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 ...

This is not going to change nothing,” said Daryl Washington, the attorney for Johnson’s family. “It doesn’t change the fact ...

It appears to be we’ve got problems there,” says the brother of a man who died in sheriff’s office custody in December.

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 ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...