Deaths in the Tarrant County Jail are required by state law to be investigated by an outside agency. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards says that hasn’t been happening.
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Check out the largest barbecue and country music festival in Texas this weekend in Celina.
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District 30 spans 11 counties, including portions of Denton, Collin, Parker and Wichita counties, and all of Grayson and Cooke counties. In Denton County, that includes the northeastern and eastern parts of the county and most of the city of Denton.
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The Amon Carter Museum of American Art celebrated the opening of the traveling exhibition “Cowboy” Sept. 28. Less than two weeks later, the show — which promised works that “disrupt the homogeneous ideal of the cowboy as a White, cisgender American male” — was temporarily closed without explanation.
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Critics of the materials the Texas Education Agency created have said they include Bible stories that are not age-appropriate and veer into proselytizing. Supporters say biblical narratives have literary and historical value.