Courts & Criminal Justice

A man whose 1-year-old son and wife were killed in a gas explosion and fire at an Oak Cliff Apartment in May has sued Atmos Energy. The lawsuit is at least the fifth to be filed.

A Fort Worth man was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison after authorities seized more than 244 kilograms of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and firearms during a 2025 investigation.

Reitz, a partisan firebrand who has vowed to “destroy the left,” previously served as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top deputy.

A Dallas man who admitted anti-Asian bias motivated the 2022 shooting of three Korean American women at a northwest Dallas salon has been sentenced to 15 years in prison under a plea deal.

A Brinker Elementary second grade teacher has been arrested on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 years old. Paul Campbell, 64, faces a first degree felony.

The order came as part of a federal lawsuit over long wait times for Texas detainees who need their mental competency restored in a state hospital before trial.

A Second Amendment rights activist, Matthew Rankin, is suing Dallas and city police officers for confiscating his gun after he was arrested for jaywalking.

Fort Worth has filed a civil suit against Central Motel on East Lancaster Avenue, claiming the property is a nuisance.

One juror stopped a jury from coming to a verdict Tuesday in the trial of Johnson County Sheriff Adam King, who faces an abuse of office charge.

Karmelo Anthony's new defense team has filed motions for a new trial and to recuse Judge John Roach Jr. from the case.

Susan Kent pleaded guilty to one count of a terrorism-related charge for assisting in shooter Benjamin Song's escape from the ICE facility after the shooting.

Federal prosecutors released a video recorded by rapper Big30 of Pooh Shiesty seemingly forcing Gucci Mane to verbally release him from his record label contract.