Fort Worth Police Spotlight Boarding Home Unit, Warn of Risks from Unregulated Facilities
The Fort Worth Police Department’s Boarding Home Unit is drawing attention this week to the importance of monitoring boarding homes and ensuring compliance with city ordinances. While many licensed boarding homes provide safe housing for elderly residents and adults with disabilities, officials warn that unregulated...
Fort Worth brothers sentenced to life in prison granted clemency
Two Fort Worth brothers who were serving life sentences are out of prison and sharing their story for the first time. Edward and Joe Sotelo spent decades behind bars since their convictions in 1995, but had their sentences commuted earlier this year. They were released from federal prisons on May...
Fort Worth Man Sentenced to 20 Years After Robbing Family Dollar at Gunpoint
FORT WORTH, Texas – The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office announced the conviction of 29-year-old Elliot Royale Ingram, who pled guilty to Aggravated Robbery and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Before this conviction, Ingram had been arrested for breaking into Nolan Catholic High School on Bridge...
Cedar Hill ISD launches aviation program for students
Cedar Hill ISD partners with a nonprofit to offer drone and flight training, aiming to make aviation careers accessible to high schoolers.
H-E-B is prepping for more growth in Texas with new build
The grocery store favorite needs support for its rapid expansion.
‘Surprise’ storms bring thunder, lightning, fires, power outages to North Texas
Many North Texans fell asleep late Tuesday to violent pop-up thunderstorms and powerful wind gusts, knocking out power in some parts of Fort Worth, before waking up early Wednesday to even more storms. While possible storms were in Tuesday’s afternoon forecast, they instead came later in the evening which was a...
Tarrant County bucks national trend with more kids vaccinated
More Tarrant County kindergartners were vaccinated against measles last year, largely due to a notable increase in Fort Worth students who were up-to-date on their shots, according to the latest data . Across all Tarrant County schools, almost 94% of kindergartners were vaccinated with the measles, mumps, and rubella...
Former Arlington summer camp leader set to stand trial for alleged misuse of camp...
A former Camp Thurman executive director will stand trial Nov. 5 after he allegedly misused the camp’s funds. The state alleges that Blake Bowman used the Arlington-based summer camp’s funds to pay for personal expenses between January 2021 and October 2022. Bowman, who was the executive director at...
Toddler Gorilla at Fort Worth Zoo Splashing Around in the Water Is a True...
There's nothing better than watching young animals play, especially when they get a little goofy. An animal trainer at the Fort Worth Zoo recently captured their 2 ½-year-old Western Lowland gorilla, Bruno, splashing around in a water feature, and honestly, it's the timeline cleanse we all need today. Although...
Woman’s brush with death leads her on a mission to help others
FORT WORTH, Texas — Back in 2015, when Carmen David welcomed her youngest daughter, she never imagined that her best day would become her worst day. Hours after giving birth, David suffered an aortic dissection, a tear in the body’s biggest artery. She was separated from her baby,...