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.
A group of men used a female friend to lure two teens to an Arlington park with the intention of fighting them. The plan backfired when a teen stabbed two of them....
Religious leaders, community activists and teachers called on Fort Worth ISD to reinstate a Muslim educator reassigned from her newly appointed role as principal after the announcement of her hire drew online backlash. FWISD announced Shayma Alzubi as Western Hills High School’s ...
If your name is Charles, or some variant, and you love golf, this is your lucky week in Fort Worth. In conjunction with the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial, the recently opened indoor golf and entertainment venue Five Iron Golf Fort Worth is offering anyone named Charles — i...
Fort Worth police and the FBI say a North Texas K-9 helped investigators take down 15 accused child sex predators during an operation targeting internet child exploitation. Authorities said “Operation Wolf Pack” focused on internet child exploitation and child sex abuse material ...
A natural gas explosion destroyed a residential building in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas on Thursday afternoon, killing three people, including a child, and injuring several others, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue. Dallas Fire-Rescue officials said Thursday night that the victims...
After years of collecting stories often left out of the history books, the Dallas Asian American Historical Society has found a permanent home to preserve them. The organization announced this month that it is partnering with the Dallas Public Library to house its growing collect...
With a little more than two weeks until the first FIFA World Cup match in Dallas, local and federal law enforcement agencies announced Wednesday the conclusion of a major operation targeting organized crime in North Texas. Representatives from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, ATF Dall...
A confrontation at a neighborhood pool party in North Texas, now viewed millions of times online, has led to the arrest of an Irving firefighter. Melissa police say 44-year-old Kevin Brown was arrested after bringing a rifle to a community pool during a dispute involving children...
“Never again” is a saying that echoes throughout the Jewish community. It is a solemn reminder of the Holocaust and a vow to never let an atrocity like that happen again. For some, this saying equates to Jewish suffering. For others, it’s a call to fight all forms of systematic o...
From Zest back in March to last week’s annual special Summertime issue, our Calendar sections were chock full of future things to do. Well, the future has arrived, and so have these events. Friday, May 29, 2026 Dickies Arena (1911 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, 817-402-9000) is the s...
Sometime in the early 2010s at a teacher prep for our state’s high-stakes test at my old high school, one voice stood out. After we’d weathered the administrators’ obligatory pep talks, Kirk Ninemire’s hand shot up. As nervous titters ran through the audience, the visiting admini...
OPENING Backrooms (R) Kane Parsons adapts his own YouTube series of horror videos about people becoming trapped in an endless labyrinth of yellow rooms. Starring Renate Reinsve, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, Avan Jogia, Katherine Isabelle, and Mark Duplass. (Ope...
A helicopter crashed and landed on its side in North Fort Worth on Wednesday, officials said. Two people were injured.
Former Fort Worth Police Officer William Martin pleaded guilty this month after he shot a man in a hit-and-run incident while off duty. He was later fired by FWPD....
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