Tarrant County

A man in Tarrant County was convicted for falsely representing himself as a lawyer and offering fake legal services to jail inmates. He will serve a 10-year prison sentence for the offense.

Tarrant County Public Health confirmed the first human West Nile virus case of 2026. The case is described as the severe neuroinvasive form of the disease.

Former Everman deputy fire chief Joel Jones was sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating a violent home-invasion rape. A Tarrant County jury heard details of the crime.

Texas voters are participating in a municipal runoff election on June 13 to finalize undecided races from the May 2 election. The runoff includes top two candidates from races where no candidate received over 50% of the vote, with key dates including early voting (June 1–9) and mail-in ballot deadlines. Voters in Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties have specific ballot details and voting location options.

Tanner Horner was sentenced to death by a Tarrant County jury for kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Athena Strand in 2022. The case involved the brutal murder of a child. Tanner Horner received the maximum penalty for his crimes.

Tanner Horner, a former FedEx driver, was sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Athena Strand after hitting her with his delivery van in 2022. He admitted to strangling her and panicked after the incident. The sentencing was carried out by a Texas jury.

Tanner Horner, a former FedEx delivery driver accused of murdering 7-year-old Athena Strand, searched for 'missing girl' and 'FedEx truck cameras' before the crime, according to FBI forensic expert testimony. Prosecutors presented medical evidence of blunt force trauma and Horner's phone calls with family members during the capital murder trial.