Crime & Police

A number of Texas colleges were victims to “swatting” hoaxes that reported active mass shooters on campus.

A North Texas mother talks about the dangers of fentanyl after losing her middle school student son.

Former Dallas-Fire Rescue paramedic Brad Cox has been fighting to keep his paramedic license since 2021.

For thousands of students, their healing journey only begins when the cameras leave to cover a different school shooting tragedy.

“Not a victimless crime.”: Texas lawmakers are looking to crack down on fraudulent paper license plates.

Texan responses to the Covenant School killings in Nashville ran from fiery to apathetic.

A suspect was arrested late Wednesday night for the shooting at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, the second North Texas school shooting this week.

The student killed on Monday at Lamar High School in Arlington has been identified. The alleged shooter is still being detained in Tarrant County.

A suspect has been arrested and two students are recovering following a shooting on the campus of Lamar High School in Arlington.

In response to last October’s deadly shooting at Methodist Hospital, Dallas state Rep. Rafael Anchía filed two new house bills.

On the same day that an R.L. Turner student was found unresponsive after an overdose, another arrest has been announced in Carrollton for dealing fentanyl to teenagers.

Senate Bill 2 would make illegal voting a felony. Texas Democrats say it’s a scare tactic to keep voters away from the polls.

After video of a hectic Austin street takeover went viral, Gov. Greg Abbott launched a new task force to slow down the stunt drivers. According to the Dallas Police Department, street takeovers still occur regularly in North Texas.

Every scene or sub-culture needs someone who serves as a beacon – a person whose enthusiasm attracts the uninitiated and stokes the long-burning embers of those who’ve been around the block a time or two already. The North Texas mountain biking community lost one of its own beacons when James…

Wild emperor tamarins thrive in tropical rainforests, so it’s safe to assume that on Tuesday, Jan. 31, Bella and Finn were cold. It was 37 degrees inside the boarded-up community home in Lancaster where the pair of monkeys was finally found. The day before, news broke that they’d been swiped…

The FBI says that 59 arrests have been made as the result of a nearly month-long investigation into online child sexual exploitation. “Beginning January 16, 2023, and continuing through last Friday, February 10, 2023, law enforcement agencies across North Texas brought together highly skilled computer crimes investigators to focus resources…

The man authorities say was the source of the fentanyl that contributed to three teens’ deaths in Carrollton and seven more overdoses over the past six months has been arrested. Jason Xavier Villanueva, 22, has been charged with conspiracy to distribute a Schedule II controlled substance in connection to the…

Shortly after entering a tiny closet-turned-viewing room, Trinidad Gonzales saw something he still struggles to describe 20 years later. The doctoral candidate had a couple hours of microfilm to review, and toward the end his eyes ached so much that he almost missed it. Almost. He scrolled past the paragraph,…

A man who climbed to the top of a Dallas construction crane Monday morning was taken into police custody Tuesday after he refused to get down for more than 24 hours.

Dallas Police have arrested Davion Irvin, 24, in connection with the stolen emperor tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo. According to the Police Department’s statement, Irvin was apprehended following a tip on Thursday night that the he had been seen at the Dallas Aquarium “near animal exhibits.” Upon responding to…

Lawmakers with the Texas Black Caucus are seeking to pass reforms following last month’s police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.

A photo released by the Dallas Police Department prompted a local woman to provide police with the tip that led to the recovery of two emperor tamarin monkeys taken from the Dallas Zoo. The two monkeys were found in the closet of a house in Lancaster on Tuesday evening and…