crime

Detectives determined Friday's shooting was a premediated and targeted attack by 30-year-old John Mbuyi against 33-year-old Raissa Thatukila and 6-year-old Nathy Mbuyi.

Blake Bowman, the former executive director of Camp Thurman, was arrested in 2024. He entered an open plea in late February.

A man was shot and killed after hanging from an overpass while cutting his neck with a broken bottle and then charging a Fort Worth police officer, police said.

Cedric Ricks, who was found guilty in 2014 of the double murder in North Texas, would be the second inmate the state has executed in 2026 barring a court stay.

James Broadnax, who was 19 when he shot and killed two Dallas County Christian music producers in 2008, has filed last minute appeals ahead of his scheduled April 30 execution for the Garland murders.

Some council members worry about potential ripple effects that could prompt more homeless activity across Fort Worth.

The ordinance was followed by years of legal challenges, which included injunctions that prevented its enforcement for more than a year.

The girl told police investigators that Graham Dunn, 27, allegedly forced her into his car and stopped her from leaving by pulling her hair.

The Dallas Police Department's Street Racing Task Force and patrol officers are cracking down on people using their cars and ATVs to take advantage of the icy roads for drifting.

Mesquite City Council member Brandon Murden was arrested on charges of assault causing bodily injury to a family member shortly after midnight today.

Israel Demello, 26, of Denton was arrested on Wednesday on four charges: Improper relationship between educator and student, sexual assault of a child, sexual performance by a child and indecency with a child by sexual contact. All of the offenses are second-degree felonies.

Lawyers for the man accused of kidnapping and killing the 7-year-old North Texas girl Athena Strand argued he has Autism spectrum disorder which makes him unfit for the death penalty.