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In a few days, FWISD will enter into an agreement with T-Mobile to activate GPS trackers on district buses and vehicles. It comes a week and a half after seven children were left at a stop a half-mile away from where they were supposed to be dropped off.

A search is underway for the gunman after a Dallas ISD student was shot in a drive-by shooting across from Spruce High School.

Hundreds of off-duty Southwest Airlines flight attendants picketed outside of Dallas Love Field airport on Tuesday.

A Dallas police officer trainee was arrested this week after being accused of drunken driving and unlawfully carrying a gun.

The Fort Worth Independent School District has a new superintendent. Dr. Angelica Ramsey was officially hired Tuesday during a special board meeting.

Police and firefighters received praise for their quick response. However, this city’s review of its response found that water rescuers and equipment were stretched thin, police waited hours for barricades on flooded roadways and the emergency operations center did not open quickly enough.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia fired a veteran officer accused of using excessive force on a handcuffed suspect. Another sergeant was fired for inappropriate behavior around co-workers.

Tarrant County Public Health notified the district that someone at Arlington Heights High School tested positive.

Capacity for men and women is at more than 8,100. Currently, the jail is nearly 90% full. One commissioner is casting most of the blame on the judges handling felony charges. County documents show about 1,000 felony cases have not been filed.

Police say students and the public are not in danger.

Right now, Deep Ellum is in the Central Patrol Division for DPD made up of multiple neighborhoods. But coming this fall, there will now be a dedicated unit working out of Deep Ellum due to recent crime in the area.

Dallas police called it an “isolated incident” and said nobody else was in danger. However, the department wouldn’t say why it believes this was isolated, it wouldn’t say if there was a suspect and it wouldn’t say where the attack happened. It only called the investigation “very sensitive.”

A new report says the Fort Worth Police Department has improved its transparency with public communication. However, it also lists several ongoing concerns, especially with officers failing to use proper de-escalation techniques.

The group is part of what's called the Texas Brotherhood Riders, and their mission is to never forget. The 500 grueling miles are to remember 32 Texas first responders who died in the line of duty.