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...

Man dies of fentanyl overdose in Tarrant County Jail, mother's lawsuit dismissed

NBC DFW 7/22 7:00A NBCDFW Staff

Nearly three years after a man died in the Tarrant County Jail from a fentanyl overdose, a federal lawsuit against the county and a jail commissary company has been dismissed. Trelynn Wormley, 23,...

Rashee Rice pleads guilty, will spend time in jail after high-speed hit-and-run

NBC DFW 7/17 9:35A Frank Heinz and NBCDFW Staff

NFL wide receiver Rashee Rice will spend time behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday to two felony charges related to a high-speed hit-and-run crash that injured at least four people on a Dallas...

Civil rights protests Thursday in DFW, across US, 5 years after John Lewis's death

NBC DFW 7/17 7:34A NBCDFW Staff

NFL wide receiver Rashee Rice will spend time behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday to two felony charges related to a high-speed hit-and-run crash that injured at least four people on a Dallas...

Kansas City Chiefs' Rashee Rice sentenced to 30 days in jail, 5 years probation for multi-car crash...

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 7/17 7:25A Julia Falcon

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years of probation for a Dallas car crash. According to a statement from the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, Rice pleaded guilty on Thursday to...

Texas lawmakers hope Doctor Act can help growing physician shortage in the state

NBC DFW 7/17 4:59A Alanna Quillen

NFL wide receiver Rashee Rice will spend time behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday to two felony charges related to a high-speed hit-and-run crash that injured at least four people on a Dallas...

Traffic Advisories - Week of July 14

UP Texas News 7/15 11:20A

Road closures in the City of University Park during the week of July 14.

Mosquito Fogging Efforts - Summer 2025

UP Texas News 7/2 11:00A

In preparation for the Park Cities 4th of July Parade and festivities, the Parks Department will be mosquito fogging Centennial Park and along the parade route on Friday, July 4 between 4 and 5 a.m.

Park Cities 4th of July Parade and Celebration in Centennial Park

UP Texas News 6/25 4:46A

This year's parade will be held on Friday, July 4. The parade will start at Highland Park Town Hall at 9 a.m. As the parade winds down, join us for some fun activities in Centennial Park.

Historic YMCA camp at Possum Kingdom Lake getting a makeover

NBC DFW 6/19 3:42A Alanna Quillen

On Thursday, June 19, Opal Lee, Unity Unlimited, Inc., NBC 5, and Telemundo 39, celebrate Juneteenth at Opal’s Walk for Freedom . The walk features a new, scenic route in Fort Worth that starts at...

ICE Dallas deports 122 people abroad "special high-risk charter" flight to China

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 6/10 3:20A Briauna Brown

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it returned 122 immigrants, including people convicted of "egregious crimes," back to China aboard a charter flight. The Department of Homeland Security...

Tarrant County citizens file lawsuit against new redistricting map

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 6/4 11:52A Julia Falcon

Less than a day after Tarrant County commissioners approved a controversial redistricting proposal , a group of citizens filed a lawsuit claiming intentional discrimination. According to the Lone Star...