Trump offers UT, 8 other colleges favorable access to federal money, with strings

NBC DFW 10/2 10:18A Aamer Madhani and Collin Binkley

NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and BAPS invite you to join us at the Diwali & Annakut celebration at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Irving on Tuesday, October 21st, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This year’s theme will be Light Within, Light Around. The...

Woman found dead after SWAT standoff with suicidal man, Lewisville police say

NBC DFW 10/2 8:24A Hannah Jones

NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and BAPS invite you to join us at the Diwali & Annakut celebration at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Irving on Tuesday, October 21st, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This year’s theme will be Light Within, Light Around. The...

Another winning $3 million scratch-off ticket claimed in North Texas

NBC DFW 10/2 7:31A NBCDFW Staff

NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and BAPS invite you to join us at the Diwali & Annakut celebration at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Irving on Tuesday, October 21st, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This year’s theme will be Light Within, Light Around. The...

NorthPark Center Pumpkin Patch is both a photo op and a fundraiser

NBC DFW 10/2 5:03A Noelle Walker

NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and BAPS invite you to join us at the Diwali & Annakut celebration at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Irving on Tuesday, October 21st, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This year’s theme will be Light Within, Light Around. The...

Irving residents voice opposition to plans for cell tower in Dallas

NBC DFW 10/2 3:57A David Goins

NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and BAPS invite you to join us at the Diwali & Annakut celebration at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Irving on Tuesday, October 21st, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This year’s theme will be Light Within, Light Around. The...

North Texas nonprofit hosts 9th annual "Together We Ball" to help bridge gap between youth,...

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 9/28 6:37A Dawn White

People hit the court for the 9th annual "Together We Ball" at Southern Methodist University Sunday. Pastors, North Texas law enforcement and kids will come together for a community-wide day of basketball. Basketball fans are drilling some buckets...

CBP officers at Florida airport discover human skull and bones in luggage, passenger claims ritual...

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 9/19 8:47A Sergio Candido

What began as a routine baggage check at Tampa International Airport ended with U.S. customs officers unwrapping something far darker a foil-wrapped bundle of bones, including part of a human skull....

SMU Football Gameday: What to expect this year

UP Texas News 9/5 9:20A

SMU football gameday is always an exciting time in University Park, and this season promises to be even more electrifying as the Mustangs enter their second year in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Sci-Fi sculptures made of food cans take over NorthPark for CANstruction Dallas

NBC DFW 9/3 4:28A Alanna Quillen

There s spring cleaning and fall refresh, and if you re about to clean the closet, a group in Fort Worth wants to do something good with your fancy clothes. Bring dresses. Bring tuxedos. Bring them on hangers. And in return, we re hosting an event...

Dallas photographer's exhibition kicks off the new season at Meadows Museum, SMU

NBC DFW 8/23 6:25A Kimberly Richard

Family friends of a man shot and killed during an apparent carjacking are speaking out. Dallas police said the shooting happened in Northwest Dallas while the victim was on a FaceTime call. The victim was identified as 34-year-old Juan Hernandez...

Erik Menendez denied parole after decades in prison

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 8/21 7:36P Chelsea Hylton

After a nearly 10-hour hearing, California officials denied Erik Menendez parole on Thursday after he spent decades behind bars for killing his parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez , in 1989. The...

Are incentives to retain Texas teachers working? Job turnover remains high

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 8/18 10:04A Andrea Lucia

Job turnover among teachers in Texas remains high after hitting a record in 2023, when more than 13% left their jobs. In 2022, after 11.5% of teachers left, Gov. Greg Abbott commissioned a task force to find solutions to the growing shortage of...

TEA releases 2024-25 school ratings. See the best/worst districts and charters here

NBC DFW 8/15 8:45A Frank Heinz

The Texas Education Agency released school accountability ratings for the 2024-2025 school year on Friday, with some of the largest school districts in North Texas grading between A and C. The Dallas,...

Doctors warn heat illness can strike student athletes, band members in any weather

NBC DFW 8/13 4:35A Alanna Quillen

As high school football and marching band season ramp up across Texas, doctors are urging parents to take extra precautions to protect kids from heat-related illnesses — even when it’s not triple-digit hot. “Heat stroke is a more serious illness....

Dallas family blames sheriff's office for overdose death of 21-year-old jail inmate

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 7/29 4:58A Marvin Hurst

Quinnetta Brinkley's family knew she was coming home from the Dallas County Jail in July. No one thought they would reunite at a funeral home after investigators alleged she was murdered after another woman smuggled fentanyl into the jail. Opal...