Tarrant County News

By ELIZABETH CAMPBELL A man believed to be a cabdriver was stabbed, burned and then dumped in a field west of Alliance Airport, the Denton County Sheriff's Department reported Friday.Firefighters found the body about 9 p.m. while putting out a grass fire near Texas 114 and John Day Road.He had been stabbed several times in the torso and his throat ...

By DEANNA BOYD FORT WORTH - Three weeks before Albert Gatica was to go on trial on a murder charge in the death of his girlfriend, Tarrant County prosecutors have dismissed the charge, saying evidence suggests that the victim was hit by a car.Prosecutors said they have proof that Gatica assaulted Heather Weed, 18.'However, in our numerous ...

By MARTHA DELLER FORT WORTH - A 64-year-old Dallas real estate agent has been indicted in the fatal shooting of a young mother during an attempted rape in her south Fort Worth home nearly 23 years ago.A Tarrant County grand jury returned a capital murder indictment last week against Jay Thayer Williams, accused in the Sept.

Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX By Deanna Boyd dboyd@star-telegram.com Jun. 26, 2009 [Excerpts] A Fort Worth police officer who garnered attention and awards after pulling an Arlington officer from a burning car in 2004 now faces felony charges after police say he assaulted his wife and shot a gun at an acquaintance.

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About 18 hours after officers with the Fort Worth Police Department and agents with the Texas Alcoholic Beverages Commission raided a Fort Worth gay bar, about 150 to 200 people gathered on the steps of the Tarrant County Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth Sunday night, June 28, to protest the raid.

The Pentagon reports Tuesday that two soldiers with Texas ties have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Jurors deliberated for less than two hours Thursday before deciding against a Somerville man who blames his cancer on his former employer, Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway.

More than 100 people are at the Tarrant County Courthouse to protest a police raid early this morning at a gay nightclub.

By JAN JARVIS Tarrant County's obesity rate is off the scale: 64 percent of adults are overweight or obese.Public health officials are determined to change that statistic with the 'Live a More Colorful Life' campaign, which was introduced Friday and is aimed at getting people to eat more produce.

It was 100 degrees Tuesday afternoon when Damion Degante-Salazar's mother took her three children for a swim at a friend's east Arlington home.

A 1-year-old boy has died in an apparent drowning at a swimming pool in Arlington, authorities said.

A mother whose mission in life was educating kids died last month of cancer. Now, only one month after her death, her 16-year-old son is carrying on her legacy.

By ANTHONY SPANGLER FORT WORTH - A cast-iron plate recently fell off the face of the historic Tarrant County Courthouse as officials were inspecting the tower sections of the 1895 pink granite structure.The hefty plate did not cause any other damage or injuries, but it did signal that the aging courthouse is in dire need of extensive repairs.'We ...

By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. FORT WORTH -- A boy who died Saturday after a plastic inner tube he was on collided with a personal watercraft on Lake Worth has been identified as John Henderson III, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner's Web site on Sunday.Henderson, 11, was pronounced dead shortly before 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Cook Children's ...

CBS 7 News Staff Monday June 22, 2009 UPDATE 4:10 PM The body of the victims have been sent to Tarrant County for autopsies.

Following is a list of the 2009 valedictorians and salutatorians for public and private high schools in Tarrant County.

By MARTHA DELLER FORT WORTH - The Tarrant County district attorney's office has dismissed remaining charges against a former first-grade teacher who was acquitted in two trials of molesting girls at a south Fort Worth elementary school in 2005 and 2006.Last week, a jury found Jose David Soliz, 31, not guilty of a charge of indecency with a child ...

By DEANNA BOYD FORT WORTH - In 1989, after being traded from the Cleveland Indians to the New York Yankees, Melvin Hall Jr.

FORT WORTH - Property owners worried about phony documents issued in their name can sign up for a new alert system through the Tarrant County clerk's office.A free program through the clerk's office will send an e-mail or telephone message whenever a document - such as a warranty, deed of record or mechanic's lien - is recorded with a ...