Anthony Johnson Jr. died after Tarrant County jailers pepper sprayed him, and one knelt on his back. His death was ruled a ...

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office recently hired Dallas County’s former top jail official to run Tarrant County’s jail system amid scrutiny over a spike in jail deaths. And ...

Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells speaks to supporters at the Tarrant County Republican watch party. Sorrells submitted a letter to Attorney General Ken Paxton arguing that ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn said jail staff "performed magnificently" leading up to the death of Mason Yancy, who died in the Tarrant County Jail Dec. 27. Yancy's family ...

The family of a man who died in the Tarrant County Jail last December sent a letter to Tarrant County commissioners on Saturday asking them to petition for a trial to remove Sheriff Bill Waybourn from ...

Tarrant County will move 432 inmates from its jail to a private one in Garza County because of a staffing shortage and planned maintenance in 2023. Commissioners on Tuesday approved an $18 million ...

Texas Commission on Jail Standards Executive Director Brandon Wood (right) and commission Chair Bill Stoudt listen as Tarrant County resident Cassandra Johnson speaks during the public comment segment ...

TARRANT COUNTY – An inmate is dead after experiencing a medical emergency at the Tarrant County Jail on Friday. Detention officers and JPS Medical staff provided life-saving medical assistance to the ...

A two-day undercover operation at a Fort Worth hotel in November ended with 20 men in handcuffs after investigators say they ...

A two-day undercover sting targeting men trying to buy sex in North Texas resulted in 20 arrests at a Fort Worth hotel in ...

A caregiver accused of abusing a woman with dementia received probation, a punishment the victim’s family calls deeply ...