A man is accused of capital murder following a shooting late on the Fourth of July outside a car wash in Fort Worth that claimed the lives of two young girls and one adult man, with three others wounded. Fort Worth police responded to the Crystal Clean Car Wash on W. Cleburne Road around 11:40 p.m. where they found an …

A Fort Worth woman is in custody after authorities say she took sexually explicit pictures of a toddler. Hannah Nicole Edwards, 24, faces one federal count of sexual exploitation of children. According to court documents, an undercover officer was using the Kik app when a member of a message group began sending private messages that detailed sexual abuse of two …

A jury will hear testimony next week in the death penalty trial of a man accused of ambushing Richardson police with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, killing one officer. “I wanted to go to war with the police,” Brandon McCall, 28, said from jail in February 2018. McCall is accused of shooting Richardson police Officer David Sherrard and one of his …

Authorities are referring the case of an elderly motorist who fatally struck a Carrollton boy in December to a grand jury to determine whether the driver should face a charge of criminally negligent homicide. Carrollton police also have asked the state to revoke 78-year-old Andrew Hewett’s driver’s license. Hewett, a Dallas resident, was driving a van on South Josey Lane …

A former Princeton ISD employee was arrested in Collin County on Wednesday on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Larry Latham(Collin County Sheriff’s Office) Larry Latham, 69, was accused of having sexual contact with an 8-year-old boy, according to a release from the Collin County Sheriff’s Office. Latham worked for the school district from 1979 to 2002, …

Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday charged education and workforce leaders to identify specific strategies to help more students complete college or career programs that lead to high-paying jobs. Abbott wants the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative — whose members are the commissioners of the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission — to look across …

WASHINGTON — Neither Sen. John Cornyn nor Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday joined a bipartisan effort in the Senate to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to attack Iran unless he first gets authorization from Congress. The opposition from the Texas senators didn’t stop the Senate from voting 55-45 to approve the war powers resolution, with eight Republicans voting in the …

WASHINGTON – Clarendon Rep. Mac Thornberry, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, on Thursday criticized President Donald Trump for planning to shift $3.8 billion in military funding to pay for a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Texan, who’s retiring at the end of this term, said in a news release that the “re-programming announced today is contrary to …

A hard freeze is likely Friday morning with low temperatures in the 20s. Be sure to cover those plants and protect your pipes and animals. After a cool end to the work week, a nice warm up is in store over the weekend as south winds return with highs in the 60s Saturday and 70s Sunday. Mild conditions will continue …

Don’t forget your winter jacket and gloves this morning! Temperatures have tumbled into the 20s with wind chill values in the teens. Just watch out for icy patches caused by sprinklers left on. Today will be sunny, with highs near 50 this afternoon. After a cool end to the work week, a nice warm up is in store over the …

As Dallas tackles climate change, the city could try to change how North Texans get to work, how they power their homes, and how much shade they have. A year after the City Council unanimously voted to create its first climate action plan, a draft is ready. The Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan is the product of community meetings …