Fort Worth TX

A project that will transform a former KKK building into the Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing is gaining momentum, as preparation work has begun to remake the dilapidated but historic building into something new. Inside, the building still shows signs of years of neglect, with graffiti on the walls...

A 63-year-old jail inmate died on Sunday at a Fort Worth hospital while he was in the custody of the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, authorities said Tuesday. Steven Whittley died at John Peter Smith Hospital, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office. Whittley on Aug. 22 experienced a medical...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Sharp accusations echoed outside an Arlington job fair for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE. Protesters held signs and voiced frustrations, accusing the agency of tearing families apart and harming communities. “Tearing apart families, breaking up even kids with no parents...

Alice Walton, the world’s richest woman — who also happens to live in Fort Worth — just started the Alice Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) in Bentonville, Arkansas. The school’s first-ever incoming class of medical students were welcomed in July, dawned by a white coat ceremony. Walton plans to pay tuition for the...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Laredo arrested a man wanted for murder in Fort Worth, according to authorities.

The Fort Worth City Council approved funding Tuesday for the Mr. Fred Rouse Memorial — recognizing the only documented Black person to be lynched in Fort Worth. The resolution was a unanimous vote to allocate $232,377 in Community Partnership funds to support the final funding needs for the project. On Dec. 11, 1921,...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The city of Fort Worth renamed its South Patrol Division Headquarters to honor the life of fallen police Sgt. Bill Randolph. About a year ago, Randolph was killed when an allegedly drunk driver hit and killed him while he was working an early morning crash on Interstate 35W, WFAA previously...

Fort Worth, TX – A weak cold front moving into North and Central Texas late Monday will bring unsettled weather across the Dallas–Fort Worth area, with highs in the 80s and low 90s and storm chances nearly every day through Saturday, authorities say. Scattered Storms Expected Across North...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth drivers, heads up!. Westbound I-20 will be completely closed at the I-820 interchange for two nights this week. The closures are set for Tuesday, Aug. 26, and Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., as long as the weather cooperates. During...

When Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, DeSean Cagnolatti was already living in Dallas, but his thoughts immediately turned to his family back in New Orleans. In the aftermath, he reconnected with two junior high friends, Theo Bias and Keith Cryer, and together they pursued a vision they had long shared: opening a...