The Latest Breaking News from Tarrant County

Viral ‘wedding of the century’ has cast eyes at the bride and groom, Madeline Brockway and Jacob LaGrone, as he faces charges of aggravated assault

DALLAS -- Stedfast Baptist Church, which was forced to leave two locations in Tarrant County last year and recently bought a building in Cedar Hill, was the subject of protests Wednesday.

UNINCORPORATED TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — Along a once-rural stretch of road, a small white sign nailed to an old tree greets churchgoers.

Karen Wiseman previously sued former election administrator Heider Garcia and participated in a right-wing group’s search for 2020 voter fraud. She’s one of the three finalists, none of whom have experience running elections.

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker face little opposition in their reelection bids. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson doesn’t have any challengers.

Our efforts can’t be limited to complaining on social media. Better yet, get organized. It worked for this Fort Worth progressive activist.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Atatiana Jefferson’s family waited three years for justice in her slaying, but they said the justice rendered fell short.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The former Fort Worth officer convicted of manslaughter for the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson was sentenced Tuesday to more than 11 years in prison, marking an end to the long-awaited trial in a case that sent shock waves across Tarrant County and nationwide.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Tarrant County jurors who convicted a white former Fort Worth police officer in the shooting death of a Black woman heard evidence Friday as they weigh his punishment for manslaughter.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Shouts erupted outside a Tarrant County courtroom Thursday as activists and community leaders decried that a former Fort Worth officer found guilty of manslaughter wouldn’t face a more serious conviction for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson in 2019.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean told a Tarrant County jury Monday morning he saw a gun before he shot and killed a Black woman in her mother’s home more than three years ago.