With 15 outside lawyers and the firm to represent the county, the commissioners have approved up to $550,000 on legal fees ...

The family filed a lawsuit in April arguing the Tarrant County Jail violated Kelly Masten's rights after she spent 10 days in ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — A jury determined a man convicted of killing and dismembering three people whose bodies were found ...

County judge Tim O’Hare listens to public comment during an Elections Commission meeting on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the ...

Tarrant County will put $4.5 million towards keeping the Mental Health Jail Diversion Center open. The center is an ...

Closing arguments begin on Wednesday morning in the punishment phase of convicted killer Jason Thornburg. Thornburg killed ...

A woman with intellectual disabilities and a severe seizure disorder was so neglected in the Tarrant County Jail she had to ...

Since Tarrant County sheriff Bill Waybourn took office in 2017, 65 people have died while in custody at the county’s jail.

A capital murder conviction allows for two sentences: life in prison without parole or the death penalty, which Tarrant ...

Jurors will deliberate today to decide whether Jason Thornburg, who confessed to the murders of five people, should be put to death.

A North Texas man who convicted of dismembering, murdering and burning bodie could be sentenced as soon as this week.

A committee established to reform the county and state criminal courts in Tarrant County has unanimously decided on measures to hold judges and court employees accountable, improve the efficiency ...