A new initiative will expand access to grief and trauma care in Tarrant County

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 8/19 1:26A Deborah Ferguson

A real estate investment firm in Fort Worth is doing something good to change how mental health is understood, diagnosed, and treated in Tarrant County. Sisters Susan Miller and Jessica Miller Essl co-founded M2GVentures . A personal family...

Man swimming near boat drowns at Joe Pool Lake

DFW Scanner 8/16 6:58A dfwscanner

At approximately 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, August 15th, the Grand Prairie Fire Department responded to a possible drowning call at Joe Pool Lake. A witness reported that a male was last seen swimming off a boat and did not resurface. The man was not...

Man fatally shot after stealing Fort Worth FD ambulance, driving it to Austin

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 8/13 10:27A Hannah Jones

A man is dead after stealing an ambulance belonging to the Fort Worth Fire Department and driving it to Austin, officials say. According to the Fort Worth Fire Department, the ambulance was stolen...

Fugitive wanted for decades in connection with daughter's death arrested in Mexico

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 8/10 10:50A Dominga Gutierrez

A woman wanted in connection with the death of her 3-year-old daughter in 1996 has been arrested in Mexico, according to the Tarrant County District Attorney s Office. Maria Narez, 48, was indicted in 1999 for capital murder in the 1996 death of...

Arlington ISD launches new virtual learning programs aimed at expanding flexibility for students

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 8/5 4:30A Alanna Quillen

Arlington ISD is expanding its academic offerings with the launch of two new virtual learning programs designed to give students more flexibility while maintaining access to high-quality instruction and college readiness opportunities. The district...

Village of support helps former inmate build new life in Tarrant County

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 7/28 2:53A Alanna Quillen

Eight months after walking out of the Tarrant County Jail, Channing Walker-Ragsdale is building a future he once struggled to imagine. The longtime Fort Worth resident, who spent years battling addiction and cycling in and out of incarceration,...

Kelsy and the Portland Timbers host FC Dallas after World Cup break

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 7/22 1:59A Abraham Nudelstejer, Staff Write

For FC Dallas, restarting the season after the World Cup is, as they say in show business, a tough act to follow. Dallas (7-4-4, sixth in the Western Conference) plays the Portland Timbers (5-8-2, 12th in the Western Conference) in Oregon on...

Man drowns at Joe Pool Lake

DFW Scanner 7/17 5:23A dfwscanner

Yesterday at approximately 07:20 p.m., GPFD responded to a possible drowning call at Joe Pool Lake. The Grand Prairie Public Safety Dive Team conducted a search and recovered the body of a 27-year-old-male. The male swimmer was not wearing a life...

Pregnant women in the first trimester are needed for the study

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 7/16 2:23A Deborah Ferguson

North Texas women in their first trimester of pregnancy are needed for a new study, and it could mean money, diapers, and personalized food kits. The City of Mansfield and Methodist Mansfield partnered with Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for...

FC Dallas returns from 2026 FIFA World Cup break to play at new Mansfield Stadium

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 7/15 12:16A Charles Nichelson

Professional men s soccer is coming to Mansfield when FC Dallas plays Orlando City SC in a friendly to return to form after more than a month off for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. FC Dallas first real game after the break is July 22 in Portland...

Missing man's body recovered from Benbrook Lake

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 7/14 9:23A NBCDFW Staff

The body of a 62-year-old man was recovered from Benbrook Lake on Monday morning. Texas Game Wardens and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began searching Sunday evening for a man seen at about 6 p.m. slipping underwater in a swimming area near...

Discarded human fetus found along Lewisville Lake shoreline

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 7/10 10:18A Frank Heinz

A human fetus was found deceased Friday morning, intentionally discarded in Lewisville s Lake Park, police say. Lewisville Police said they received a call at about 8 a.m. from a person who found the...

Sports Rush: Balls, Bats, and the Beautiful Game

Fort Worth Weekly 7/2 7:24P Rush Olson

There’s a big international professional sports competition going on now, playing some of its matches in North Texas. It’s a sport you might not be as familiar with as the four major U.S. sports, but...

After the Flood: Resilience along the Guadalupe River

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 7/2 10:40A Sara Sanchez

Before dawn on July 4, 2025, catastrophic flooding swept through the Texas Hill Country when the Guadalupe River surged and rose about 30 feet in an hour, washing away bridges and roads and killing at...

Sports Rush: Building The Soccer Boom

Fort Worth Weekly 7/2 4:12A Rush Olson

In the early days of Major League Soccer, many of the league’s teams played home games in stadiums designed for American football. Their predecessors in the North American Soccer League had done the...