It appears to be we’ve got problems there,” says the brother of a man who died in sheriff’s office custody in December.

Johnson died in Tarrant County Jail custody, and his death was ruled a homicide. Two jailers were charged with murder and 15 ...

Republican Tarrant County Commissioner Manny Ramirez says the metal detector and bag checks are a response to threats ...

TARRANT COUNTY — The Tarrant County Sheriff is defending his jail amid protests and calls for change from community members at Tarrant County Commissioners Court on Tuesday. The contentious ...

The Tarrant County Commissioners Court has no power to stop a proposed break up of the Keller school district if its board passes a resolution to do so, Commissioner Matt Krause said in a post on ...

Christopher J. Grisham, a civil rights and criminal defense lawyer from Temple, argues with court bailiffs about his right to carry a firearm on county property. Grisham said he had the right to ...

Tensions erupted Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the year’s first session of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court. Sheriff’s Office court deputies detained three people for breaking decorum before and ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Two people were arrested for disrupting a briefing about jail deaths at the Tarrant County Commissioner's Court, jail records show. Part of the meeting was a briefing on the ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn said jail staff "performed magnificently" leading up to the death of Mason Yancy, who died in the Tarrant County Jail Dec. 27. Yancy's ...

(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer) Dallas County’s top jail official has left after just under two years in the role to run Tarrant County ... were settled out of court.

During the first meeting of the year at Tarrant County Commissioner's Court, emotions ran high as Sheriff Bill Waybourn along with other officials gave an update about recent jail deaths.

Several counties — including Collin, Dallas, Denton, Kaufman and Tarrant — are under ... and few people walking about. Dallas County government and courts remained closed Friday due to ...