Search for middle school student ongoing after fatal shooting; schools on alert

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 12/14 11:52P Katy Blakey

A middle school student has been identified as a suspect in a deadly weekend shooting in Lavon. According to the Lavon Police Department, officers were called to a shooting in the 700 block of...

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD vote on two school closures at special meeting

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 12/11 3:49A Maria Guerrero

The Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District voted Wednesday night on the future of two elementary schools. In a 5-2 vote, the board determined that Bransford Elementary School in Colleyville and Dove Elementary School in Grapevine will...

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD votes to close, consolidate 2 elementary schools

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 12/11 12:10A Lacey Beasley

After months of back-and-forth between Grapevine-Colleyville ISD and its community, the school board has officially voted to close two elementary schools next school year. The vote passed just before midnight to close Bransford and Dove...

Families voice concerns over possible school closures in GCISD

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 12/3 3:18A Alanna Quillen

Parents in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD packed a special school board meeting Tuesday night, in the first face-to-face with board members since Superintendent Brad Schnautz resigned last month . The district is facing budget challenges and...

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD superintendent resigns to run local state education office

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 11/21 6:15A Wayne Carter

The superintendent of Grapevine-Colleyville ISD resigned on Thursday afternoon and will lead one of the state s 20 Education Service Centers. NBC 5’s education reporter Wayne Carter learned from multiple sources that Superintendent Brad Schnautz...

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD to vote on closing 2 elementary campuses

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 11/18 2:49A Lacey Beasley

The Grapevine-Colleyville ISD school board is likely to vote to approve the closure and consolidation of two elementary schools for next school year. This comes after a meeting Monday night where a planning committee laid out potential plans to...

What is a VATRE? 9 North Texas school districts have it on the ballot

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 11/4 8:19A S.E. Jenkins

Some Texas school districts are holding Voter-Approved Tax Rate Elections (VATRE) in 2025, where voters will decide whether to approve a property tax rate increase . This increase would help fund day-to-day operations like teacher salaries,...

Texas A&M University College of Dentistry's Henderson tapped to chair state dental board

Westlake BubbleLife iReporter 10/30 6:00A Stephanie Patrick

Dr. Bryan Henderson II, a dentist anesthesiologist and adjunct professor in Texas A&M University College of Dentistrys Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, was recently appointed chair of the...

After winning Baseball World Cup with Team USA, Keller High School senior strives for more success

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 10/30 5:37A Lauren Crawford

A dream that started on hometown baseball fields in Keller has taken one high school senior to the world stage and straight to gold. Cole Koeninger, an 18-year-old senior at Keller High School, recently returned from Japan where he pitched for...

Coppell ISD votes to keep Town Center Elementary School open after hearing feedback from parents

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 10/28 3:24A Julia Falcon

The Coppell ISD school board voted against closing a beloved elementary school Monday night after hearing pushback from parents . Town Center Elementary School, which parents said was in a prime and safe location, will remain open . In a...

Love Big Tex? Now is the chance to design his next pair of boots

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 10/22 5:24A Julia Falcon

The State Fair of Texas might be over this year, but now is the time for creatives to help design Big Tex's pair of boots for next year. The Big Tex Boot Design Contest begins Oct. 22 and runs through...

Mexican cartel leader "El Gato" faces new federal indictment, death penalty for 2013 Southlake...

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 10/19 2:47A Marissa Armas

He was one of the FBI's ten most wanted fugitives; now federal prosecutors have filed their fifth superseding indictment against Mexican cartel leader Jos Rodolfo Villareal-Hern ndez , also known as 'El Gato.' Villareal-Hern ndez is connected to...