Fort Worth Boy Shot After Getting Into Gun Safe Inside Family Home
A Fort Worth boy is recovering in the hospital after he was shot inside a home on Tuesday, in what police say happened after he somehow got access to a gun stored in a safe. Officers arrived to find the child with a gunshot wound to the lower torso, and a 911 caller told dispatchers the boy was “turning blue and...
Fort Worth Dangles $100K Paychecks To Turn Around Struggling Schools
Fort Worth Independent School District trustees have signed off on a pay plan that will put many teachers at six struggling campuses on six-figure base salaries for the 2026-27 school year, a dramatic bet that bigger paychecks can keep veteran educators in the classrooms that need them most. Under the...
Theft of property, criminal trespass and criminal mischief in this week’s crime log
This is a crime wrap-up from Jan. 12 to 14. On Jan. 12, officers arrested an unaffiliated person who violated a criminal trespass warning, UTA Police Capt. Mike McCord said in an email. He was taken to the Arlington Police Department jail. Criminal trespass at a higher education institution with...
Fort Worth’s Opal Lee is now a Barbie
Nobel Prize Peace nominee and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Opal Lee is the newest figure added to the "Barbie Inspiring Women" line. Lee is 99, and her Barbie sports curly silver hair and glasses. She also wears pants, an “Opal’s Walk for Freedom” T-shirt and tennis shoes.
Best Places To Eat Brisket In Texas
Texas brisket isn’t just food—it’s a way of life. The state has turned slow-smoked beef into an art form, with pitmasters dedicating entire lifetimes to perfecting their craft. From legendary joints that have been smoking meat since before your grandparents were born to newer spots pushing the boundaries of what...
Downed Power Line Turns I-35W Into A Parking Lot Near Burleson
Friday’s morning rush on Interstate 35W south of Fort Worth suddenly turned into a slow crawl when a power line dropped across the highway near Burleson, shutting down all lanes in both directions. The line stretched over the main lanes and the frontage roads near County Road 810, just south of Farm Road 917,...
Vehicle Gridlock at Dallas Fort Worth Airport As Wealthy Texans Flee the State Ahead...
With a major winter storm barreling down towards Texas, the state’s wealthy residents appear to have come up with the same plan to weather the arctic blast… get out of Texas and fly somewhere warmer. On Thursday evening, the approach roads to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)...
Body found near Trinity River Campus, police say
FORT WORTH, Texas — A body was found near Fort Worth's Trinity River Campus Wednesday afternoon, police say. According to Fort Worth police, central division was dispatched to 245 E. Belknap Street just before 3:30 p.m. after campus police found a body while doing patrols near the river. The...
U.S. airlines roll out sweeping travel waivers as a powerful Winter storm bears down...
U.S. airlines rolled out sweeping travel waivers Thursday as a powerful winter storm forecast to bring heavy snow, sleet and dangerous ice to parts of more than two dozen states threatened to disrupt air travel heading into the weekend.
Texas winter storm: EMS workers prepare for busy weekend
ARLINGTON, Texas - With threats of icy roads, hypothermia and more due to winter weather, medical professionals across North Texas are preparing for a busy weekend. AMR Arlington medics are staging extra ambulances, stocking supplies and getting ready for a spike in emergency calls. Last year, they had more than...

















