Penelope Rivera
Breaking News ReporterPenelope Rivera was born and raised in Fort Worth. She graduated from the University of North Texas, where she worked for the student newspaper The North Texas Daily. She started as an intern for KERA before joining full-time. Penelope has covered a wide range of topics, but is mostly drawn to education, religion and under reported communities in North Texas.
During her free time, she enjoys reading, painting, and trying local restaurants and coffee shops.
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Heath police said Sunday the are investigating the incident. -
Text messages obtained by KERA News show the presiding officer of the state's funeral regulation agency sharing an anti-Islam infographic and videos with the agency’s former executive director during the commission’s ongoing investigation into a North Texas mosque. -
The lawsuit accuses the county of racial discrimination and violating the Texas Constitution with its new map approved in June. -
The most recently arrested person was part of a committee supporting the other 14 people allegedly involved in the July 4th shooting. -
Bo French has previously faced backlash from his own party for his online posts. -
The alleged shooter was identified as 23-year-old Courtney Jacob Johnson. -
Police are investigating the death of 31-year-old William Hunter Kimbrough who died in custody Sunday. -
A fire at The Cooper apartments in June displaced more than 800 residents. Dozens of those residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking damages from the complex. -
Ali Asgar Alibhai was arrested in May 2024 at a student-led demonstration. He says his constitutional rights were violated. -
The Federal Trade Commission accused Asbury Automotive Group last August of charging customers hidden fees for unwanted add-on products. -
Police said 23-year-old Bryan Cruz-Campos was fighting with another unidentified man in a parking lot early Sunday morning when Cruz-Campos fired a handgun. -
Jim Mustain was arrested in April in North Carolina before being extradited to Texas in May.
