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Cop: If someone is offended by your talking, then we have a problem ... If they are offended by your speech ... okay I'll write you a ticket and we'll go from there. Former cop: Wait, you're going to ticket us for offensive speech? Cop: Yes! It's disorderly conduct. A Texas police department says it plans to 'look into' a viral video showing one of its officers warning a Christian street preaching group they could be cited for simply saying something offensive to others. The encounter occurred June 27 at Trinity Pride Fest in Fort Worth, where police were caught...

Street preachers Richard Penkoski and David Grisham allege Fort Worth police officers violated their First Amendment rights during Trinity Pride Fest on June 27 by preventing them from preaching on public streets and sidewalks surrounding the event and later issuing one of them a citation for disorderly conduct related to noise. ... Video of the encounter spread quickly on X after Carlos Turcios of The Dallas Express posted footage from the event. By Monday morning, the post appeared as the No. 2 item in X’s News category, according to a screenshot reviewed by The Dallas Express. Elon Musk replied to...

A Fort Worth police officer telling retired police officer and Christian street preacher that he could receive a citation if someone was “offended” by his speech during a Pride event (Screenshot: Sarah Fields/X) The radical left’s war on Christianity and the First Amendment has officially reached a terrifying new flashpoint in the Lone Star State. The encounter, which was first reported by investigative reporter Sarah Fields, has sparked renewed debate over the First Amendment and whether law enforcement can lawfully punish constitutionally protected speech simply because another person finds it offensive According to a video from the June 27 Trinity...

Shayma Alzubi was reassigned after social media posts supporting Sharia were brought to light. A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the Fort Worth Independent School District over its decision to reassign a newly promoted high school principal after parents and community members raised alarms about her pro-Palestinian and pro‑Sharia social media activity. In May, Fort Worth ISD announced that longtime district administrator Shayma Alzubi had been promoted to serve as principal of Western Hills High School for the 2026–27 school year. Alzubi signed her principal contract and compensation paperwork earlier that month, according to the suit. Days...

The U.S. Department of War has announced a major investment in North Texas aerospace, awarding Lockheed Martin military contracts totaling more than $1 billion. The bulk of the funding is tied directly to the F-35 aircraft program. These next-generation fighter jets are manufactured at Lockheed Martin’s sprawling facility in Fort Worth, further cementing the city’s status as a global leader in defense technology. According to the Department of War, the contracts will support the continued development and production of the F-35, ensuring the military maintains its edge in national security. The contract provides for the production and delivery of aircraft...

When federal agencies closed their doors for a record-setting 43 days last fall, one person saw an opportunity. An individual is awaiting trial after burglarizing the Securities and Exchange Commission during last year’s government shutdown. The alleged thief did not wait long before entering the SEC regional office in Fort Worth, Texas, as the individual entered the building during the shutdown’s first week. A contracted security officer was present for the incident, but failed to stop the person, identify them or sign them in, as building protocols require, the SEC’s inspector general said. The burglar “bypassed” a locked door, walked...

The suspect in a deadly shooting that happened outside a Strongsville Costco on Saturday evening, April 25, faced a judge on Monday morning. Christian M. Bryant, 22, of Fort Worth, Texas, is facing an unclassified felony count of murder, accused of shooting an employee outside the store, according to Strongsville police.

A new rule that takes effect tomorrow banning certain products sold in CBD and vape shops. The change also eliminates smokable hemp products and adds an increased licensing fee for shop owners. FOX 4 reports that the changes are already making it tough for at least one Dallas-Fort Worth business. Impact of the smokable hemp ban on revenue What we know: CBD farmhouse near Addison will close today because of the new change, as other businesses that are staying open tell FOX 4 that the change will still have a significant impact on their revenue.

For generations, the conventional wisdom went something like this: serious money lives in New York. The serious decisions about who gets capital, who gets to list on an exchange, who gets to participate in the grand machinery of American finance—all of it emanated from a few square miles of lower Manhattan, governed by institutions so entrenched they seemed geological. Wall-Street wasn’t just an address. It was a statement about where power lived and who held it. That era is ending. And the remarkable thing isn’t simply that it’s ending — it’s why it’s ending, and what that tells us about...

Most of the country saw population growth slow down or even reverse in 2025, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals. Of the country’s more than 3,000 counties, about 80% saw declining population or slower growth between July 2024 and July 2025. Counties that were already shrinking also saw that trend accelerate. One major reason for the drop, according to the agency, was a significant decline in international immigration to the U.S. in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term. The biggest swings were along the U.S.-Mexico border. Laredo, Texas; Yuma, Arizona; and El Centro, California, all...

Aurora Innovation said it has tripled its driverless trucking network to 10 routes as it prepares to expand autonomous freight operations across the southern United States. The Pittsburgh-based company said its latest software release enables its Aurora Driver autonomous control system to operate on longer lanes, serve direct customer endpoints, and navigate a wider range of adverse weather conditions. The company touted these as key steps as the company moves toward scaling commercial operations. With the addition of Phoenix to its network, Aurora now operates driverless freight lanes between Dallas and Houston, Fort Worth and El Paso, El Paso and...

FORT WORTH, Texas — A teenager arrested in connection with a string of south Fort Worth car arsons has been linked to a viral social media video developed overseas by an extremist hate group, police said Tuesday. The Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) said, on Jan. 6, it became aware of a concerning video shared across multiple social media platforms, which depicted an individual wearing a hockey mask delivering explicit threats of mass violence, stating intentions to kill indiscriminately, and expressing a lack of regard for human life. Fort Worth police, in coordination with the Fort Worth Arson Unit, determined...

Thieves have carried out a brazen ATM heist early on Christmas Eve at a Texas 7-Eleven, using a stolen SUV to rip the cash machine out as surveillance cameras captured the carnage. Police say the suspects hit the store in northwest Fort Worth around 3:45am, while it was open and the lights were on. One suspect smashed through the entrance and rushed inside while an accomplice waited outside in an SUV. Moments later, the pair hooked a metal cable from the vehicle to the ATM inside the store and floored it, dragging the machine out through the doorway and leaving...

An Afghan national admitted to the United States under President Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome resettlement program was arrested this week after posting a TikTok video in which he appeared to be building a bomb and referenced Fort Worth as a target, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLauglin reported the arrest of Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, saying he allegedly posted a video on TikTok threatening to blow up a building in Fort Worth, Texas, area with a bomb. The Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI Joint Terrorism Task force teamed up...

The Texas Education Agency will remove the Fort Worth Independent School District’s elected board members and may appoint a new superintendent to oversee its operations, Commissioner Mike Morath announced Thursday morning. The decision to assume control of the North Texas district follows months of speculation about how the state would respond to one of the Fort Worth campuses not meeting Texas’ academic accountability standards for five consecutive years. The district closed the sixth-grade campus at the end of the 2023-24 school year, but Morath indicated in the spring that state law still required him to intervene. Dallas’ local news station...

Lockheed Martin is using AI to evolve the F-35 jet, integrating drones into its system to boost capability and relevance. But after missing out on big contracts due to increased competition and tariffs, can Lockheed pivot to stay relevant? WSJ visited Lockheed Martin’s facilities in Fort Worth, Texas, to get a closer look at the jets and their new capabilities.

WICHITA COUNTY (KFDX/KJTL) — Six women who were arraigned on federal charges related to the shooting of an Alvarado police officer at an ICE detention center on July 4, 2025, were being held in the Wichita County Jail on Tuesday. Jail records show that the following inmates were booked into the Wichita County Law Enforcement Center on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, all of whom are currently in custody on a federal hold: Savanna Batten, of Joshua Joy Gibson, of Dallas Maricela Rueda, of Fort Worth Elizabeth Soto, of Fort Worth Lynette Sharp, of Watauga Rebecca Morgan, of Dallas Federal...

Two City of Fort Worth employees faced criticism after posting comments about Charlie Kirk following his assassination. As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated during a Q&A at Utah Valley University on September 10. The event was the first stop of the group’s “American Comeback Tour.” Kristina Ashton, a senior administrative services manager with the Fort Worth Park & Recreation Department, criticized Kirk in a Facebook post, alleging that during a past encounter he had made remarks about women. “Charlie Kirk told my daughter and me that we shouldn’t be able...

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The Fort Worth Police Department is investigating a homicide that happened before 1:30 a.m. on Friday, April 18 in the 9900 block of Farmers Branch Street. "It was an exorcism" What we know: According to police, an anonymous caller called 911 and said they received a photo in a group chat on Snapchat of a woman on the ground covered in something red, possibly blood, the arrest affidavit shows. The anonymous caller gave police the address of the 9900 block of Farmers Branch St. in Fort Worth. They said this was the address of the person who sent the photo....