More North Texas school districts are switching to 4-day weeks. Here's why.

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 5/29 1:00A Lacey Beasley

More public school districts in Texas are turning to shorter school weeks , including several in North Texas. For the 2025-2026 school year, Kennedale ISD in Tarrant County and Ponder ISD in Denton County will transition to a four-day school week....

Ghettoization?

Fort Worth Weekly 5/28 8:59A Anthony Mariani

On Tue., June 3, Tarrant County commissioners will vote on a new redistricting map, one that could disenfranchise thousands of current and future Black and Latino voters locally and consolidate Republican power. The predominantly Republican...

New Noise Nooks

Fort Worth Weekly 5/28 8:51A Fort Worth Weekly

2025 has been a long hall of doors half ajar. It’s hard to know which ones to kick all the way open and which ones to let the breeze close. When a band loses a lead singer, it seems normal to think...

Woman killed after being struck by vehicle while trying to cross highway, Arlington PD says

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 5/27 9:34A Briauna Brown

Arlington police are searching for a driver who struck and killed a woman on I-20 Sunday, the department announced. Just before 5:15 a.m. on May 25, officers responded to the westbound lanes of I-20 near the Matlock Road overpass after a passerby...

Texas emergency management leaders gather in Fort Worth ahead of hurricane season

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 5/27 6:50A Alanna Quillen

What to Know Ava Renee Moore, 18, died Sunday after she was hit by a personal watercraft while kayaking on Grapevine Lake. Investigators are looking for the woman who was operating the PWC at the time...

‘Never too late': Grand Prairie councilman faces fear, learns to swim as adult

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 5/26 7:12A Alanna Quillen

As Memorial Day marks the start of a busy summer swim season, one North Texas city leader is proving that learning to swim isn’t just for kids — it’s a skill every adult should consider, no matter...

Tarrant County Meals on Wheels continues delivering promises despite budget cuts

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 5/26 12:54A Ashley Moss

People who visit Meals on Wheels, Inc. of Tarrant County will quickly learn while the organization prioritizes delivering healthy meals to scores of homebound, elderly, disabled, and food-insecure clients across the region, their mission is also...

Gateway Church names new senior pastor following Robert Morris' departure

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 5/25 11:05A Giles Hudson

Gateway Church announced on Sunday a new senior pastor to lead the multi-campus church, replacing Robert Morris , who stepped down last June. Daniel Floyd and his wife, Tammie, are the founding pastors of Lifepoint Church in Fredericksburg,...

Mayors in 10 Tarrant County cities urge commissioners court to delay redistricting vote

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 5/23 12:00P NBCDFW Staff

In schools, there are many helpers, like office staff, cafeteria workers, who play a small part in making it easier to learn. I did it for 16 years, said Michael Dixon. Mr. Mike, as students knew him, was the head custodian, keeping the building...

Man arrested for Arlington murder, string of robberies five years later: police

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 5/21 6:02A Lauren Harper

Arlington police announced they ve made an arrest in a murder case dating back more than five years. Police said Monday a U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force arrested 29-year-old Mekel Gaston on a capital murder charge in the death of...

Suspect in 2020 murder arrested after key witness comes forward, Arlington PD says

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 5/19 5:52A Briauna Brown

A suspect has been arrested for allegedly killing a man during a robbery attempt after posing as a woman online to lure him to a location in 2020, the Arlington Police Department announced. On Friday,...

Ex-Fort Worth divinity professor sentenced to 10 years after child porn found on work computer

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 5/15 12:31P Doug Myers

A former Brite Divinity School theology professor has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after sexually explicit images of young children were found on his work computer, the U.S. Attorney's...

No criminal charges in ‘Senior Assassin' game after teen critically injured, police say

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 5/14 11:17A NBCDFW Staff

Officials say they re not filing charges against those involved in a viral game that left one high school senior hospitalized weeks before graduation . According to Arlington police, on April 20...

Robert Morris asked Gateway for millions of dollars, church alleges in court filings

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 5/14 7:43A Adrian Ashford and Matt Kyle | T

Gateway Church founder Robert Morris asked his former church for millions of dollars including ongoing retirement payments that the church denied, according to court documents filed by the church....

As redistricting criticized, Tarrant County holds first of four public hearings

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 5/13 7:45A Alanna Quillen

For the first time in 15 years, Tarrant County is considering a significant update to its commissioner precinct boundaries, as required by federal law, as the population grows in different regions. But the process is already drawing sharp...