The top local stories this evening from KERA News:
SMU's football team plays its first bowl game in five years on Wednesday night. The Mustangs take on Louisiana Tech in the re-booted DXL Frisco Bowl at Toyota Stadium. The bowl game's a newcomer to North Texas. It was formerly called the Miami Beach Bowl before the local pro soccer team and ESPN partnered up to move the game to Frisco.
Other top stories this evening:
- On Monday, the Fort Worth Police Department fired a 22-year-veteran officer for an August incident where he ordered a rookie to use her stun gun against an unarmed woman. He’s challenging his termination. KERA’s Christopher Connelly says the incident highlights deep divisions – between the police chief and his officers – and between the department and the black community.
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