When you think of a science lab, you probably picture a room with beakers, and researchers in white coats. The lab for SMU research scientists Dr. Jyoti Sharma and Dr. Stephen Arrowsmith is…less formal. It’s underneath the picturesque SMU campus. “So we’re currently in a tunnel underneath one of the buildings at SMU,” Arrowsmith said. “So this is basically a bundle of communication fibers that go all around campus.” Arrowsmith and Sharma are taking advantage of unused telecommunications fibers, called ‘dark fiber’ to detect and measure earthquakes. It’s called “Distributed Acoustic Sensing.” “It’s a fundamentally new way of measuring seismic events,” Arrowsmith…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
The Tarrant County deputy shot multiple times Wednesday afternoon was released from the hospital hours later. Deputy Todd Tipson was shot three times, including a bullet that grazed the back of his neck. “He is resting right now,” Sheriff Bill Wayborn said. “He is a tough guy.” At about noon Wednesday, deputies attempted to serve a warrant at a home near 28th Street and Beach Street in Fort Worth. The suspect, whose name has not been released, is accused of several crimes against children, including holding a person under 17 years of age against their will. On Wednesday, Tipton was met with gunfire…
Following the filing of a civil lawsuit against a behavioral center in North Texas, a director, and an employee have been arrested in connection with the alleged assault of a nonverbal child with autism. The North Richland Hills Police Department said 34-year-old Kiara Henry, the director and owner of ABA Interactive Therapy Center, was taken into custody Wednesday, Aug. 7, and charged with failure to report, a state jail felony. On Aug. 8, the Lubbock Police Department arrested 31-year-old Ashley Moreno due to her outstanding warrant issued by the NRHPD. According to the police department, two parents called them on Thursday, June…
The body of a 28-year-old Serbian man was pulled from Fort Worth’s Marine Creek Lake Thursday morning after he apparently drowned during the first event of the 2024 CrossFit Games. The annual event opened for the first time in Fort Worth on Thursday morning and was scheduled to run through Sunday. During the inaugural run-swim event Thursday morning, a swimmer apparently began to have trouble and was seen slipping underwater. According to the Fort Worth Fire Department, they were called to the lake at about 8 a.m. to help find the missing swimmer. After about an hour of using boats,…
Security at the State Fair of Texas will change this season, including prohibiting concealed firearms to be carried in Fair Park. Organizers said when Big Tex welcomes visitors from around the world this year they’ll enter Fair Park through redesigned entrances and be subjected to more thorough screenings. “As fairgoers arrive, they will see signage advising them of what to expect when they are screened; this includes info on prohibited items, our guest code of conduct, and that all bags, wagons, and coolers are subject to search.” People visiting the fair will also be screened for weapons. No guns or weapons…
There’s only one job that could bring folks like Pam Miller out of retirement. “I love the kids and I think it’s important for us to keep them as safe as possible,” said Miller, a Rowlett ISD crossing guard. From Rowlett to Mesquite, districts and cities have been training new and returning school crossing guards in the days and weeks leading up to the 2024-2025 school year. Retirees like Kenneth Gregory of Mesquite say the best thing about returning year after year is watching children grow up. “Kids are the funnest thing,” he said. “People drive by and wave at you, it’s like…
Pritika Kharkwal is a rising senior at Lebanon Trail High School in Frisco. Her high school resume includes “author.” Her book, “It’s Time to Start Looking In: An Interactive Guide to Happiness by a Youth for Youth” was released this month. “I realized that a lot of people, especially young people around me, were struggling; and this struggle was silent, it was alone,” Kharkwal said. “There was a lot of stigma and lack of awareness.” Kharkwal said she tried to find books written by young people to help, but couldn’t. “So I felt like that gap was really something I…
Multiple lanes of traffic on the North Freeway and Northeast Loop 820 have been shut down following a police pursuit that turned into an apparent standoff at an exit ramp Thursday evening. The incident led to hours of traffic delays. Several individuals were observed exiting their vehicles, and emergency medical units were present at the scene for a “health condition call,” according to MedStar. It remains unclear whether any arrests have been made as a result of this pursuit or what may have led to it.
Ever wonder why it takes so long to get an appointment at a Texas driver’s license office? Four years after the state launched a new appointment system, data obtained by NBC 5 Investigates shows huge staffing shortages inside Texas DPS offices and customers still subjected to massive delays for appointments. In 2012, NBC 5 Investigates launched an award-winning series titled “You’re Gonna Wait,” which exposed the unbelievable hours Texas drivers spent waiting in line at Texas Department of Public Service license offices. The promise from the DPS then was that “Mega Centers” being built in Garland and Fort Worth would dramatically improve wait times. That…
UVALDE, Texas — The former police chief of the Uvalde school district said he thinks he’s been “scapegoated” as the one to blame for the botched law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, when hundreds of officers waited more than an hour to confront the gunman even as children were lying dead and wounded inside adjoining classrooms.Pete Arredondo and another former district police officer are the only two people to have been charged over their actions that day, even though nearly 400 local, state and federal officers responded to the scene and waited as children called 911 and parents begged the officers…
