Penelope Rivera
Tarrant County Accountability ReporterPenelope Rivera is 四虎影院鈥檚 Tarrant County accountability reporter. She joined the newsroom in 2024 as an intern before becoming a full-time breaking news reporter. In 2025, she received a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for her continuous coverage of North Texas church scandals. Penelope was born and raised in Fort Worth.
In her free time, she enjoys painting, creative writing and trying new local restaurants and coffee shops.
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A Dallas appellate court has reversed a trial court's decision that previously denied motions to dismiss Gateway Church and some church elders from a defamation lawsuit from the woman Morris sexually abused when she was a child. -
The 2026 Michelin Guide Texas selection reveal will happen on Thursday, Oct. 8. -
The Tarrant County Commissioners Court heard proposals for next fiscal year's tax rate and budget, but some commissioners had concerns over budget distributions and other details in the plan. -
Fort Worth activist EJ Carrion had an arrest warrant over a disrupting a public meeting charge, his friend Alexander Montalvo said Wednesday. -
Tarrant County paid Recana Recruiting and Staffing Solutions about $2.3 million seven months of its early terminated two-year contract. -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday heard oral arguments on whether Tarrant County and several detention officers should be added back to Anthony Johnson Jr.鈥檚 wrongful death lawsuit. They were dismissed from the suit last year. -
Commissioners vote on whether to close the proposed sites during their 10 a.m. meeting Aug. 4. -
The lawsuit, which claimed Gateway Church mishandled millions of dollars in church donations, was dismissed last month. The former church members who filed the suit are asking that decision to be appealed, according to a July 17 court filing. -
Tarrant County commissioners approved the new policy in a 3-1 vote during Tuesday's meeting. -
Dozens of community members protested Tuesday before the Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting and spoke out during public comment. -
Victor Runnels, 61, was arrested June 11 on a parole violation, according to court records. -
Kailey Muir shared details of her termination in an interview with 四虎影院.
