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A Tarrant County jury handed Elijah Royal a 99-year sentence after convicting him in the 2022 Euless killing of Lamonte Watkins. The DA’s office credited Euless detectives for the investigation.
A Fort Worth pediatric dentist was arrested after a 4‑year‑old died following a routine April procedure. Authorities allege toxic meperidine dosing and improper emergency care.
A 15-year-old in Keene fought off a would-be kidnapper and made it home safely; police later arrested a man in Fort Worth, authorities say.
Dive teams and sonar boats searched a Country Lakes pond in Denton as multiple agencies responded. Authorities asked residents to give crews room while the search continues.
A house fire in southeast Fort Worth early Thursday left one person dead and several injured, including two firefighters; investigators are probing the cause.
A 79‑year‑old Colorado man was indicted in the 1981 Grapevine strangling after DNA from soda bottles matched male DNA on a victim's nightgown.
Two adults were found dead at a private pond in east Fort Worth after an overturned kayak was discovered.
Firefighters forced entry into the wrong Dallas house and splintered a homeowner’s front door; after an initial denial the city ultimately paid $4,100 for repairs.
A late-night shooting in Fort Worth's Carol Oaks Lane parking lot left a man dead as detectives detained multiple people and continue to investigate.
Five teenagers were hospitalized after a carjacked sedan crashed into a traffic-signal pole during a police chase in Pleasant Grove. Multiple handguns were recovered and charges are pending.
A person was killed early Wednesday on eastbound I-20 near Dowdy Ferry after being struck while changing a tire, deputies say.
Frisco police say a pre‑dawn shooting in the 12000 block of Chattanooga Drive left one person with non‑life‑threatening injuries; detectives are seeking tips.
Dallas prosecutors said they will not seek the death penalty for Yordanis Cobos‑Martinez in the September beheading at the Downtown Suites, narrowing the state’s sentencing options.
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