A 27-year-old man was arrested on Jan. 24 during a traffic stop after a deputy discovered he had a Molotov cocktail in his ...

His investigative instincts led to the arrest of someone who could have potentially caused great harm,” Sheriff Bill Waybourn said.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn said jail staff "performed magnificently" leading up to the death of Mason Yancy, who died in the Tarrant County Jail Dec. 27.

Crystal Gayden, Tarrant County Democratic Party chair, talks to the crowd during a vigil Friday outside of the Tarrant County Jail in downtown Fort Worth. The vigil was for the nearly 70 people ...

A group of conservative Second Amendment activists joined calls for the resignation of Sheriff Bill Waybourn at the commissioners court meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Their calls joined those of ...

During the first meeting of the year at Tarrant County Commissioner's Court, emotions ran high as Sheriff Bill Waybourn along with other officials gave an update about recent jail deaths.

Dozens of people signed up to speak at the meeting after commissioners heard a briefing from Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn on the deaths of two inmates in the Tarrant County Jail.

In a news release, Sheriff Bill E. Waybourn said Shannon Herklotz brings more than three decades of detention experience to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office. "We are lucky to have him ...

The family of Anthony Johnson Jr. says they’re no longer asking Sheriff Bill Waybourn to release the full video of Johnson’s death in Tarrant County Jail custody. They’re demanding it.

"How many bodies have to stack up before the stench makes you cry?" Sheriff Bill Waybourn defended his deputies, telling the court staff did everything they could to save Yancy. "All protocols ...

Grisham called himself “about as right wing as they come,” but said Tarrant County’s Republican elected officials are turning him and others like him against them.

Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn gives county commissioners a briefing on recent deaths in the county jail on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.