In November, another Tarrant County jury sentenced Turner ... During a news conference, the Ellis County sheriff voiced his support for seeking the death penalty — a decision left to local ...

Below is a comprehensive listing of elections held during the March 5, 2024, primary election in Tarrant County. Click on each ... Cooke, Delta, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Freestone, Hamilton ...

Tarrant County became the first county in the state to earn stars in all six transparency areas from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

Tarrant County has a museum that honors the history of its Black community.  Part of the Historic Southside of Fort Worth, ...

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office recently hired Dallas County’s former top jail official to run Tarrant County’s jail system amid scrutiny over a spike in jail ...

TARRANT COUNTY — The Tarrant County Sheriff is defending his jail amid protests and calls for change from community members at Tarrant County Commissioners Court on Tuesday. The contentious ...

Christopher J. Grisham, a criminal defense and civil rights lawyer from Temple, argues with Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office deputies over his right to carry a gun in commissioners court on Jan. 14.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn said jail staff "performed magnificently" leading up to the death of Mason Yancy, who died in the Tarrant County Jail Dec. 27.

A 36-year-old man died in the Tarrant County Jail on Saturday following complications from an attempted suicide. He is the first person to die in the Tarrant County Jail this year. The Tarrant ...

Anthony Johnson, left, died in Tarrant County custody on April 21, 2024. His mother said he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Tarrant County will fund another $20,000 to help represent a jailer ...

We’ll take those threats seriously,” Commissioner Manny Ramirez said Tuesday, as sheriff’s deputies used metal detectors at a commissioner court meeting.

(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer) Dallas County’s top jail official has left after just under two years in the role to run Tarrant County’s jail system, officials announced Monday.