Fort Worth

A monolith has been found on the Trinity Trail in Fort Worth.

American Airlines is banning emotional-support animals in a move that will force most owners to pay extra if they want their pets to travel with them.

A North Texas mother met the son she placed for adoption as a baby – 45 years ago.

Police said Glen Samuel McCurley was in custody Tuesday in connection with the 1974 murder of Carla Walker, who was 17 years old when she was abducted, held captive and eventually murdered.

Fort Worth homicide detectives hope a 45-year-old letter will help solve an equally old homicide.

A North Texas family’s vacation took a horrific turn when lightning hit a 14-year-old. Jacob Brewer is hospitalized in Tampa Bay, Florida, where doctors tell his parents the lightning current traveled from his chest down to his foot. It happened as a fast-moving storm blew onto the beach in Siesta Key where the Brewer family of Fort Worth was...

Fort Worth firefighters are looking for the man officials say walked into a hotel lobby and set the clerk on fire Sunday night.

Fort Worth-based home goods retailer Pier 1 Imports announced Tuesday that it filed a motion seeking bankruptcy court approval to begin “an orderly wind-down of the company’s retail operations” and to liquidate all assets due to economic stress brought on by the pandemic coupled with the inability to find a buyer.

Thirty American Airlines ramp workers at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport have been infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus, at least one has died, and 26 others with symptoms are awaiting test results, according to the union that represents them, raising concerns on why they’ve been hit so hard by the pandemic. Some workers are concerned not enough is being done...

People magazine’s pet vet Dr. Evan Antin provides tips for adopting shelter animals ahead of the fourth annual Clear the Shelters event on Aug. 18.

Soldier is a service dog for a student at Timber Creek High School in Fort Worth. This year he is included in the students’ yearbook, and he posed like a pro.

A partially blind steer that was among the winners of the Fort Worth Stock Show has avoided slaughter after critics decried plans to butcher the animal.

Across the country thousands of animals are finding forever homes. Watch some of these lucky pets as they meet their new families for the very first time.

Jose and Tammy Vega arrived at the Camden County Animal Shelter in New Jersey early Saturday morning in search of a four-legged companion. The couple, who was first in line at the facility for its Clear the Shelters event, fell in love with a 7-year-old stray Chihuahua named Pot Pie. “He was just really calm tempered, my wife looked over...

Clear the Shelters, the fifth annual pet adoption drive sponsored by NBC and Telemundo stations, culminated Saturday with more than 2,000 shelters participating in dozens of communities across the country. Animals lovers nationwide lined up early for a chance to find the purrfect pet to take home. Shelters in Florida, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina, Missouri, New York and...

Clear the Shelters, the third annual pet adoption drive sponsored by the NBC- and Telemundo-owned television stations, culminated Saturday with more than 900 shelters participating in 76 communities across the country. More than 60,000 animals have found homes since this year’s event was launched in the last month. More than 20,000 adoptions were made on Saturday alone. To encourage families...

In a somewhat expected move, Fort Worth-based Pier 1 announced Monday that it began Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and is pursuing a sale of the company.

Facing mounting losses and talk of bankruptcy, Fort Worth-based retailer Pier 1 Imports announced Monday it plans to close 450 stores nationwide. The 450 closures represent nearly half of its 1,000 North American stores located in all 50 states and Canada. A listing of which stores will be closed has not yet been released. The company also said it would…

On Friday night, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tweeted that the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has granted baby Tinslee Lewis emergency relief while the legal issue is being resolved. The emergency relief will prevent the hospital from removing life-sustaining care while the appeal is ongoing. This comes just one day after a judge gave Cook Children’s hospital the...

A judge is giving a Fort Worth hospital the green light to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support despite her family’s protest. The Thursday morning ruling by the 48th judicial district court says Cook Children’s Medical Center will give the family of Tinslee Lewis up to seven days to make a decision on whether to appeal. Lewis has...