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A Southlake police officer beat his live-in girlfriend in early November at their house in Kennedale and was arrested last week, law enforcement authorities allege. Garrett Lisle, 28, was arrested on suspicion of continuous violence against the family in connection with a Nov. 2 911 call in which the officer’s...

Both lawsuits accusing Tarrant County of racial gerrymandering are now over. A group of Tarrant County residents who sued over the new commissioners court precinct map withdrew their lawsuit Monday without a clear explanation. A second lawsuit, brought by local branches of the League of Women Voters and the League...

An Afghanistan citizen living in Fort Worth who threatened to kill Americans in a video call has been federally charged. 30-year-old Mohammad Dawood Alokozay has been charged with transmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce.

The days could finally be numbered for nuisance properties loathed by some Fort Worth residents. At the Dec. 2 City Council work session, Code Compliance Director Brian Daugherty announced a new pilot program aimed at cleaning up properties identified as hotbeds of crime. The crackdown will initially target the Eco...

All westbound lanes of Interstate 20 near I-35W are closed after an incident in south Fort Worth on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Drivers were asked to seek alternate routes and expect traffic delays, TxDOT said in a social media post about 5:15 p.m. Fort Worth police said...

Police and firefighters in Texas came together one early morning to save a horse that had gotten trapped in a local cattle guard. In December 2024, the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office called up the Fort Worth Fire Department for reinforcements after they arrived at the scene, where the horse had three of its legs...

When Sharron Higgins was nine years old, she marched into her local library, picked up a how-to book, and taught herself to crochet. She never told me why a nine-year-old would do such a thing – spend a Saturday afternoon in the library, I mean – but the reasons now probably don’t matter all that much. Higgins is now...

A quiet Sunday afternoon near Trinity Boulevard turned grim when Fort Worth police discovered a man's body in a pond by South Norwood Drive. Officers were called to the area around 12:45 p.m. for a reported water emergency. Upon arrival, they located the body in the water. Authorities have not released the man’s...

Fort Worth police say they’ve issued 326 citations and arrested 29 people in a recent enforcement push targeting aggressive panhandling across the city.

A resident of Tarrant County has found themselves in a predicament. After being arrested on the 5th, they have been desperately searching for an affordable defense lawyer. Despite their efforts, they have been unable to secure legal representation due to the high costs involved. With their court date looming, they...