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Early Friday morning, severe thunderstorms swept across North Texas, triggering at least six structure fires and setting the stage for a weekend of continued high-risk weather. Fire officials have confirmed that lightning was the direct cause of at least a couple of these blazes, underscoring the immediate danger of...

ARLINGTON, TX — A University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) mathematics professor, Paul Leafgreen, 49, has been placed on administrative leave following his arrest earlier this month on a child pornography charge. According to arrest records, Leafgreen was taken into custody on October 8 and was later released on a...

ARLINGTON, TX — Sam Houston High School was placed under an urgent lockdown Friday morning after the Arlington Police Department (APD) was alerted to a potential threat circulating on social media. The incident, which caused widespread disruption and fear, concluded with the arrest of two juvenile students. The lockdown was...

ARLINGTON, Texas — A new, lifesaving initiative has launched in Arlington, Texas, enabling paramedics to administer whole blood transfusions in the field to patients suffering from severe trauma or massive blood loss. This significant advancement in pre-hospital emergency care is the result of a coordinated partnership between the Arlington...

Arlington police have secured a murder warrant for a man already serving time in prison, officially charging him in the 2021 fatal shooting of Kier Solomon, a 21-year-old transgender woman. This significant development, resulting from a multi-year investigation focused on digital evidence, charges Arthur Morris Jr., 25, with murder....

Fort Worth area families are voicing deep apprehension regarding the future of mandated special education services following mass layoffs at the federal level. The cuts have severely depleted staff within the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), the very agency tasked with overseeing...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Arlington City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to postpone a decision on amending its anti-discrimination ordinance, specifically delaying the proposed removal of protections for “sexual orientation” and “gender identity and expression.” The controversial move was tabled until November 18, 2025, to allow city officials more...

Two individuals lost their lives on Sunday, October 12, when a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air C90 turboprop plane crashed into a commercial storage lot, destroying multiple semitrailers and igniting an intense fire near Hicks Airfield. The severity of the wreckage and the resulting inferno have presented a complex challenge...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Arlington police are conducting a meticulous investigation after a confrontation over a repossessed vehicle escalated into a shooting Tuesday evening, October 7. The incident, which occurred around 9:20 p.m. in a commercial parking lot in the 2100 block of S. Collins Street, has resulted in one...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Tarrant Area Food Bank (TAFB), in a collaborative effort with the City of Arlington and the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), has successfully concluded a pioneering two-year research project testing the use of aerial and terrestrial drones to deliver food to residents in need....