Paige Lawyer, the individual convicted of murdering a mother and her 10-year-old daughter in their Fort Worth home, has been sentenced to death. The death penalty was handed down on Wednesday morning. The victims, Otishae Womack and her daughter Kamyria, were tragically found strangled to death at their residence in the Verona Apartment community near Shady Lane Drive and Woodhaven …

A new Dallas police program called the “officer wellness initiative” seeks to confront trauma officers experience on the job and improve overall mental health — which officers say is long overdue. The change was launched in part from what the department learned officers needed after five police offices were killed July 7, 2016, in an ambush at the end of what had …

Amid beach balls, books, glittery pineapples and graph paper, about a dozen rising fourth-graders spent much of their summer together on the second floor of Bush Elementary. Phyllis Pleasant reminded her class not to laugh at others’ mistakes as they read through a book out loud, analyzing the vocabulary and characters. “What do we do?” she asked. “We try to …

AUSTIN — Texas Republicans have led the charge to pass laws to restrict abortion for nearly a quarter-century, but until recently, federal courts let the procedure continue, striking down laws that impinged too much on what was for 49 years a constitutional right. Legislation on the subject appeased social conservatives, who constitute an important part of the GOP base. There wasn’t …

A Heat Advisory has been issued for all of North Texas from through Friday (and likely for the weekend). High temperatures will range from 102 to 105 with an afternoon heat index of 105 to 110. This is dangerous heat. Use caution and stay hydrated. Make sure you check on your elderly loved ones and neighbors. Also, make sure your pets are …

A new Dallas police program called the “officer wellness initiative” seeks to confront trauma officers experience on the job and improve overall mental health — which officers say is long overdue. The change was launched in part from what the department learned officers needed after five police offices were killed July 7, 2016, in an ambush at the end of what had …

WASHINGTON — The new federal law passed in response to a series of mass shootings includes provisions to better incorporate juvenile records into the federal background check system, but states vary greatly in the way they approach access to guns and the background checks themselves. As states navigate the new law, they will face pressure from critics who view gun-related scrutinizing of …

In March 2022, BioLabs cut the ribbon on its 37,000-square-foot facility at Pegasus Park. Its goal was to provide biotech and life sciences companies with the tools they need to relocate to the Dallas-Fort Worth area — and stay here. That goal appears to be coming to fruition for one of its first tenants. Just two months ago, drug discovery …

New research from the UT Southwestern Medical Center suggests that not only what we eat, but also when we eat it, could play a role in how long we live. The idea that reducing the amount of calories you eat can extend your lifespan has been around for a while. But recently, a team led by UT Southwestern neuroscience professors Joseph Takahashi and Carla …

A 24-year-old man is behind bars after Fort Worth police say he threatened a woman with a gun and sexually assaulted her. Caylon Washington faces a charge of aggravated sexual assault. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney. The assault happened June 27 in the 900 block of Foch Street. The woman did not know Washington prior to the incident, …

FORT WORTH — Dry conditions, wind and triple-digit temperatures contributed to a sharp influx of fire-related calls in Fort Worth over the July Fourth weekend, including at the city’s fireworks show that had to be canceled after a grass fire broke out, Fort Worth Fire Department Chief Jim Davis said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. The show, dubbed Fort Worth’s …