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

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth 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,...

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

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth 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,...

Benintendi's 3-run double chases deGrom, helps White Sox to win over Rangers

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth 7/21 12:59A The Associated Press

Andrew Benintendi hit a go-ahead three-run double that chased Texas starter Jacob deGrom in the fifth inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Rangers 10-3 on Monday night. Benintendi was hitless in 10 at-bats against deGrom before hitting a...

Pregnant women in the first trimester are needed for the study

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth 7/16 2:23A Deborah Ferguson

North Texas women in their first trimester of pregnancy are needed for a new study, and it could mean money, diapers, and personalized food kits. The City of Mansfield and Methodist Mansfield partnered with Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for...

Missing man's body recovered from Benbrook Lake

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth 7/14 9:23A NBCDFW Staff

The body of a 62-year-old man was recovered from Benbrook Lake on Monday morning. Texas Game Wardens and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began searching Sunday evening for a man seen at about 6 p.m. slipping underwater in a swimming area near...

Protest Rally/March Over Tarrant County Jail Deaths Set for 8am Tomorrow/Tuesday Downtown

Fort Worth Weekly 7/13 10:45A Anthony Mariani

No one will storm the Tarrant County Jail, but the spirit of Bastille Day will be alive as protesters gather at 8am tomorrow/Tuesday at Belknap Street and 100 N Burnett St to draw attention to all the inmate deaths under the oversight of Sheriff...

Discarded human fetus found along Lewisville Lake shoreline

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth 7/10 10:18A Frank Heinz

A human fetus was found deceased Friday morning, intentionally discarded in Lewisville s Lake Park, police say. Lewisville Police said they received a call at about 8 a.m. from a person who found the...

Discarded human fetus found along Lake Lewisville shoreline

DFW Scanner 7/10 9:38A dfwscanner

On July 10, 2026, at approximately 8 a.m., the Lewisville Police Department received a 9-1-1 call from the 200 block of E. Lake Park Rd. after a resident reported finding what appeared to be a discarded, deceased human fetus. Upon arrival,...

Fight over girl escalates to shootout in Fort Worth

DFW Scanner 7/4 7:00P dfwscanner

The Fort Worth Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on Wilbarger Street on the Fourth of July. On July 4, 2026, at approximately 8:18pm, Fort Worth police officers were dispatched to a shooting call that occurred in the...

Texas Personal Injury Law in Practice

Fort Worth Weekly 6/26 8:46A Fort Worth Weekly

Texas personal injury practice has changed substantially over the past two decades. The 2003 medical malpractice reforms, the 2011 Texas Supreme Court decisions on damage caps and pre-suit notice requirements, and the steady evolution of...

The DFW-to-Houston Freight Corridor

Fort Worth Weekly 6/26 8:21A Fort Worth Weekly

The I-45 corridor between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston is one of the most active commercial freight routes in the country. Stretching roughly 250 miles and passing through Corsicana, Huntsville, and Conroe before reaching the northern edge of...

USMNT anthem ‘Take Me Home' has ties to Fort Worth

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth 6/25 3:28A Deborah Ferguson

When the U.S. Men s National Team hits the pitch in Los Angeles, fans will bust out in Take Me Home, Country Roads. U.S. Soccer officials picked John Denver s 1971 country folk song as the post-match sing-along. Before he changed his name to...

Songs 4 Seeds

Fort Worth Weekly 6/17 9:16A Fort Worth Weekly

Rays of hope amid the political maelstrom, Juneteenth events are plentiful this month. In South Main Village, The Cicada will support the national holiday by hosting a fundraising event on Friday,...

Daughter Vengeance

Fort Worth Weekly 6/17 8:58A Kristian Lin

Just in time for Father’s Day, an all-Black cast of characters brings us this revenge thriller. If not for the smartphones that the characters occasionally use, you might mistake Is God Is  for some lost blaxploitation movie from the 1970s. Its...