Tarrant County commissioners approved tax-exempt revenue bonds Tuesday totaling $78 million for Trinity Terrace, an upscale retirement and assisted living facility in downtown Fort Worth. Approved by a 4-1 vote, the bond will be used to refinance bonds issued in 2014 that financed and refinanced construction work and updates on the facilities at Trinity Terrace, […]
Read the latest in our coverage of the death of Anthony Johnson Jr. and other issues in Tarrant County jail. Two Tarrant County jailers indicted on murder charges in the in-custody death of Anthony Johnson Jr. were booked into North Texas jails over the weekend and released on bond. Rafael Moreno Jr., the detention officer […]
Read the latest in our coverage of the death of Anthony Johnson Jr. and other issues in Tarrant County jail. The two jailers who were fired from the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office in connection to the in-custody death of Anthony Johnson Jr. have been Indicted on murder charges. The Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday the […]
A grand jury has declined to indict on murder a former Tarrant County judge’s girlfriend who law enforcement authorities allege brought fentanyl pills to the ex-jurist. He died last year in Grapevine of an overdose. Kami Ludwig was charged in February in the killing of William Shane Nolen, who was a former associate judge in […]
An 18-year-old was found covered in dried blood when Tarrant County sheriff’s deputies responded to an accident near Markum Ranch and Interstate 20 early Monday, but investigators say the blood appears to be unrelated to that crash. The Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday that deputies were sent to the area just before […]
A Tarrant County Jail inmate whose mother says shouldn’t have been incarcerated due to an intellectual and developmental disability has been released and transferred to a state supported living center. Kai’Yere Campbell, 21, was incarcerated for six months at the Tarrant County Jail, but he didn’t understand why, according to his mother Shantel Taylor. “He […]
Qualifying child care providers in Tarrant County will have a 50% property tax exemption this year, half of the savings that providers in the Fort Worth city limits will see. The Tarrant County Commissioners Court voted unanimously for the exemption on Tuesday more than a month after the Fort Worth City Council passed a 100% […]
A restaurant was closed, and flies and gnats were seen at several places in the latest Tarrant County health inspections, according to city data. There were 146 inspections from May 19 to June 1. Tarrant County Public Health inspects and scores all restaurants in Tarrant County except for those located in Fort Worth, Arlington, Euless […]
Residents shouldn’t be surprised to know that no burn bans are being issued this summer, according to Tarrant County Deputy Fire Marshal David Butler. He is basing his assessment on the record breaking wet spring season North Texas has had. The ground is saturated and a little outdoor burning would not be a problem. “The […]
A Tarrant County medical examiner has ruled the death of jail inmate Anthony Johnson Jr. a homicide, potentially opening the possibility of criminal charges. The autopsy findings cite asphyxia from use of force and pepper spray as the cause of death. Johnson, 31, died at the Tarrant County Jail on April 21, after he was […]
The chair of the Tarrant Appraisal District’s citizen review board resigned this week. An email obtained by the Star-Telegram showed Nancy Sharpe, who served on the board for three years and as chair for one year, resigned on Monday. Her letter of resignation did not give a reason for why she was leaving her post. […]
Lawyers for a Tarrant County deputy sheriff on Friday filed a lawsuit in a Fort Worth federal court against the city of Sansom Park on grounds that she experienced discrimination based on her sex and mental health issues while employed as a police officer there. Deputy Sheriff Sara Straten worked at the Sansom Park Police […]