Ex-school bus driver sentenced to 60 years for child exploitation in North Texas
A former school bus driver who produced sexually explicit photos of two children in Fort Worth has been sentenced to 60 years in prison , federal prosecutors said in a news release. Scott Wayne O’Toole, 60, pleaded guilty in April to two counts of sexual exploitation of children. He was sentenced on Thursday, Aug....
Tarrant County higher education institutions respond to Texas law limiting faculty senates
Professors’ influence on campuses across Tarrant County will be lessened this year after a state law limited the role of faculty senates and councils. Tarrant County colleges and universities have abolished or modified faculty senates due to Senate Bill 37, which took effect Sept. 1. The law imposes restrictions on...
Texas special session may end, leaving bills in limbo
Three people were killed, and two others critically injured in a four-vehicle crash on Highway 1187 near Crowley.
The Formula Project Expands to Help Displaced Students in Ukraine
When girls are empowered...entire communities thrive. That's the mission behind The Formula Project which was founded by our next guest when she was just a high school student here in North Texas. Six years later, it's expanding its mission globally to bring the mentorship program to girls in mobile schools across...
Charter schools outperform ISDs across Tarrant County, failing ILTexas Grand Prairie exception
International Leadership of Texas’ Grand Prairie elementary campus is one failing grade away from being forced to close. The school posted two consecutive F’s under the state’s academic accountability system. A third in 2026 would trigger mandatory closure of the public charter school under Texas law. Charter...
Suspect Arrested After Woman Found Shot to Death in Fort Worth Home
FORT WORTH, TX – The Fort Worth Police Department is investigating a homicide in the Central Meadowbrook neighborhood after a woman was found dead from a gunshot wound. On Saturday, August 30, 2025, at around 7:30 a.m., East Division officers responded to the 2600 block of Yeager Street on a report of a stabbing....
La Playa Maya restaurant founder Lupe Ayala dies at 64
La Playa Maya founder Guadalupe “Lupe” Ayala never wanted to be the face of his family-owned restaurants, but he wanted customers to feel at home, his children said. He created a business that provided adequate space for families of all sizes to come together. “Consistency was very important...
Grand Prairie Police kill man after screaming woman calls for help, reports assault
A man police say was firing his gun out an open window and assaulting his girlfriend while driving down the highway was killed by a Grand Prairie police officer overnight Saturday. Grand Prairie Police said Sunday a screaming woman called 911 just before 1 a.m. and told dispatchers her boyfriend...
Four shot near East Fort Worth apartment complex; 3 in serious condition
Fort Worth police said the shooting happened just after 11:30 p.m. on Carol Oaks Lane.
From near-death to new outlook: Fort Worth man raises awareness on brain health
A Fort Worth man is back on the job just three months after surviving a ruptured brain aneurysm. He’s living proof of ‘Something Good’ as we celebrate National Live Fearless Day on September 2. Brian Abalos came out on the other side of an emergency that doctors...
