Emotions ran high, two arrested at Tarrant County Commissioner's Court at briefing on jail deaths

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 1/15 2:56A Sophia Beausoleil

During the first meeting of the year at Tarrant County Commissioner s Court, emotions ran high as Sheriff Bill Waybourn along with other officials gave an update about recent jail deaths. Two people were arrested during the meeting after the...

Here's a list of North Texas businesses collecting donations for California wildfire victims, first...

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 1/14 5:52A CBS Texas Staff

Fires in Southern California continue to burn, destroying at least 12,000 structures and burning more than 60 square miles. At least 24 people are dead, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. As of Tuesday morning, 88,000 people in...

Here's how much snow fell across North Texas during the winter storm

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 1/10 7:11A Julia Falcon

NORTH TEXAS Snow is no longer falling over most of North Texas after the first winter storm of the season. The National Weather Service dropped a winter storm warning early Friday morning, and let a...

Winter weather advisory for North Texas is over, radar clearing before freeze returns overnight

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 1/10 6:51A Julia Falcon

NORTH TEXAS The winter weather advisory for North Texas expired at 12 p.m. Friday as snow and sleet cleared out of the region. Early Friday morning, the originally issued winter storm warning was...

Black ice creates hazardous road conditions across North Texas after winter storm

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 1/10 5:04A ShaCamree Gowdy

NORTH TEXAS The first big winter storm of the season brought frigid temperatures and a mix of sleet and snow to North Texas, leaving behind freezing drizzle and slushy road conditions . Highway crews across Dallas-Fort Worth spent the week...

What's open in Dallas, Fort Worth during the North Texas winter storm?

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 1/9 1:47A S.E. Jenkins

NORTH TEXAS As snow , freezing rain and sleet make their way through North Texas this Thursday and early Friday during the winter storm , most schools and offices are closing their doors, but many other services will remain open. Grocery Tom...

Melba Jeffus, former Republican Woman’s Club President, announces run for Rockwall City Council

Blue Ribbon News 1/7 4:25A Melanie M

Rockwall, TX (January 7, 2025) Melba Jeffus announced today she will run for the Rockwall City Council, Place 3.  Melba Jeffus, a native Texan, and her husband Stan, moved to Rockwall in 2004. Melba retired from the Dallas County Community...

Body found floating in White Rock Lake

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 12/31 10:43A NBCDFW Staff

Dallas firefighters are removing a body found floating in White Rock Lake Tuesday. Dallas police were called to the White Rock Lake Dog Park on the north side of the lake just before 3 p.m. Swift water teams with Dallas Fire-Rescue are working to...

Here's where you can watch fireworks in North Texas on New Year's Eve

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 12/30 11:54P Julia Falcon

NORTH TEXAS 2025 is almost here and there will be several Texas-sized fireworks shows throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to celebrate. From McKinney to Fort Worth, here is a list of fireworks shows happening on Dec. 31: Where to watch...

North Texas man kills ex-girlfriend in Christmas Day murder-suicide, Palmer police say

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 12/26 8:18A ShaCamree Gowdy

PALMER Two people are dead following a murder-suicide on Christmas Day in Palmer, just south of Dallas. Palmer police officers responded to a call at 241 Poinsettia Drive at approximately 7:24 p.m. on Wednesday after a concerned neighbor reported...

Thousands of homebound seniors in North Texas gifted with warm meal on Christmas morning

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 12/25 5:24A Lacey Beasley

DALLAS Nearly 900 volunteers sacrificed their Christmas mornings to load up their cars and deliver warm turkey meals to over 5,000 homebound seniors in Dallas County. It was part of the Visiting Nurse Association of Texas's Meals on Wheels food...

Texas outlines strategies to handle security on the southern border

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 12/21 11:00P Nathalie Palacios

Ken Molestina fills in for Jack Fink this week as Texas outlines another strategy to handle security on the southern border. Collin County Elections Administrator Bruce Sherbet recently announced he's retiring and reflects on his time in the role...

Texas DPS trooper in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle on Dallas North Tollway

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 12/16 5:33A Julia Falcon

DALLAS COUNTY A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle on Dallas North Tollway. It happened in the northbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway at Keller Springs Road around 12:40 a.m....

Proposed ‘Carla Walker Act' could fund advanced DNA testing to solve cold cases

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 12/15 8:36A Sara Hummadi

A backlog of over 1,000 unsolved cold cases sits in the Fort Worth Police Department s Cold Case Unit. Now, a proposed bipartisan bill could help provide the funding needed to solve these cases and...

North Texas man struck 133 times on feet suing four Dallas police officers

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 12/13 2:05A Marvin Hurst

DALLAS Cedric Cheeley says he does some comedy writing. He's using laughter to cope with an incident in a far north Dallas parking lot in April 2022. He's also suing four officers from the Dallas Police Department. "You know to keep from crying,...