Heartland Flyer to continue operating Oklahoma-Texas route following funding infusion
OKLAHOMA CITY – Passenger rail service between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth will continue for at least another year after a Texas group agreed to chip in millions to keep the route alive, officials said Thursday. The North Central Texas Council of Governments Regional Transportation Council on Thursday voted to...
Beaumont Is Home To This Thrilling Wildlife Park Where You Can Hold Alligators And...
If you think you’ve seen all that Texas has to offer, think again—because deep in Beaumont, just off FM 365, lies a wild and toothy adventure you won’t soon forget. Gator Country is where you can come face-to-snout with hundreds of alligators, from tiny hatchlings to colossal creatures with jaws that could snap a watermelon in half (and sometimes do).
Suspect in ICE facility ambush added to Texas 10 Most Wanted list
Benjamin Hanil Song, a former U.S. Marine Corps reservist, is wanted in connection with a July 4 ambush that left a police officer wounded outside an ICE detention facility.
Green ribbons spread across DFW in memory of flood victims
Green ribbons symbolizing the missing and dead in the Texas Hill Country are spreading through neighborhoods in North Texas. In University Park and Highland Park thousands of ribbons have been attached to street signs, power poles, and trees.
Traffic deaths have spiked in Tarrant County. What’s behind the increase?
On a clear December evening in 2015, four days before Christmas, Alexander Trejo and Gabriella Estelle died within arm’s reach of their parents. The family spent its final moments together packed into a 2011 Ford Fusion, traveling south along Interstate 35W on their way home from a Christmas light display at Texas...
Euless to Launch Mosquito-Spraying Operation on July 10 Amid West Nile Virus Concerns
Residents in Euless, brace yourselves for some buzzing aversion as the city gears up for a mosquito-spraying operation today. After weekly traps flagged the presence of West Nile Virus in these pesky insects, the city has decided to act posthaste. This tactical strike against the bloodsuckers will occur in Zone 3 and...
Fort Worth City Hall hosting vigil for Hill Country flood victims
The city of Fort Worth is hosting a vigil for victims of the Hill Country flood on Monday, according to a news release. At 7 p.m. on July 14, Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker will hold a candlelight vigil on the back porch of City Hall, the release states. The program will begin at 7:30, and green ribbons and candles...
Haltom City Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Aggravated Assault with Firearm
HALTOM CITY, TX — On July 8, 2025, 34-year-old Rashawn Dante Marvin Williams pled guilty to Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. The incident occurred on November 28, 2024, while Williams and a woman were preparing food for homeless veterans at a location in Haltom City....
Watch This Boat Drives on Land in Fort Worth, Texas
Out of all of the videos I've written about unusual cars driving the roads of Texas, this one might be my absolute favorite. I mean, what red-blooded American man doesn't want his very own pirate ship? The problem is, we're landlocked here in North Texas. There's no body of water in Fort Worth that can handle a...
One of Fort Worth’s oldest Black communities continues to wait for promised park
Construction of a park in one of the oldest Black communities in Fort Worth has been delayed at least 10 months. Councilwoman Deborah Peoples held a town hall meeting last month for residents of Mosier Valley to discuss Mosier Valley Park and other community issues. Construction of a park on the site of a former...
