As Trump takes office, a new Texas bill would make it easier to build a border wall

CBS DFW 1/19 12:53A Jack Fink

Incoming President Donald Trump will be inaugurated Monday. He has promised to crackdown on illegal immigration on his first day of his second term. A new bill filed in the Texas Senate would make it easier for the border wall to be built in the...

Keller ISD board meeting flooded by speakers opposing district split; superintendent offers to...

CBS DFW 1/17 3:54A Steven Rosenbaum

KELLER The Keller ISD board of trustees did not take any action over a proposed breakup of the district at Thursday night's meeting after hearing from dozens of upset residents. More than 120 people signed up to speak, and most who addressed the...

Chase involving Texas DPS, semi-truck cab ends in southern Fort Worth

CBS DFW 1/15 8:43A CBS Texas Staff

Texas DPS troopers chased a semi-truck cab across North Texas Wednesday afternoon, ending on Chisolm Trail Parkway and McPherson Boulevard in southern Tarrant County. According to a statement from...

Fort Worth officers shoot, kill man who charged at them with knives, department says

CBS DFW 1/15 5:49A CBS Texas

FORT WORTH Fort Worth police officers shot and killed a man Wednesday morning who the department said charged at officers with knives. The officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at 4:22 a.m. at a house on Westgate Drive near Ten...

Armed man killed by officers responding to domestic disturbance call, police say

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 1/15 5:31A Frank Heinz

Fort Worth police are investigating a fatal shooting involving at least one police officer Wednesday morning. Department officials confirmed to NBC 5 that officers were called to a domestic disturbance at a home in the 5800 block of Westgate Drive...

Woman killed after crashing into light pole in Arlington

CBS DFW 1/15 4:16A ShaCamree Gowdy

ARLINGTON A 30-year-old woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Wednesday. At approximately 12:04 a.m., Arlington police officers responded to a crash in the 2800 block of N. Collins Street at the northwest corner of the intersection,...

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

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 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 DFW 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...

Texas lawmakers consider additional property tax relief amid projected $20 billion surplus in 2025...

CBS DFW 1/11 11:41P Jack Fink

The 89th session of the Texas Legislature begins Tuesday and as part of passing a budget, lawmakers will consider what to do with the projected $20 billion surplus. There could be political fireworks on the first day of the session in the House...

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

CBS DFW 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 DFW 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...

Border security, taxes, and public education are the big issues Texas faces in 2025

CBS DFW 1/4 11:43P Jack Fink

Jack Fink hosts a special edition of Eye On Politics and spoke with two political reporters based at the Texas Capitol: Jasper Scherer, Politics Reporter at the Texas Tribune and Brad Johnson, Senior Reporter at The Texan. (Original air date:...

One dead after vehicle catches fire in crash with 18-wheeler in Arlington

CBS DFW 1/4 9:44A ShaCamree Gowdy

ARLINGTON One person is dead following a crash that caused their vehicle to burst into flames. Arlington police responded to reports of a collision between a car and an 18-wheeler in the eastbound lanes of I-20 near S. Cooper Street at...

Driver of car going the wrong-way on S.H. 183 died after Friday morning crash

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 1/4 3:09A NBCDFW Staff

Fort Worth police are investigating a deadly wrong-way crash Friday morning. It happened at around 10:45 a.m. outside the south entrance of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on State Highway 183 and the State Highway 360 southbound exit...

Man accidentally killed while clearing firearm at Fort Worth gun range identified

CBS DFW 1/3 7:28P Doug Myers

FORT WORTH The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the man who police say was killed Monday when a firearm he was attempting to clear malfunctioned and a round struck him in the...