FORT WORTH – Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn understands the numbers. He helms the third-largest jail in the state, averaging 4,300 inmates daily and 45,000-50,000 a year. The sheriff said ...

FORT WORTH – Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn understands the numbers. He helms the third-largest jail in the state, averaging 4,300 inmates daily and 45,000-50,000 a year. The sheriff said ...

Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn on Thursday blamed a lack of mental health care for the latest death in the jail, which is currently under criminal investigation by the Texas Rangers.. At a ...

Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn exits a press conference on Thursday, April 25, 2024, to address the death of an inmate the previous Sunday. Anthony Ray Johnson Jr., ...

Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn says comments he made about undocumented immigrants were taken out of context amid calls for his resignation. “I’ll be held accountable for what I say ...

Law enforcement shared details Wednesday of a violent crime crackdown that netted 76 arrests, seized guns and pulled drugs ...

Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn speaks to attendees Matthew Stampp, left, and Alyssa Smith at his election party at Hurtado Barbecue in Arlington on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

Bill Waybourn has filed for reelection as Tarrant County sheriff in 2024. Waybourn, a Republican, has served as sheriff since 2017. He defeated Democratic challenger Vance Keyes in 2020, ...

On May 17, a pregnant woman delivered a baby alone and locked inside her cell at the Tarrant County jail. After the Fort Worth Star-Telegram broke the story later that month, Sheriff Bill Waybourn ...

Newly sworn-in Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn wasted no time on Sunday outlining an ambitious agenda that calls for raising the visibility and goals of the department.

Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn, right, and Texas Department of Public Safety regional director Jeremy Sherrod watch on May 16 while the media is shown the video of events leading up to ...