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.

Shannon Herklotz is the new person in charge of day-to-day jail operations in Tarrant County, according to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. He previously worked for the Dallas County ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tarrant County Commissioners are proposing new rules for public speakers after two people were arrested for allegedly disrupting a briefing about jail deaths. At the Jan. 14 ...

Shannon Herklotz has been named the new executive chief deputy over the Tarrant County Jail. Courtesy of Tarrant County Sheriff's Office The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office has hired a new ...

Shannon Herklotz, Dallas County's Detention Services Chief Deputy, left Dallas last month to become Tarrant County’s day-to-day operations jail administrator. The Chief Deputy who helped improve ...

The Tarrant County Commissioners Court has no power to stop a proposed break up of the Keller school district if its board passes a resolution to do so, Commissioner Matt Krause said in a post on ...

(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.

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.

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 ...

On Tuesday, commissioners discussed the latest inmate's death at the Tarrant County jail. 31-year-old Mason Yancy died in late December following a medical emergency in his jail cell. Tarrant ...

Kern County subbasin approved its fourth Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP). The plan includes a $3 million program to fix domestic wells affected by dropping water tables. Minimum water table ...