FORT WORTH, Texas — Watching Coco Gauff play tennis you could easily forget that she’s basically a high school kid who should be preparing for her senior prom, and filling out college applications. She’s 18 years old, already one of the best players in…
Mac Engel: No matter what the numbers say, Tony Pollard will be the backup when Zeke returns
Those who want Tony Pollard as the full-time starting running back of the Dallas Cowboys need to retire that fantasy next to meeting the real Santa Claus, and this current election cycle ever ending. Pollard’s numbers are better, and when he has the ba…
Johnathan Hankins acquired to bolster Dallas Cowboys defense
FRISCO, Texas — On Sunday, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the team would only make a trade to bolster their chances if a difference-making player like Hall of Famer Deion Sanders was available. Jones has also said in the past, “just cause I said…
Cynthia M. Allen: Wave or drop in the bucket? Why predictions of abortion driving votes are flopping
When the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision came down in June and overturned Roe v. Wade, pro-lifers everywhere rejoiced. Their efforts over the last 50 years had finally borne fruit. But along with the joy came trepidation. It is an election year, after a…
2 nurses dead, gunman shot by police officer at Texas hospital, officials say
FORT WORTH, Texas — A suspect who shot and killed two nurses was detained after he was shot by a police officer at Methodist Hospital in Dallas Saturday morning, authorities said. In a news release Saturday afternoon, a Methodist Health System spokespe…
An anxious Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott has checked all the boxes, will start vs. Lions
FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has no boxes left to check. After missing the past five weeks with a fractured right thumb, Prescott’s return to the starting lineup for Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions is a certainty. “I …
Former Texas officer pleads guilty to pepper-spraying man who was filming police in 2020
FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Keller police sergeant pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally pepper-spraying and arresting a man who filmed his son’s interactions with Keller police in August 2020. Blake Shimanek entered the plea on a charge to official op…
With Dak Prescott on his way back, Dallas Cowboys believe the best lies ahead in 2022
FRISCO, Texas — If someone would have told Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and owner Jerry Jones before the season that the team would be 4-2 after the first six games, they would have gladly taken it. And that was with a healthy quarterback Dak Pre…
Will Texas Gov. Abbott concede a close race? Challenger O’Rourke isn’t ‘counting on it’
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Democrat Beto O’Rourke on Tuesday suggested that his opponent, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, would not concede if he were to lose a close race. “I’m not counting on it,” O’Rourke told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s editorial boar…
Officer shoots, kills man pointing handgun in Fort Worth house doorway, police say
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth police officer early Sunday shot to death a man who pointed a handgun at him in the doorway of a house in the Eastwood section of the city, the police department said. The police went to the house in the 4000 block of W…