Southlake

John Huffman was the best-funded candidate in the Senate District 9 special election thanks to casino interests, but failed to make the runoff. Gambling proponents still have millions more to spend on Texas races.

Tuesday’s election sees Republicans John Huffman and Leigh Wambsganss and Democrat Taylor Rehmet race for the seat.

A Dallas judge will decide whether her court has jurisdiction over Cindy Clemishire's lawsuit against Gateway Church and Robert Morris, the former pastor who's been convicted of sexually abusing her as a child. The Southlake megachurch argues the case deals with religious matters over which a secular civil court has no authority.

Three men are behind the effort to remove Tarrant County District Clerk Thomas "Tom" Wilder. They are all locked in years-long divorce battles and now want to remove Wilder as part of a wider effort to target the family court system.

A conservative news site published an interview with a woman who alleges a 17-year affair with the Southlake representative, who said this week he wouldn’t seek reelection.

Morris stepped down days after allegations he sexual abused Cindy Clemishire when she was a child.

The Southlake-based megachurch named Daniel Floyd, founder of Lifepoint Church in Virginia, as its new senior pastor. Gateway founder Robert Morris resigned last June amid allegations of past sexual abuse of a child.

About 5,000 people are expected to attend the festival, filled with food, music, lion and dragon dances and more.

The lawsuit claims a breach of contract cost former superintendent David Faltys a lower retirement benefit buyout.

The Legal Defense Fund and law firm Arnold & Porter are urging the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to release findings from a years-long investigation into civil rights complaints in the Carroll Independent School District.

The North Texas megachurch is on the hunt for more elders as it faces financial troubles, dwindling attendance and a shortage of high-ranking staff.

Carroll ISD trustees discussed a marshal program Monday as the district struggles to meet the state's requirement of equipping school campuses with an armed officer.