. The children were evacuated to the high school gym and were said to be safe, according to...
A Wise County elementary school was evacuated Wednesday after a grassfire spread in the area. According to Chico ISD, Chico Elementary School was evacuated after the fire reached the campus. The children were evacuated to the high school gym and were reported safe, according to C...
Helena Montgomery bought her house in North Arlington for the backyard. It’s where she and her husband, Calvin Montgomery, hosted birthday parties, cookouts and holiday celebrations. That was 25 years ago. Today, she’s watching that backyard disappear. Their pool is tilting, so m...
Irving police and the FBI held a press conference at the Irving Police Department Criminal Justice Center, located at 305 N. O’Connor Rd, where authorities announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Hector Vicente Paguada Paguada. Paguada, a capital murde...
Fort Worth City Council members voted again to authorize another $100,000 in legal fees to the appellate lawyers representing former police officer Aaron Dean, convicted in 2022 of manslaughter in his on-duty shooting of Atatiana Jefferson. The council voted unanimously on Tuesda...
Fort Worth City Council members voted again to authorize another $100,000 in legal fees to the appellate lawyers representing former police officer Aaron Dean, convicted in 2022 of manslaughter in his on-duty shooting of Atatiana Jefferson. The council voted unanimously on Tuesda...
Fort Worth is proposing a 3.2-cent raise to the property tax rate to close a projected $94 million shortfall for 2027. The proposed tax rate is 70.2 cents per $100 valuation. City Manager Jay Chapa said Tuesday that the average homeowner would end up paying less in city property ...
The students, buzzing with first-day energy, were supposed to be walking. Most were not. Inside the Marine Creek Leadership Academy gym Tuesday morning, physical education teacher Jake Neufeldt told elementary students to use “walking feet” as they spread across the floor, gettin...
Emilia Campos Hinojosa, 96, passed away on Aug. 6, 2026. Visitation: 6 – 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, at Greenwood Funeral Home in Memorial Suite B, 3344 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth 76107. Funeral Service: 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Greenwood's Live Oak Chapel, 3...
The illegal shooting of three alligators inside a Fort Worth nature preserve has sparked a state investigation — and a potential reward for information. Two of the alligators were killed and abandoned, while the third survived, according to a social media post from the Texas Park...
The City of Fort Worth and the Estate of Atatiana Jefferson announced a proposed settlement that would pay $11.25 million to Jefferson's family. Jefferson's two nephews will have their portion of the funds placed in a trust until they reach the age of 18, according to the stateme...
Fort Worth City Manager Jay Chapa is expected to present his recommended Fiscal Year 2027 budget Tuesday afternoon, offering the first detailed look at how city leaders plan to address a significant budget shortfall while maintaining services for the city's more than 1 million re...
One of the nation's fastest-growing cities is facing a growing budget gap: The City of Fort Worth proposed a plan on Tuesday to combat a nearly $80 million shortfall with a property tax hike. The recommended Fiscal Year 2027 budget offers a detailed look at how city leaders plan ...
JPS Health Network has been down since at least Monday, Aug. 3. Patients who use MyChart cannot log on to check or schedule appointments or find out about medication refills. People on Facebook have expressed their worries, frustrations, and confusion. JPS initially said that it ...
JPS Health Network patient access to MyChart has been down since at least Aug. 3, preventing patients from checking appointment schedules or refilling medication. JPS initially said it was experiencing an outage affecting several patient resources, including online services and p...
An arrest affidavit details a deadly incident last month in Deep Ellum that involved a man being pushed down stairs. The affidavit says three people were leaving a bar on Main Street when they got into a verbal argument with 21-year-old Josiah Gomez while on the stairway from the...
Toronto Tempo (10-22, 5-9 Eastern Conference) at Dallas Wings (19-14, 8-8 Western Conference), Arlington; Wednesday, 7 p.m. CST BOTTOM LINE: Toronto Tempo takes on the Dallas Wings after Marina Mabrey scored 36 points in the Tempo’s 107-95 loss to the Atlanta Dream. The Wings hav...
Toronto Tempo (10-22, 5-9 Eastern Conference) at Dallas Wings (19-14, 8-8 Western Conference), Arlington; Wednesday, 7 p.m. CST BOTTOM LINE: Toronto Tempo takes on the Dallas Wings after Marina Mabrey scored 36 points in the Tempo’s 107-95 loss to the Atlanta Dream. The Wings hav...
A woman wanted in connection with the death of her 3-year-old daughter in 1996 has been arrested in Mexico, according to the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office. Maria Narez, 48, was indicted in 1999 for capital murder in the 1996 death of her daughter, Kassandra White. Bef...
O.D. Wyatt High School was briefly placed under a lockdown on Monday after a student took a photo of himself with a firearm on campus, Fort Worth ISD said. A release from the Fort Worth Police Department said officers were dispatched Monday afternoon. They were told a group of fi...
Nearly 70,000 students are heading back to school in Fort Worth ISD, marking the district's first day of school since the state took over. The second-largest school district in North Texas is also starting the year with a major staffing milestone: zero teacher vacancies. Fort Wor...
Daphne Barlow wanted to make one thing crystal clear about the new Boys & Girls Club opening in Lewisville. “No, it does not have a fire pole,” Barlow said with a laugh. “That’s the number one question that I get.” It’s a fair one. The new club, located at 195 W. Corporate Drive,...
Alysa Nahmias’ “Cookie Queens” is not your average documentary. There are no interviews, backstories, or tributes, just an observational, present-tense look at four of the 700,000 girls who take part in the seasonal Girl Scout cookie drive. You’ll meet Ara (5) from San Diego, Sha...
