Two dead, two critical after Hill County crash

DFW Scanner 9/6 12:41A dfwscanner

On Saturday, September 5, 2026, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers along with Hillsboro DPS, CareFlite ground EMS, Woodbury FD, Peoria FD, and others responded to a five-vehicle crash on SH-171 near CR...

What Fort Worth Drivers Should Know After a Car Accident

Fort Worth Weekly 8/31 6:24A Fort Worth Weekly

Fort Worth has grown rapidly over the past two decades, and that growth has brought increasingly heavy traffic to highways like I-35W, I-30, and Loop 820. With more vehicles on the road comes a higher rate of accidents, and understanding how...

Free Fort Worth homebuyer fair aims to help families overcome housing affordability hurdles

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/28 5:42A Alanna Quillen

As rising home prices and higher interest rates continue to put homeownership out of reach for many families, Fort Worth officials and housing advocates are encouraging residents to learn about...

Four-Leaf Frogs

Fort Worth Weekly 8/26 9:57A Fort Worth Weekly

Game week is here. Start Instacarting your Lucky Charms and Guinness to leave out for the leprechauns on Friday night as an offering to the American Football gods that the Horned Frogs find pots o’...

Beers Ahoy, Darth Vato Returns

Fort Worth Weekly 8/26 9:37A Fort Worth Weekly

To say it’s been rough on folks tryin’ to keep everyteeng irie in the Fort is an understatement. When Fort Worth punk-reggae legends Darth Vato sailed away on hiatus after a send-off for old Lola’s in...

UNT slashes projected $45 million budget deficit by half after cost-cutting

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/19 4:32A Milla Surjadi, Staff Writer | Th

The University of North Texas has trimmed its projected $45 million budget deficit to approximately $19 million, President Harrison Keller said at a Board of Regents meeting Thursday. Since February, the university has instituted cost-saving...

A new initiative will expand access to grief and trauma care in Tarrant County

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/19 1:26A Deborah Ferguson

A real estate investment firm in Fort Worth is doing something good to change how mental health is understood, diagnosed, and treated in Tarrant County. Sisters Susan Miller and Jessica Miller Essl co-founded M2GVentures . A personal family...

Keller City considers legal action over proposed Westlake data center

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/17 2:53A Lana Ferguson, Staff Writer | Th

Keller City Council’s special-called meeting Wednesday night had very little on the agenda, but people still showed up in droves, overfilling the chambers. At the top of the list: discussing Westlake’s data center development . In a meeting that...

Pedestrian killed in far north Fort Worth crash

DFW Scanner 8/16 6:45A dfwscanner

At 12:14am Sunday morning, Fort Worth Fire and Police were dispatched to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Highway 114 near Northwest High School. Officials say a man was walking along the two lanes of eastbound Highway 114 when a vehicle hit...

Keller leaders retain counsel, threaten action against Westlake over data center

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/13 2:05A Allie Spillyards

An hours-long meeting stretched into the night on Wednesday, with a packed house full of people wanting to make public comment. An effort by city leadership and residents formed quickly after Westlake recently announced an approved data center on...

Fugitive wanted for decades in connection with daughter's death arrested in Mexico

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/10 10:50A Dominga Gutierrez

A woman wanted in connection with the death of her 3-year-old daughter in 1996 has been arrested in Mexico, according to the Tarrant County District Attorney s Office. Maria Narez, 48, was indicted in 1999 for capital murder in the 1996 death of...

Arlington ISD launches new virtual learning programs aimed at expanding flexibility for students

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 8/5 4:30A Alanna Quillen

Arlington ISD is expanding its academic offerings with the launch of two new virtual learning programs designed to give students more flexibility while maintaining access to high-quality instruction and college readiness opportunities. The district...

Creature (Dis-)Comforts

Fort Worth Weekly 7/29 7:43A Fort Worth Weekly

As summer wanes and people start taking those last trips before school starts, it’s a good time to consider disease prevention. Earlier this spring, a massive outbreak of norovirus made the rounds,...

Families displaced after overnight apartment fire in far North Dallas

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 7/29 5:40A Alanna Quillen

Several people, including three children, were displaced after a fire damaged multiple apartments at a far north Dallas apartment complex Tuesday night. According to Dallas Fire Rescue, firefighters responded to the Prestonwood Trails Apartments...

Village of support helps former inmate build new life in Tarrant County

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 7/28 2:53A Alanna Quillen

Eight months after walking out of the Tarrant County Jail, Channing Walker-Ragsdale is building a future he once struggled to imagine. The longtime Fort Worth resident, who spent years battling addiction and cycling in and out of incarceration,...