Amber Alerts

Police still working the Amber Hagerman cold case 25 years later announced plans Wednesday to submit items of evidence originally obtained in the investigation to new forensic testing that may yield a more complete DNA profile of the killer.

On the 25th anniversary of Amber Hagerman’s abduction, Arlington police update the status of the case, and the hope that new DNA testing can help them solve the crime, while Amber’s mother pleads for the killer to come forward.

To help make sure you stay informed on the most shared and talked about stories across North Texas, each Saturday and Sunday we’ll revisit 5 stories from the previous week and capsulize them in this digest with the most recent updates.

Two months after an 8-year-old Fort Worth girl was kidnapped and sexually assaulted, community members in her neighborhood are calling for changes in the way Amber Alerts are handled.

Two months after an 8-year-old Fort Worth girl was kidnapped and sexually assaulted, community members in her neighborhood are calling for changes in the way Amber Alerts are handled.

The retired sheriff who helped develop the Amber Alert system, which notifies the public of missing child cases, has some concerns with how those alerts are being sent out.

The Arlington girl whose abduction and murder led to the worldwide Amber Alert notification system to find missing children was remembered on Sunday. Amber Hagerman’s image is now part of a special mural located behind the La Michoacana supermarket along East Abram Street in Arlington.

The kidnapping of a Fort Worth girl is raising questions about how Amber Alerts are issued and why cell phones failed to buzz with the emergency information Saturday night.

The kidnapping of a Fort Worth girl is raising questions about how Amber Alerts are issued and why cell phones failed to buzz with the emergency information Saturday night.

A mother of three from Waterbury, Connecticut and her boyfriend tied to an Amber Alert issued in February have been arrested in Texas.

Amber Alerts that were issued in Texas for three siblings who were reported missing from Waterbury last month have been discontinued.

Amber Alerts were issued in Texas on Saturday for three siblings who were reported missing from Waterbury last weekend and were last heard from in Sealy, Texas.

Chris Stapleton and Dan + Shay lead the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards with six nominations each while Grammy album of the year winner Kacey Musgraves comes in with five nominations.

A month into Venezuela’s high-stakes political crisis, President Nicolas Maduro revealed in an Associated Press interview that his government held secret talks with the Trump administration and predicted he would survive an unprecedented global campaign to force his resignation. While harshly criticizing President Donald Trump’s confrontational stance toward his socialist government, Maduro said Thursday that he holds out hope of...

Seth Meyers takes a closer look at how the government shutdown is affecting safety measures as federal employees prepare to go another week without pay.

Californians will begin getting warnings of impending earthquakes through their cellphones, radios and other devices within the next year or two as the state ramps up a lifesaving early warning system, emergency management officials said Thursday.

Some Dallas homeowners are frustrated that several large, overhead city-owned electronic signs haven’t posted any messages in years, especially when they can warn of life-threatening weather or dangerous traffic accidents.

Facebook users in the U.S. will soon receive Amber Alerts to help find missing children who may be located near them.