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A bake sale in an Arlington neighborhood started as a classroom assignment. Third graders at Duff Elementary School in Arlington were asked to identify a problem and map out a solution. Eight-year-old Brianna Hicks and her classmate Maci Clark decided to tackle the Arlington Independent School District's budget shortfall, one cookie at a time.
It's been more than two and a half years since one of the most beloved anchors the Dallas-Fort Worth Area walked off the CBS 11 set for the last time. Since then, he's focused his time and attention on someone very close to his heart. In an interview any parent would appreciate, Rowlett opened up about the importance of raising his son.
Even before Texas was a republic, the first Texas Rangers established a system of law and order. One of those men, James Coryell, is the subject of history and myth. Now, archaeologists think they may have found his grave in rural Falls County.
Police say two bodies found inside a Dallas condominium may have been there for weeks.
Explosive minority growth in Texas has turned a handful of once solidly Republican congressional seats into bastions of ethnic diversity, putting added pressure on GOP leaders to shore up their districts with white voters who traditionally favor the party.
Madi Beth Debenport may be young, but she and her classmates are already getting a tough lesson in school finance.
Teresa Berg never dreamed her photography skills would save lives. But that changed one day when she was online looking through pictures for a shelter dog to adopt.
Twenty-nine since Christmas Eve -- that's how many times Dallas police say a man robbed businesses in north Dallas, Irving, and Carrollton. But the crime spree is over, thanks in part to social media.
Some Texas school districts are talking about eliminating their pre-K programs as a way to help fix their huge budget gaps.
A 56-year-old Sanger man is headed to prison for murdering his estranged wife in 2004. While Kathy Stobaugh's body has never been found, a Denton Co. jury sentenced Charles Stobaugh to 25 years for killing her.
A Dallas police officer is on administrative leave after bragging on Facebook that she cut a hospital worker's face by throwing a boot at him, one of several inflammatory posts by the six-year veteran.
A plea deal could be in the works for the southern Utah man whose "spiritual marriage" to an underage girl was the basis for Utah's criminal prosecution of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs.
A Fort Worth police officer who resigned last year after being arrested for keeping marijuana instead of turning it over as evidence has been sentenced to two years of probation.
If you factor in Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia, alongside A.J. Burnett, they would weigh in at a collective 1,255 pounds!
It was all the rage in the 1950s and 1960s, and now the hula hoop is making a comeback.