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NORTH TEXAS – Police are requesting help in identifying the suspect in a fatal shooting that took place Thursday in a ...

A UT Austin HR employee was arrested for failing to comply with sex offender registration laws after a tip led to an investigation. His prior Oregon conviction was undisclosed during UT's background ...

In June 2023, a woman reported to Denton police that the chiropractor, 39-year-old Hector Reyes, sexually assaulted her ...

DEER PARK — A pipeline fire that burned in a Houston suburb for four days finally went out late Thursday as authorities announced a criminal investigation into the blaze that had roared into a ...

Byron Louis Nelson, 56, was arrested on Tuesday by the Longview Police Department on a charge of capital murder. According to ...

Dimitri Roberts faces a felony charge of impersonating a peace officer, as well as a misdemeanor assault charge.

A man initially interviewed as a witness at the scene of a murder has now been arrested in the alleged road rage slaying, ...

The shooting was initially reported as a welfare check just after 4:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Cutting Horse Drive.

A Reelsville man was arrested on Friday on active warrants out of Tarrant County, Texas for the online solicitation of a ...

LEWISVILLE, Texas — Four Lewisville ISD students were arrested after allegedly making threats online against Huffines Middle ...