Texas film incentives set to drive production surge this fall

NBC DFW Local News 7/22 12:30P Alicia Barrera

A surge in entertainment production throughout the State of Texas is expected when SB 22 takes effect this fall. Texas aims to compete with states like Georgia and California by offering incentives for film and television productions of up to...

Leader of the Senate, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick releases list of bills for special session

NBC DFW Local News 7/22 12:28P Tatum DeHart

Texas Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Tuesday the list of bills the Senate will work on in the first called special session of the 89th Legislature. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the session...

TxDOT wants to curb deadly crashes statewide with ‘Operation Slowdown'

NBC DFW Local News 7/22 11:21A Tatum DeHart

According to the Texas Department of Transportation, speeding is the number one contributing factor in deadly traffic crashes, and they want drivers to slow down. Last year, TxDOT reported that there were nearly 160,000 speed-related crashes in...

Texas House, Senate form joint committee to tackle congressional redistricting

NBC DFW Local News 7/22 11:08A NBCDFW Staff

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have assembled a list of state Senators and Representatives who will serve on the legislature s joint Select Committee on Congressional...

‘After the Flood,' NBC 5 News special explores response to Texas floods, how to prevent another

NBC DFW Local News 7/22 8:02A NBCDFW Staff

Devastating floods killed at least 135 people in Central Texas over the July 4 weekend. More than 100 of those deaths occurred in Kerr County, where the Guadalupe River rose nearly 30 feet in an hour before dawn. Search and rescue crews spent...

UNT Health Science Center changes name to UNT Health Fort Worth

NBC DFW Local News 7/22 7:43A NBCDFW Staff

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth will now be called UNT Health Fort Worth, a change they say reflects the strength of the UNT System and the institution’s mission to...

Rain, heat, repeat: Unusually wet July paved way for more mosquitoes

NBC DFW Local News 7/22 7:18A Alanna Quillen

If you feel like mosquitoes are especially relentless this month, you’re not wrong. A combination of unusually heavy rainfall in July, lingering humidity, and rising temperatures has created ideal...

Man dies of fentanyl overdose in Tarrant County Jail, mother's lawsuit dismissed

NBC DFW Local News 7/22 7:00A NBCDFW Staff

Nearly three years after a man died in the Tarrant County Jail from a fentanyl overdose, a federal lawsuit against the county and a jail commissary company has been dismissed. Trelynn Wormley, 23,...

Parker County mini-pig enjoys red carpet fame

NBC DFW Local News 7/22 5:59A Deborah Ferguson

One of the most talked about moments of the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco back in May happened on the red carpet. Singer Jessie Murph took the cutest date to the award show. It was a little piggy named Wilbur. We ve since learned...

Texas lawmakers begin process to pick voters for congressional seats

NBC DFW Local News 7/22 5:44A Phil Prazan

The Republican-dominated legislature in Austin began the process of picking which voters are represented by the state s 38 congressional seats in Washington. Earlier this year, President Trump called...

Two Democrats enter Texas attorney general race as Paxton sets sights on U.S. Senate

Local News - CBS Dallas Fort Worth 7/20 2:58A Nathalie Marie Palacios

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton 's decision to run for the U.S. Senate has opened a rare vacancy in statewide office, triggering a crowded race to replace him with at least five candidates, including two Democrats and three Republicans, already...

Rashee Rice pleads guilty, will spend time in jail after high-speed hit-and-run

NBC DFW Local News 7/17 9:35A Frank Heinz and NBCDFW Staff

NFL wide receiver Rashee Rice will spend time behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday to two felony charges related to a high-speed hit-and-run crash that injured at least four people on a Dallas...

Civil rights protests Thursday in DFW, across US, 5 years after John Lewis's death

NBC DFW Local News 7/17 7:34A NBCDFW Staff

NFL wide receiver Rashee Rice will spend time behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday to two felony charges related to a high-speed hit-and-run crash that injured at least four people on a Dallas...

Kansas City Chiefs' Rashee Rice sentenced to 30 days in jail, 5 years probation for multi-car crash...

Local News - CBS Dallas Fort Worth 7/17 7:25A Julia Falcon

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years of probation for a Dallas car crash. According to a statement from the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, Rice pleaded guilty on Thursday to...

Texas lawmakers hope Doctor Act can help growing physician shortage in the state

NBC DFW Local News 7/17 4:59A Alanna Quillen

NFL wide receiver Rashee Rice will spend time behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday to two felony charges related to a high-speed hit-and-run crash that injured at least four people on a Dallas...