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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Nonprofit group Center for Transforming Lives replaced the rental and utility assistance department, which closed last August. -
The discussion came after County Judge Tim O'Hare said an agenda item during last month's meeting "mischaracterized" certain data and facts about rejected voter ballot numbers. -
The agenda item was added by County Judge Tim O'Hare for the monthly Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting. -
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office, under Sheriff Adam King, has faced allegations of mistreatment in a jail that's been in and out of compliance for years. Meanwhile, King faces criminal charges in a sexual harassment scandal. -
Project Safe Neighborhoods is a U.S. Department of Justice program aimed at reducing and preventing crimes. -
Robert Morris, Gateway's founding pastor pleaded guilty last October to five counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child. -
The man, identified as Alejandro Serrano, was charged with aggravated assault against a public servant. -
Johnson County Sheriff Adam King's first perjury charge was dismissed in December. He was indicted again Wednesday. -
This includes ending the Cesar Chavez holiday in Tarrant County and removing street toppers with his name in Fort Worth. -
Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn gave a briefing to commissioners about the statistics related to Tarrant County Jail inmates in 2025. -
Tarrant County received a letter from the Freedom from Religion Foundation with legal concerns over its Ten Commandments monument installed on the courthouse lawn. -
Dario Sanchez, 32, shared in interviews with 四虎影院 his perspective on the charges he's facing related to a shooting that occurred outside the Prairieland Detention Center on July 4, 2025. Sanchez was not at the shooting but has been arrested three times in connection.
