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An 18-year-old man was arrested Thursday evening after taking a loaded gun to a football game in Tarrant County, police say. North Richland Hills police said in a Facebook post that Birdville ISD administration alerted officers about 9 p.m. that a person believed to have a weapon had been pointed out to them. Off-duty officers along with BISD security located the man …

The first weekend of September started out nicely, with a low of 71 at DFW, and the 60s for much of the surrounding areas. It did climb back to the upper 90s by late Saturday afternoon. A slow-moving upper-level low pressure system will approach the area on Sunday bringing a chance for a few spotty showers and thunderstorms. The activity …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who dedicated his post-political career to working to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died. He was 75. The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, which he founded and led, said in a statement Saturday that he …

A 20-year-old man was arrested this week in the June slaying of a 19-year-old man in Fort Worth. Xavier Wyatt was booked into the Tarrant County jail Thursday on one count of murder. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney. Police were called just before 6 p.m. June 24 to the scene of a shooting in the …

The month of August ended yesterday as the second hottest and second driest on record in DFW. Unfortunately, September will begin in similar fashion. Temperatures will remain above normal, but no extreme heat is expected. High temperatures will remain in the upper 90s through Labor Day. But because of low humidity, temperatures will drop off nicely at night with morning …

Just weeks after one of the deadliest crashes in Texas history occurred on Interstate 35W, federal investigators peppered the employees of the company who maintained the roadway with questions. At the end of March 2021, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board asked what level of training North Tarrant Express Mobility Partners workers received, what equipment they used and whether they had done this …

An armored-car guard was fatally shot during a robbery in Old East Dallas on Friday morning, police said. About 9:30 a.m., officers were dispatched for calls of a shooting in the 100 block of South Carroll Avenue, near Main Street, where police say the uniformed guard had been shot during a robbery. The department did not elaborate on the circumstances …

The city of Arlington said Friday that a water sample collected from one of its splash pads has tested negative for the presence of “brain-eating” amoeba. The Environmental Protection Agency, which conducted the test, informed Arlington officials of the results Thursday, the city said in a news release. With no presence of the Naegleria fowleri amoeba in the sample, officials said they …

Two people were stabbed to death Thursday night and Friday morning in unrelated cases, Carrollton police said. Police responded to the first offense about 10:30 p.m. Thursday in the 2500 block of Guerrero Drive, near the President George Bush Turnpike and Ward Steenson Park. A friend of the victim, who was not identified, told police she was attempting to back …

A fox found Tuesday morning in northwest Grapevine tested positive for rabies. Grapevine police said in a news release that “an ill-appearing fox” was found in the city near Westgate Plaza and Churchill Loop, close to State Highway 114. Tests revealed the fox had contracted the viral disease. According to police, there are no reported human or animal exposures to …