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Walter Scott at an interview at the L.A. Sentinel office in 2017. (E. Mesiyah McGinnis/L.A. Sentinel) Walter Scott, who with his twin brother Wallace “Scotty” founded the legendary R&B group The Whispers, has died at the age of 81, after a six-month bout with cancer, his family confirmed. He passed away surrounded by...

Electrical issues caused the six-alarm fire that displaced more than 800 residents at The Cooper apartments in Fort Worth Monday afternoon, officials said. A report on the investigation released Friday by the Fort Worth Fire Department gives more details about the “historic” blaze and reveals the cause and origin . A...

A Dallas County jury has found 42-year-old Brodrick Benton guilty of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and sentenced him to 24 years in prison following a high-impact crash at a red light on Jim Miller and Scyene Roads. According to investigators, Benton was under the influence of PCP and...

A Tarrant County jury has found 42-year-old Shawn Lee McFarlane guilty of Aggravated Assault against a family member and sentenced him to life in prison. The conviction stems from a violent attack that occurred on June 2, 2023, when McFarlane assaulted a female family member after she refused to give him money....

The victim's parents said their son had a heart for helping others and believed the tragedy could have been avoided.

Officials with Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed that mosquito traps from the 75211 ZIP code in Cockrell Hill have tested positive for West Nile virus.

FORT WORTH, Texas — A fire at an apartment building in the Near Southside neighborhood Monday quickly grew to what the Fort Worth Fire Department called a “historic” blaze. Investigators were still working to determine the cause and firefighters were monitoring the situation for flare-ups from hot...

A brief filed with the Texas Second Court of Appeals spells out the grounds of Anthony Patterson’s appeal on multiple child sex convictions. On Nov. 4, 2024, a Tarrant County jury convicted Patterson on three counts of indecency with a child by exposure, one count of sexual performance of a child and one count of...

Azle has always been home. It’s where my husband and I grew up, raised our two children, and now have the joy of watching our 3-year-old granddaughter grow up in the community we love. Where I Live spotlights Tarrant County’s unique neighborhoods, as told by the residents that live...

It started with a steak and a handshake — and ended with a Hollywood production team setting up shop in the Alliance area of Fort Worth. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t do anything halfway. So when the “Yellowstone” creator sat down for lunch with Ross Perot Jr. inside a high-dollar barn at Circle T Ranch, he wasn’t just...