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Police search for hit-and-run driver who killed pedestrian in Fort Worth


April 16, 2019

Fort Worth police are searching for a vehicle in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian last week. Michael Corrigan, 27, was struck about 6 a.m. Thursday as he walked in the 500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway, Fort Worth police said. He was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital and died of his injuries. According to police, there …

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Assault on Transgender Woman Investigated as Hate Crime: Police


April 15, 2019

The Dallas Police Department is reviewing an assault captured on video that could potentially be classified as a hate crime. According to Dallas police, the incident happened Friday at the Royal Crest Apartments at 3558 Wilhurt Avenue. The victim, a transgender female, told police that she got into a minor car crash and afterward was assaulted by several people. The …

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Friends, Family Remember Young Mother Killed in Wrong-Way Crash


April 15, 2019

Family and friends of Shelbi Stephens gathered in a DeSoto Park Sunday to remember the 23-year-old, killed by a wrong way driver early Saturday morning. The crash happened on the Dallas North Tollway near the Maple Avenue overpass at about 2:20 a.m., according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Troopers said the preliminary investigation showed a Cadillac CTS was traveling …

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Body Discovered in Lake Highlands Park


April 15, 2019

  A person spotted a body in the water in Lake Highlands Sunday afternoon, Dallas fire officials say. The body was discovered before 4 p.m. Sunday in the Jackson Branch of White Rock Creek in the 6900 block of Skillman Street, Dallas Fire Rescue said. The creek runs through Watercrest Park. Dallas police did not provide any additional information, except …

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American Airlines extends cancellation of 737 MAX Flights


April 15, 2019

FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines has extended cancellations of flights dependent on 737 MAX aircraft through August 19, 2019. That means 115 flights will be cancelled daily through that time-period. The cancellations amount to about 1.5 percent of American’s summer schedule. Last week Southwest Airlines announced cancellation of 737 Max flights through August 5, 2019 The FAA ordered the …

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2 children dead, many homes damaged as storms pummel South


April 15, 2019

DALLAS (AP) — Powerful storms that rolled across the South on Saturday spawned at least two suspected tornadoes, damaged homes and killed two children in Texas, authorities said. The Angelina County Sheriff’s Office said an 8-year-old and a 3-year-old died when strong winds toppled a tree onto the back of their family’s car in Lufkin while it was in motion. …

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Fort Worth police investigating Friday shooting


April 14, 2019

Police were initially called to Northeast 28th Street for a major accident, and soon found the dead body FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth homicide detectives are investigating in northeast Fort Worth after they found a dead man in a car with a gunshot wound in his upper body Friday. Police were initially called to Northeast 28th Street for a …

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One Killed in Crash on Dallas North Tollway Saturday


April 13, 2019

One person is dead after a crash on the Dallas North Tollway early Saturday morning. The crash happened near the Maple Avenue overpass at about 2:20 a.m., according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Troopers were called to the crash and preliminary investigations found that a Cadillac CTS was traveling north in the southbound lanes of DNT when it …

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