TCU vs. West Virginia kicks off at 11 a.m. CDT Saturday at Amon G. Carter Stadium on ESPN2, and it pits a TCU defense allowing 12.2 points a game against a WVU offense scoring 37.6. Here is an NLN side-by-side of the numbers, every meeting since 2012 and gameday tips.
The Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering returns to the Fort Worth Stockyards Oct. 23 to 25 with ranch rodeo at Cowtown Coliseum, a chuck wagon cook-off, cowboy poetry and a Saturday night Western swing dance. Here is an NLN day-by-day planner, what is ticketed and recent champions.
Plano ISD wants lawmakers to raise and inflation-index school safety, special education and transportation allotments, report recapture clearly and steady funding for shrinking districts. Its adopted budget shows a $132.5 million recapture line, nearly twice its $67 million in state revenue.
Two Oncor delivery charges rose on bills rendered from Oct. 4, adding about 0.84 cents per kilowatt-hour, or $8.38 a month at 1,000 kWh. In Garland, the city-owned utility cut its rate a penny per kilowatt-hour on Oct. 1. Here is why the bills split and how to check yours.
From Feb. 1, 2027, Dallas alley homes pay $45.22 a month for trash and recycling and curbside homes $37.76, replacing one $40.09 rate. The city’s fee package also raises stormwater charges about 7.5%, more than doubles the residential 9-1-1 fee and moves about 6,000 homes from alley to curb.
Plano’s Oct. 12 consent agenda includes up to $390,000 for ChatGPT Enterprise, Teams Premium, an AI governance tool called Darwin AI and a reserve. The city would start with 150 ChatGPT licenses at an estimated $57,024 a year, about $380 per seat, with training and human review required.
The Regional Transportation Council is set to vote on a regional bicycle safety plan it tabled in September. Its crash map puts 55% of bicycle crashes in 11.6% of the urbanized area. A separate item would open a $60 million federal call for trails, bikeways and Safe Routes to School plans on Oct. 12.
John Mulaney plays Will Rogers Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m., the only North Texas stop on his listed fall dates, while Brooks & Dunn play Dickies Arena next door. Tour dates, venue facts, parking and the Friday timeline.
Tyler Smith could make his season debut when the 2-2 Cowboys host the 0-4 Buccaneers Thursday at 7:15 p.m. at AT&T Stadium. Tampa Bay starts undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels. Here is the matchup by the numbers and a game-night timeline.
Tarrant County’s approved FY2027 budget totals $834,076,906, about $10.6 million more than last year, on an 18.60-cent rate that sits just under no-new-revenue. Departments asked for $985.9 million. The budget book shows what got cut, what grew and why median and average homes move in opposite directions.