FORT WORTH, Texas — For awhile it seemed like TCU wouldn’t be able to climb out of a 24-7 deficit, but with persistence on defense and creativity on offense the Horned Frogs battled back to push No. 8 Oklahoma State to overtime. The teams went back and…
Fort Worth police investigate quadruple homicide after 4 people shot inside car
FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth police are investigating a quadruple homicide Friday night on the city’s south side in which four people were shot inside a car. In a statement early Saturday morning, police said three people died at the scene. The fourt…
Texas researchers receive $149 million for large study of Alzheimer’s in racial, ethnic groups
FORT WORTH, Texas — The National Institutes of Health is giving $149 million to researchers at the University of North Texas Health Science Center to pay for researchers to study the biology of Alzheimer’s disease in multiple racial and ethnic groups. …
Mac Engel: Kim Mulkey’s callous words about her former ‘baby’ Brittney Griner sad, not a surprise
FORT WORTH, Texas — With the sincerity of a parent, and the conviction of a preacher, Kim Mulkey looked at me and said of her Brittney Griner, “That’s someone’s child. That’s someone’s baby.” She still is. Even if you disagree with her. This exchange h…
Detailing Cooper Rush’s unlikely rise to history as record-setting Dallas Cowboys QB
Cooper Rush’s remarkable stay as Dallas Cowboys quarterback will likely last for one or two more games. Dak Prescott, the team’s franchise quarterback who missed missed the past two games after undergoing surgery to repair with a fractured right thumb,…
Mac Engel: If the report is true, the world’s biggest sporting event will be played in Arlington, Texas
The announcement is not official, and as much as they want to no one locally can confirm it, but reading between the tweets it sounds as if the biggest sporting event in the world is headed to Jerry World. According to ESPN soccer/fútbol analyst Hercul…
Cynthia M. Allen: When this high school banned cellphone use, it saw remarkable changes
FORT WORTH, Texas — There’s something noticeably different at Nolan Catholic High School in Fort Worth this year. It’s not new uniforms or facilities. It’s the absence of something that accounts for what principal Oscar Ortiz calls a remarkable cultura…
Mac Engel: TCU assistant coach Doug Meacham didn’t lose everything when his house burned down
FORT WORTH, Texas — The following is what happens when a house burns to the ground: “We got out alive,” Doug Meacham said. “I hate to think what would have happened had we been asleep.” It’s about 10 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, and the longtime TCU offens…
Stephen Jones: Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott could return in 2 weeks for Washington
FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys are not going to rush Dak Prescott back from a fractured right thumb, suffered in the season opening loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But they are certainly clearing the road for him to return as soon as possible. Wh…
Cynthia M. Allen: Sen. Lindsey Graham’s bill to limit abortion after 15 weeks is not extreme. But it’s ill-timed
FORT WORTH, Texas — South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a federal proposal this week to place reasonable limits on abortion. The bill would set a national 15-week limit on the practice, includes exceptions for cases of rape and incest and to …