Texas Parks and Wildlife issues extreme heat guide for summer visitors, pets

Texas Parks and Wildlife issues extreme heat guide for summer visitors, pets

As temperatures and heat indexes soar past 100 degrees this holiday weekend, Texas Parks and Wildlife is urging state park visitors to protect themselves and their pets with these essential heat safety tips.

As temperatures and heat indexes soar past 100 degrees this holiday weekend, Texas Parks and Wildlife is urging state park visitors to protect themselves and their pets with these essential heat safety tips.

WATCH: Butterflies swarm Texas coast during mass migration

WATCH: Butterflies swarm Texas coast during mass migration

A video shows a swarm of butterflies surrounding vehicles crossing Corpus Christi Bay earlier this month.

A video shows a swarm of butterflies surrounding vehicles crossing Corpus Christi Bay earlier this month.

Klyde Warren Park will get a $200M expansion, Dallas city leaders announce

Klyde Warren Park will get a $200M expansion, Dallas city leaders announce

Dallas city leaders announced a $200 million, 1.7-acre expansion of Klyde Warren Park over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway, featuring a new event pavilion, ice skating rink, and lawns to further connect Uptown and Downtown.

Dallas city leaders announced a $200 million, 1.7-acre expansion of Klyde Warren Park over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway, featuring a new event pavilion, ice skating rink, and lawns to further connect Uptown and Downtown.

Celebrate America's 250th birthday at Texas State Parks

Celebrate America's 250th birthday at Texas State Parks

Texas State Parks roll out specialized historic, pioneer, and patriotic programming across the state for the nation's Semiquincentennial celebration.

Texas State Parks roll out specialized historic, pioneer, and patriotic programming across the state for the nation's Semiquincentennial celebration.

Flesh-eating screwworm outbreak escalates in West Texas; strict transport ban issued

Flesh-eating screwworm outbreak escalates in West Texas; strict transport ban issued

Federal and state agricultural officials have confirmed that the number of New World screwworm cases in the United States has reached 27, prompting Texas authorities to issue a fresh round of emergency quarantine orders to combat the flesh-eating parasite's expansion in West Texas.

Federal and state agricultural officials have confirmed that the number of New World screwworm cases in the United States has reached 27, prompting Texas authorities to issue a fresh round of emergency quarantine orders to combat the flesh-eating parasite's expansion in West Texas.

Body of missing man recovered from Benbrook Lake

Body of missing man recovered from Benbrook Lake

Search crews have recovered the body of a man who disappeared beneath the surface of Benbrook Lake after jumping into the water to rescue a child over the weekend, state authorities confirmed Monday morning.

Search crews have recovered the body of a man who disappeared beneath the surface of Benbrook Lake after jumping into the water to rescue a child over the weekend, state authorities confirmed Monday morning.

Haslet congregation blocks return of pastor who hired sex offender son

Haslet congregation blocks return of pastor who hired sex offender son

Congregation members of a North Texas church have voted against reinstating their former senior pastor, months after he stepped down for secretly employing his son, a lifetime registered sex offender, on the church and school campus.

Congregation members of a North Texas church have voted against reinstating their former senior pastor, months after he stepped down for secretly employing his son, a lifetime registered sex offender, on the church and school campus.

Fort Worth neighbor kills machete-wielding man who was attacking woman

Fort Worth neighbor kills machete-wielding man who was attacking woman

A neighbor fatally shot a man wielding a machete who was allegedly arguing with a woman and dragging her down a Fort Worth street. Police say no arrests have been made.

A neighbor fatally shot a man wielding a machete who was allegedly arguing with a woman and dragging her down a Fort Worth street. Police say no arrests have been made.

Texas fire chief killed while directing traffic at Mabank rodeo
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Texas fire chief killed while directing traffic at Mabank rodeo

A Texas fire official is dead after he was hit by a truck while directing traffic after a rodeo. It happened in Mabank, about an hour southeast of Dallas. 

A Texas fire official is dead after he was hit by a truck while directing traffic after a rodeo. It happened in Mabank, about an hour southeast of Dallas. 

North Texas faces intense summer heat and Saharan dust ahead of the Fourth of July

North Texas faces intense summer heat and Saharan dust ahead of the Fourth of July

While heat alerts grip more than 20 states from the Plains through the Midwest and Great Lakes, North Texas is carving out its own distinct brand of summer swelter this week.

While heat alerts grip more than 20 states from the Plains through the Midwest and Great Lakes, North Texas is carving out its own distinct brand of summer swelter this week.

Rising Together: Hill Country Flooding One Year Later
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Rising Together: Hill Country Flooding One Year Later

Devastating floods tore through the Texas Hill Country in the early morning hours of July 4, 2025. The historic flooding destroyed buildings, businesses and took 139 lives, including 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic. FOX 4 looks back at the floods, how the lives of those impacted have changed in the year since and how they are turning the tragedy into a way to help others.

Devastating floods tore through the Texas Hill Country in the early morning hours of July 4, 2025. The historic flooding destroyed buildings, businesses and took 139 lives, including 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic. FOX 4 looks back at the floods, how the lives of those impacted have changed in the year since and how they are turning the tragedy into a way to help others.

Mabank Fire Chief killed while directing traffic at a Texas rodeo

Mabank Fire Chief killed while directing traffic at a Texas rodeo

Mabank Fire Marshal Charlie Woodard was struck and killed by a vehicle while directing traffic outside a local rodeo on Saturday night, sparking an investigation into the fatal incident.

Mabank Fire Marshal Charlie Woodard was struck and killed by a vehicle while directing traffic outside a local rodeo on Saturday night, sparking an investigation into the fatal incident.

One dead, another in critical condition following Dallas double shooting

One dead, another in critical condition following Dallas double shooting

One man was killed and another was left in critical condition following a shooting Saturday afternoon in the Cedar Crest area of Dallas, police said.

One man was killed and another was left in critical condition following a shooting Saturday afternoon in the Cedar Crest area of Dallas, police said.

Teenager drowns in Lake Jacksonville while attempting to rescue 5-year-old child

Teenager drowns in Lake Jacksonville while attempting to rescue 5-year-old child

A 15-year-old boy drowned Saturday afternoon in Lake Jacksonville after trying to rescue a 5-year-old child who had drifted into deep water, police said.

A 15-year-old boy drowned Saturday afternoon in Lake Jacksonville after trying to rescue a 5-year-old child who had drifted into deep water, police said.

Fort Worth Walmart parking lot stabbing leaves 1 hospitalized

Fort Worth Walmart parking lot stabbing leaves 1 hospitalized

One person was hospitalized and a suspect was taken into custody following a afternoon stabbing in a Fort Worth Walmart parking lot on Clifford Street Saturday.

One person was hospitalized and a suspect was taken into custody following a afternoon stabbing in a Fort Worth Walmart parking lot on Clifford Street Saturday.