Balch Springs woman gets 30 years for forcing child to perform sex acts on her husband

A Balch Springs woman was given the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison for forcing a 9-year-old girl to perform sex acts on her husband while she recorded video.

Texas online gamer saves UK teen who had seizure

A British teen who had a seizure while playing an online game with a Texas woman earlier this month was reportedly saved when his opponent alerted first responders from thousands of miles away.

Video captures teacher appearing to abuse special needs boy

Surveillance video of a teacher appearing to shove and even kick a special needs student is raising alarm at Lamar Consolidated Independent School District in Rosenberg.

Texas governor to reject new refugees, first state to do so under Trump administration

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state will reject the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order.

Texas man charged with murder of baby put in backpack, left in trunk: police

A West Texas man accused of putting his girlfriend’s 10-month-old daughter in a backpack and leaving her in a car trunk for five hours was charged Wednesday with capital murder.

Man allegedly assaults girlfriend for saying his fart ‘smelled horrible’

A man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend after she complained that his fart “smelled horrible,” police in Wichita Falls say. 

U.S. Border Patrol begins collection of DNA samples

The U.S. Border Patrol has started collecting DNA samples of people in custody at the border.

Shooting in South Dallas leaves 1-year-old dead, college student injured

Dallas police said a 1-year-old was fatally shot and his 20-year-old uncle was shot multiple times early Sunday morning in South Dallas.

Man accused of using racial slurs, threatening men with machete in possible hate crime

A man has been arrested for what prosecutors are calling a hate crime. He is accused of swinging a machete at a group of Hispanic men, then trying to run them over.

'Affluenza Teen' Ethan Couch arrested after testing positive for THC

Ethan Couch, who used an 'affluenza' defense in a fatal drunk driving crash, was arrested Thursday and booked into the Tarrant County jail for probation violation.

Judge denies request to keep North Texas baby on life support

A judge on Thursday denied the extension of a restraining order keeping a North Texas baby on life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center.

Investigators believe Houston nurse was killed by celebratory gunfire

The Harris County Sheriff's Office says a woman who was shot and killed during a New Year's celebration may have been struck by celebratory gunfire.

Father killed in robbery at apartment while girlfriend, kids were home

The Harris County Sheriff's Office says a man was shot and killed during a home invasion robbery at a northwest Harris County apartment while his girlfriend and two kids were home.

Pastor arrested for molesting 11-year-old girl when she was 8 or 9: Court documents

The victim, who was eight or nine years old at the time, said Cruz would take her to his office and sit her on his lap or on top of his desk and touch her private parts. She said it happened about four times, expressing that the abuse made her feel "scared and angry."

Gunman who killed 2 during White Settlement church service identified

Keith Kinnunen, 43, had been arrested multiple times in North Texas and other states. He was known to church leaders after he visited West Freeway Church of Christ several times.

White Settlement shooting victims were church deacon, security team member

Tony Wallace, 64, was a deacon at the church and had just handed out communion at the time of the shooting. Richard White was one of the two security guards and was drawing his weapon when he was hit.