Rachel Behrndt

1 week ago | cbs19.tv | Rachel Behrndt

SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Gateway Church, with more than 100,000 active attendees, is an influential mega-church based in North Texas. But the large church was rocked recently by allegations that its former senior and founding pastor Robert Morris molested a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s. Shortly after the allegations were widely reported by local and national media Morris resigned, kicking off a string of resignations, protests and additional allegations of sexual abuse on the Gateway Church campus.

2 weeks ago | wfaa.com | Rachel Behrndt

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth City Council voted Tuesday to name Robert Alldredge, currently the department's executive assistant chief, as Interim Fort Worth Police Chief. As current chief Neil Noakes prepares to retire at the end of the month, Alldredge will step into the role while Fort Worth City Manager Jay Chapa works to find a replacement for Noakes. Councilmembers unanimously approved Alldredge's appointment, district four representative Charlie Lauersdorf was absent from he vote.

2 weeks ago | wfaa.com | Rachel Behrndt

DALLAS — Two people were killed in a suspected murder-suicide in the Lake Highlands neighborhood of Dallas, police said. Dallas police responded to a shooting around 10 a.m. Monday in the 9600 block of Greensprint Drive, Dallas police said in a press release. Investigators determined that John Faulkner, 82, shot Sharon Faulkner, 81, before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the release states. Dallas-Fire Rescue responded and both people died at the location, police said.

2 weeks ago | wfaa.com | Rachel Behrndt

WEATHERFORD, Texas — Two juveniles were arrested in connection with a series of break-ins, and now police are asking victims to come forward, Weatherford officials said. Police recently noticed a spike in car break-ins near Shirley Hall Middle School, Weatherford police said in a social media post. The sharp increase in crime prompted police to canvass the neighborhood and obtain security footage that led police to identify the suspects, the post states.

2 weeks ago | kvue.com | Rachel Behrndt

GORDON, Texas — The National Weather Service Fort Worth office confirmed an EF-1 tornado in the Gordon area in southern Palo Pinto County in association with major storms overnight that left significant damage in the area. NWS' Fort Worth office said the tornado was confirmed by a storm survey team, which estimated peak winds at 105 mph. Additional surveys are ongoing, according to NWS.