Police & Law Enforcement

Steven Nelson has maintained his innocence in the 2011 murder and beating of two Arlington church employees.

Understaffed and overcrowded, Texas prisons are experiencing worsening conditions that leave both staff and the incarcerated at risk.

Sixty-five fewer Dallasites were murdered in 2024 than in 2023, Dallas Police data shows.

The controversial surveillance tech is also used by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the NYPD and ICE.

Court documents say a Grapevine man encouraged the racially motivated assault.

The 55-year-old man traveled from North Texas to Indiana recently to be near Clark, police say.

Two hours of bickering over a nightclub’s zoning request was a reminder of how divided city council has become.

Investigators confirmed Shamsud-Din Jabbar visited North Texas weeks before plowing a truck through Bourbon Street revelers.

These locals might soon benefit from Donald Trump’s November victory.

42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar has been identified as the suspect in the New Orleans terrorist attack.

For the second time in two years, the U.S. Department of Labor is investigating reports of unpaid wages in Dallas County.

State and local efforts to promote driver safety are ineffective at reducing fatal car accidents.

The retailer, which has reported significant levels of in-store violence, says the cameras are to protect staff and shoppers.

Forty-nine North Texas educators were named on a list of teachers under investigation for cheating on the certification test.

Dallas small-business owners are paying for broken windows and ripped out cash registers as burglaries, robberies continue.

The many people responsible for the 2023 juvenile overdoses and deaths in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD continue to be punished.

A church elder told staff this week that tithing is down 35-40% and more staff reductions are coming soon.

The 23-year-old man also faces sex trafficking charges in Utah, where he was involved in a police sting operation.

A statewide educator shortage coupled with spiking numbers of student behavioral issues could be exacerbating chaos in the classroom.

The department is able to staff eight DNA analysts to test evidence kits, but only three positions are filled.

He is set to be put to death this week, but Robbie Roberson’s conviction was based on “junk science” that has been widely discredited.

Law enforcement advocates point to non-police teams of responders as the best individuals to handle mental health calls.