Tarrant County

You’ve probably heard eating too much processed food is bad for you. A new study suggests why: What you eat can alter the microbiome in your gut that can affect your health.

Gov. Greg Abbott told healthcare providers to give out all the vaccines they have — and not to hold on to them to make sure people get their second doses, because more doses are on the way.

The Rose Bowl Game, the iconic New Year's Day college football matchup, is migrating from Pasadena, California, to Arlington.

A Keller man was arrested, pepper sprayed and denied medical attention while he filmed a traffic stop involving his son in August. Now he's suing the two officers involved.

The need for substance use treatment didn’t go away when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Organizations in North Texas had to get creative this year to make sure there is help for people who want it.

Food banks have been slammed with unprecedented demand this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced more and more people to seek help feeding themselves and their families. The vaccine is on the doorstep, but the need is not going away.

The arrival of COVID-19 vaccine came as welcome news for health care workers first in line to get the shots. But they’re still contending with a worsening coronavirus surge.KERA’s Sam Baker talked with CEO Barclay Berdan about how Texas Health Resources is handling this health crisis.

Hundreds of millions of federal dollars have been spent for COVID-19 response.

The request for review by the state’s highest criminal court was filed by Mason’s attorneys as well as the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the national ACLU and the Texas Civil Rights Project.

The inmate, 39-year-old Jeremiah Stevenson, used the fire extinguisher and hose to escape through a fifth-floor window at the Lon Evans Corrections Center in Fort Worth at around 3:40 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office.

Researchers at Tarleton State University will focus on how data can be used to improve the quality of policing in Texas. The Institute for Predictive Analytics in Criminal Justice will dig into hot button issues in policing and try to find answers using science.

Drug laws are the same all across Texas, but enforcement varies from county to county. And in Tarrant County, District Attorney Sharen Wilson says rehabilitation is a better way to deal with drugs.