Tarrant County

During Tuesday’s meeting, county commissioners approved outside attorneys for eight defendants at $30,000 each.

Despite some concerns, Tarrant County is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend itself and employees in a lawsuit over a jail death. NBC 5’s Tahera Rahman reports commissioners approved hiring lawyers for the county and other employees on top of attorneys already hired for previous defendants in the case.

A 68-year-old woman is recovering but relieved over the arrest of her alleged robber. The woman was held at knifepoint in her home early this morning. And tonight, police say it was a slip-up near the crime scene that helped lead them to the suspect. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans explains.

Democratic hopes were dashed in Tarrant County. The party had made some in-roads in the GOP-stronghold in the last few elections but ultimately, Republicans came out on top in 2024. NBC 5’s Tahera Rahman reports one strategist says a closer look at the numbers, though, raises some concerns.

A Republican strategist says while he wouldn’t call Tarrant County purple, it’s no longer reliably red.

With razor-thin margins in the last presidential cycle, Tarrant County is a battleground county. Meredith Yeomans was at tonight’s watch party in Grapevine.

A Democrat and a Republican split two open seats on the Tarrant County Commissioners Court on Tuesday.

Republican Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn has faced intense backlash over high-profile deaths at his jail. His opponent, Democrat Patrick Moses, says it shows a failure in leadership.

The Republican Lieutenant Governor of Texas is responding to false claims about Tarrant County voting machines changing selections voters make which were shared by presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign on social media.

Voters turned out on the last day of early voting in Tarrant County. NBC 5’s Tahera Rahman reports from one of the county’s busiest polling locations.

Dallas and Tarrant counties each say more than 600,000 ballots have been cast as early voting wraps up on Friday.

NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 want to see you at the Tarrant County Veterans Day Parade in Fort Worth on Monday, November 11.

Evan Ranallo is the sole survivor of a wrong-way crash that killed five people in Tarrant County. He and his fiance, Chelsea, were struck head-on by another car on Loop 820 in Fort Worth. Chelsea did not survive. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans spoke with Evan’s bandmates, who were with the couple before the crash.

Tarrant County College Culinary Arts Program Coordinator Chef Katrina Warner has had one major career goal for years: to win the American Culinary Federation Chef Educator of the Year award.

A Tarrant County College teacher is putting the school on the culinary map by showing judges she has all the right ingredients to win. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker introduces us to Chef Katrina Warner.

As of Sunday night political officials say Tarrant County is second in the state in ballots cast. The Tarrant County polling place seeing the most turnout is in Keller, a community that’s become a political battleground in recent years. NBC 5’s Keenan Willard spoke with voters and polling experts, who say the energy is only going to continue into Election...

With four days of early voting remaining, political officials say Tarrant County has cast the second-most ballots in the state.

The man at the center of a Blue Alert issued earlier this month that woke up Texans early in the morning is in jail in Fort Worth after he was arrested Friday evening.

Will scrutiny over jail deaths unseat the Tarrant County Sheriff? Sheriff Bill Waybourn has faced intense backlash for months over some high-profile deaths in his jail. His opponent, Patrick Moses, says it shows a failure of leadership. NBC 5’s Tahera Rahman spoke to both candidates.

Sheriff Bill Waybourn has faced intense backlash for months over some high-profile deaths in his jail. His opponent, Patrick Moses, says it shows a failure of leadership. NBC 5 spoke to both candidates.