Fort Worth

11-year-old Orion Jean is proving that age certainly is just a number in some instances, particularly when it comes to charity work and giving back to his community in Fort Worth, Texas. As a result, he's recently been given the prestigious honor of being named 'TIME' Magazine's 2021 Kid Of The Year.

Attorney Ben Crump is reacting to the viral video of a White Texas student hitting and insulting her Black teacher, calling the situation “outrageous.”

A Texas-based Christian radio host was sentenced to three life prison sentences Monday for a Ponzi scheme in which he bilked elderly listeners out of millions of dollars.

A 22-year-old Dallas mother was shot and killed while driving on Tuesday and the suspect arrested for the crime allegedly stalked her using a tracking device.

Opal Lee’s dream of seeing Juneteenth become a federal holiday was finally realized over the summer, but the energetic woman who spent years rallying people to join her push for the day commemorating the end of slavery is hardly letting up on a lifetime of work teaching and helping others.

Yolanda Carr, mother of Atatiana Jefferson, has died.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge on Thursday was considering whether a hospital can take a 10-month-old girl off life support despite her family’s opposition. The judge heard the request by Tinslee Lewis‘ family for a temporary injunction to stop Cook Children’s Medical Center from removing life-sustaining treatment for the girl. Doctors at […]

On Wednesday, a Fort Worth jury found Jon Preston Romer Jr. guilty of aggravated perjury in the Henry Newson assault case. We previously reported… Romer was on trail on a charge that he lied to a grand jury that was investigating his assault on a Black patient (Newson) who was waiting to be picked up from a hospital. Romer, who […]

A white pastor has been chosen to lead a Black church in Fort Worth after the longtime pastor died in August. Rev. Robert Rogers founded and led Harvey Avenue Baptist Church for 53 years before his passing over the summer, NBC.com reports. “When God gets ready to take you home, you got to go,” said 77-year-old church […]

A white pastor has been chosen to lead a Black church in Fort Worth after the longtime pastor died in August. Rev. Robert Rogers founded and led Harvey Avenue Baptist Church for 53 years before his passing over the summer, NBC.com reports. “When God gets ready to take you home, you got to go,” said 77-year-old church […]

In the days after Atatiana Jefferson’s killing in her own home by a white Fort Worth police officer, many in the black community say they’ve seen at least initial signs of swifter action with the officer’s arrest, but also are noticing some recurring and troubling themes. These include the release of police body camera footage and details […]

In the days after Atatiana Jefferson’s killing in her own home by a white Fort Worth police officer, many in the black community say they’ve seen at least initial signs of swifter action with the officer’s arrest, but also are noticing some recurring and troubling themes. These include the release of police body camera footage and details […]