Although Texas does not have a statewide universal pre-K program, some districts have expanded eligibility requirements locally.

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

Tarrant County recently hired a new chief to oversee the jail system. Shannon Herklotz previously worked for the Dallas County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.

The agency looked at air quality data from 2021-23 and proposed that four counties - Dallas, Harris (which includes Houston), Tarrant ... Cameron County, on the Texas-Mexico border, was removed ...

The Tarrant County Commissioners Court has no power to ... not whether it’s right or wrong, Krause said. “Texas statute says the Court SHALL carry out certain responsibilities.

The sounds of school marching bands and hundreds of stomping feet will soon fill the streets of downtown Fort Worth as Tarrant County residents honor Martin Luther King Jr. The annual holiday parade ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Two individuals were arrested for causing disruptions during a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting on January 14, 2025. The incidents led to charges of disorderly conduct ...

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.

Herklotz left Dallas County in December and joined Tarrant County earlier this month, according to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement records. Herklotz began his career in 1990 as a correctional ...

Tarrant County has also hired a new chief to oversee the jail system, which came under fire after a string of in-custody jail deaths this past summer. FORT WORTH, Texas - Tarrant County ...

During the first meeting of the year at Tarrant County Commissioner's Court ... this can't be the standard for Texas." Another friend, Palmer, described his friendship with Yancy over the last ...

With food insecurity on the rise, Tarrant Area Food Bank ... annual study reveals that Texas has the second-highest food insecurity rate in the nation at 16.9%, a 1.4% increase from last year. In TAFB ...