Darrian Cortez Johnson, who admitted he fatally shot Terrell officer Jacob Candanoza during a 2024 traffic stop, is due to be sentenced in Kaufman County this week. The case reopened painful memories across North Texas.

A Grand Prairie care‑home operator was convicted in Tarrant County after prosecutors say she submitted more than 80 false Medicaid claims and was sentenced to 15 years.

A former Mesquite SWAT officer was arrested after an hours‑long SWAT standoff in Fort Worth. Authorities say he threatened a family member and fired inside before surrendering.

Three people were killed and a fourth wounded at a short‑term rental party in Dallas; police say upstairs gunfire struck people downstairs and detectives are investigating.

Alonzo Diego Fuller Jr., founding pastor of Journey Fort Worth, was indicted and booked in Tarrant County on a sexual‑assault charge; church leaders say he denies the allegations.

A bicyclist was killed Monday on eastbound I-20 in Arlington after being struck by a Toyota Prius. Eastbound lanes near Matlock were closed while police investigated.

A very young child accessed a firearm in a Ferris home and killed another child; an adult was arrested and criminal charges are pending.

A 50-year-old woman was fatally stabbed after an argument at a Mansfield home escalated into violence; a 43-year-old woman is in custody, police say.

Fort Worth police are searching for the driver after an early-morning hit-and-run on the eastbound East Freeway that killed a pedestrian. Detectives ask anyone with tips to call.

A high-speed collision at Mockingbird and Harry Hines sent three people to the hospital, one in critical condition, after both vehicles were driven under a bridge. Authorities detained the driver after on-scene sobriety checks.

Federal prosecutors say a Lewisville man and a Grand Rapids woman were indicted after allegedly soaking sheets of paper in synthetic drugs and sending them to inmates nationwide.

A late-night confrontation on Mansfield Highway left a driver critically wounded; police are investigating a possible road‑rage shooting.

Police responded after an unidentified person was found shot on the 2300 block of Bethurum Avenue; the victim was hospitalized and investigators say the probe is ongoing.