On Friday, the Fort Worth community will have a chance to say goodbye to a basketball icon. Legendary high school basketball coach Robert Hughes will be honored in a special celebration of life that will be open to the public. He passed away earlier this month at the age of 96. The public remembrance ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. …
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How Texas Republicans’ redistricting radically changed one Tarrant County Senate district
FOREST HILL — Clara Faulkner has never been to Brownwood. The former Forest Hill mayor and City Council member knows little about the semi-rural city 15 Brownwood Mayor Stephen Haynes, likewise, has never visited Forest Hill, a spartan stretch of residential areas that house about 14,000 people. Strip centers line Interstate 20, with hotels that promise cheaper rates than ones 10 minutes north in …
Read More »Statewide early voting participation tops 2.5 million voters in opening week
More than 2.5 million Texans have voted early so far in the midterm election. Early voting for the Nov. 8 election began Monday and will run through Nov. 4. Texas was the first state in the country to offer early voting, according to the secretary of state’s website. And as long as you registered to vote by Oct. 11, you can also …
Read More »3 students detained after loaded gun used in assault at Rowlett High School, police say
Authorities recovered a loaded gun at Rowlett High School on Friday and detained three students after another student reported being assaulted on campus, police say. About 10:50 a.m., the student reported the assault to Rowlett police assigned as resource officers at the school in the 4700 block of President George Bush Highway, police said. The student told officers one of …
Read More »Shot in a family murder-suicide, Nayeli Soto’s undeniable spirit and optimism endure
Nayeli Soto saw her life flash before her eyes when her mother’s ex-boyfriend turned a gun on her. Two shots rang out, both striking Soto in the abdomen. In that instant, Soto thought she was going to die. She had just watched in horror as Jorge Saldenos Escobar Flores shot her mother, Karla Castillo. The early hours of July 14 …
Read More »Suspect in assault at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s California home had posted about QAnon
The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s California home and severely beating her husband with a hammer appears to have made racist and often rambling posts online, including some that questioned the results of the 2020 election, defended former President Donald Trump and echoed QAnon conspiracy theories. David DePape, 42, grew up in Powell River, British Columbia, before leaving about 20 years …
Read More »1 man dead, another critically wounded in east Oak Cliff shooting
One man was killed and another critically wounded in a shooting in east Oak Cliff late Friday. About 10:55 p.m., Dallas police responded to a shooting at a gas station at the corner of South Corinth Street Road and Morrell Avenue, where they found two men with gunshot wounds in a vehicle. The men were taken to a hospital, where …
Read More »Fort Worth police investigating apparent murder-suicide attempt
A shooting in Fort Worth on Friday morning left a man dead and a woman hospitalized in an apparent murder-suicide attempt. Officers were dispatched about 9:20 a.m. to the 6400 block of Meadowbrook Drive, near Interstate 820. Police said a husband and wife had an argument, and the man shot the woman multiple times in her lower body. The man …
Read More »Officials: 146 dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul, South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — At least 146 people were killed and 150 others were injured in a stampede during Halloween festivities in Seoul, officials said of one of the biggest disasters in South Korea that will likely raise serious questions about public safety standards. The massive death toll is being tallied after people were crushed by a large crowd …
Read More »Pedestrian fatally struck while walking on LBJ Freeway in northwest Dallas
A woman walking on LBJ Freeway in northwest Dallas died after being struck early Saturday, police say. The woman was walking about 2:30 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of the 3100 block of the freeway, near Webb Chapel Road, when she was struck by at least two drivers in the far-left lane, police said. The woman was pronounced dead at …
Read More »17-year-old shot 14-year-old with AR-15-style rifle in White Settlement, police say
A 17-year-old was arrested Friday after he shot a 14-year-old with an AR-15-style rifle in White Settlement, police say. Mason Stopps of Fort Worth was booked into the Tarrant County jail on a charge of aggravated assault, and it was not clear whether he had an attorney. Police said he was arrested Saturday, but jail records show he was booked …
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