Bravery and bungee: How a North Texas woman found strength through exercise classes

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 10/10 12:32A Lacey Beasley

FORT WORTH There's an eye-catching workout many have seen while scrolling social media, called bungee exercise. Some may say it looks easy, though one North Texas woman proves it takes grit. It all...

Mesquite carjacking ends in officer-involved shooting in Far East Dallas

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 10/4 3:33A NBCDFW Staff

Police are investigating an incident that began as a carjacking in Mesquite and ended in a shooting at a Dallas apartment complex. According to Mesquite police, officers were dispatched to a robbery...

Naming the dead: Hundreds of unclaimed bodies were sent to a Texas medical school

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 10/2 3:34A Mike Hixenbaugh and Jon Schuppe

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” an NBC News series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. For five years, the unclaimed dead of Dallas and Tarrant counties were delivered to the University of North Texas...

Coppell ISD's Pinkerton Elementary will close next school year after board vote

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 10/1 5:03A Wayne Carter and Alanna Quillen

After a nearly four-hour meeting Monday night, Coppell ISD s school board voted 4-3 to close the district s oldest elementary school. The news was a huge blow for Pinkerton parents, who have attended a series of meetings all month, heralding the...

After overnight storms, cooler fall weather in store for North Texas

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 9/25 5:49A Scott Padgett

The severe weather that many people in the Metroplex experienced overnight is out of the region. The storm had wind gusts reaching 50-60 mph and hail the size of quarters in some areas. At one point,...

Quarter to pea size hail fell in parts of North Texas Wednesday morning

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 9/25 5:07A Samantha Davies

A large cluster of thunderstorms brought hail to several North Texas communities early Wednesday morning. Parts of Collin and Dallas Counties were the hardest hit. Hail one inch in diameter was...

Flash flooding, cooler temperatures start the work week in North Texas

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 9/23 12:28A Scott Padgett

NORTH TEXAS Pockets of heavy rain fell across Dallas-Fort Worth Monday morning. A flash flood warning is in effect for parts of Dallas County and down to the south in Ellis and Johnson counties until...

How the departure of Dallas' police chief could impact the city's November election

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 9/22 12:00A Jack Fink

With Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia retiring and heading to Austin to become an Assistant City Manager, how this could affect three ballot initiatives city voters will consider on Election Day. The State Fair of Texas can keep its new policy...

4 Lewisville middle schoolers charged with making social media threats

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 9/20 4:19A Steven Rosenbaum

Four Lewisville ISD middle schoolers are facing criminal charges concerning social media threats against their school. Lewisville police said that the school district alerted them to the posts on Thursday, which they recognized as duplications of...

Dallas Chief of Police Eddie Garcia quits, headed to Austin to oversee public safety

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 9/19 12:51P Frank Heinz, Candace Sweat and K

Less than six months after agreeing to an extension to stay in Dallas through May 2027, Chief of Police Eddie Garcia is leaving for Austin. Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price confirmed to NBC...

Texas state fair's gun ban will remain in place, Dallas County judge rules

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 9/19 5:50A Steven Rosenbaum

DALLAS A Dallas County judge denied an effort to impose an injunction that would have forced the State Fair of Texas to allow visitors to carry guns. Judge Emily G. Tobolowsky ruled from the bench shortly after attorneys finished their closing...

Major traffic delays after fatal crash on W Loop 820, fiery crash on I-35E

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 9/19 4:06A NBCDFW Staff

North Texas drivers faced major traffic delays after two separate crashes on Thursday morning: a fatal crash on W Loop 820 in Fort Worth and a fiery crash on Interstate 35E in Dallas. According to...

Big Chicken, owned by NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal, opens in Fort Worth

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 9/3 7:29A Julia Falcon

FORT WORTH A new fried chicken restaurant run by a familiar face has opened in North Texas. Big Chicken, partially owned by basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal, opened its doors in Fort Worth on Tuesday. It's part of a deal that expands the brand...

Visitation, celebration of life announced for fallen Dallas police officer Darron Burks

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 9/2 5:06A S.E. Jenkins

DALLAS Restland Funeral Home announced services will be held next week for Darron Burks , the Dallas police officer fatally shot on duty. There will be two public visitations, one on Sept. 6, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and another on Sept. 7, from 9...

Overturned tractor-trailer, fuel spill closes I-20 in Dallas County

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 8/29 6:55A Julia Falcon

DALLAS COUNTY A fuel spill on I-20 caused all lanes of traffic to close late Thursday morning. A tractor-trailer overturned on I-20 eastbound at Cockrell Hill Road, near the Redbird neighborhood in...