The current election cycle is providing the Texas attorney general an opportunity to strike back against three of the eight judges who ruled against him in a 2021 case over whether his office could...
Sheriff’s Deputy Dies While Responding to Call
The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office confirmed the death of a deputy who died after passing out while responding to a call on Sunday. Deputy Billy W. Scheets was responding to a call on June 5 in...
Four Uvalde Victims Remain Hospitalized, Funerals Continue
Two weeks after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, four of the 17 children and adults injured are still being treated in hospitals across San Antonio. As of June 6, a 10-year-old...
Dallas Introduces First Dog for Detecting Electronic Storage Devices
Remi is an intelligent new addition to the Dallas Police Department: the first-ever electronic-storage-detection dog in North Texas and has been trained to sniff out any electronic storage device,...
Local Firefighters Rescue Puppy Stuck in Septic Tank
This past Saturday, a puppy fell into a septic tank and could not get out. Quick-thinking firefighters from the Terrell Volunteer Fire Department arrived on the scene and went into the tank to...
Supreme Court Blocks Texas Social Media Law
At the end of last month, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a Texas social media law by a single vote from going into effect that was designed to penalize online platforms for removing content based on...
Tony Awards to Honor Texas Drama Teacher
A Texas drama teacher will receive a special Tony Award during this year's ceremony. Theater director Roshunda Jones-Koumba of George Washington Carver Magnet High School in the Harris County Aldine...
By Amy Jones | Jun 7, 2022
Border Patrol Stops Ten Sex Offenders, Hundreds of Pounds of Drugs
In a total of 72 hours, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended 15 individuals with criminal histories and seized 170 pounds of drugs. The chief of the CPB voiced his approval of...
Two Dead in Light Aircraft Crash in Central Texas
Two people died when their light aircraft crashed in Central Texas on Sunday morning, May 29. Lisse Colon, 61, and Michael Langston, 58, both residents of Bay City, Texas, died in the crash,...
DFW Resident Wins $1 Million Powerball Jackpot
Someone in Arlington claimed a Powerball prize of $1 million for a drawing held on May 23. The second-tier winning Quick Pick ticket matched all five of the white ball numbers drawn, but not the red...
By Mary Dada | Jun 5, 2022
70 Missing Children Found in West Texas
Homeland Security Investigations in the El Paso division of Texas recovered 70 missing children last week. The Texas Department of Public Safety partnered up with teams from federal, local, and...
Girl Scouts Posthumously Award Amerie Jo Garza
The only thing Amerie Jo Garza, 10, was thinking about on May 24 was summer vacation before she called 9-1-1 as a gunman entered her Robb Elementary classroom minutes before taking her life. On...
Governor Abbott Orders Random School Safety Inspections
Governor Greg Abbott moved to strengthen school security by ordering state officials to randomly inspect Texas schools to assess their resiliency in the face of an armed intruder. His decision...
Northside Eats Food Pantry Opens At Local Middle School
Now that summer is here, some school-aged children will not have school meals to depend on, but Fort Worth's Kirkpatrick Middle School is helping to feed students, and their families with Northside...
By Amy Jones | Jun 4, 2022
Escaped Convict Killed by Police in Shootout
An escaped convicted killer was fatally shot in a gun battle with law enforcement on Thursday south of San Antonio, Texas, concluding a three-week manhunt that began when the man fled from a prison...
Uvalde School Police Chief Sworn in to City Council
Pete Arredondo, former Uvalde School police chief, was sworn into the Uvalde City Council on Tuesday, despite allegedly not responding to Texas Ranger requests for a follow-up interview following...
Lifeguard Shortage Affects North Texas Pools
The summer pool season is upon North Texas, but several cities are cutting their public pool hours as a result of a nationwide lifeguard shortage. The City of Arlington had only 59 lifeguards out of...
By Mary Dada | Jun 3, 2022
Body of Drowned Man Recovered from Local Lake
A man drowned in Grapevine Lake on Monday, May 31, according to the Grapevine Fire Department. Tarrant County medical examiners identified the man as Israel Rivas Ascencio, 33, of Irving. Grapevine...
O’Rourke: AR-15 Owners Should ‘Not Be Able to Keep Them’
Just days before the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke hosted two different town halls where he said owners of semiautomatic rifles, like...
First Uvalde Funerals Held, More in Coming Weeks
The first funerals for the Uvalde school shooting victims were held Tuesday, May 31. The families of Maite Rodriguez and Amerie Jo Garza, both 10 years old, laid their children to rest that...
Uvalde Mayor Postpones New City Council Members from Taking Office
Due to the first funeral for a victim of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, the city's mayor revealed that newly elected members of the Uvalde City Council would not be sworn in...