Julio Franco, a three-time All-Star from 1991 American League batting champion with the Rangers, has officially joined the Fort Worth Cats as a player-coach at the ripe old age of 55!
The Cats are part of the United Baseball League.
**UPDATE** Fort Worth police initially said they could not immediately find any record of their officers being involved in the roadblock, but on Tuesday a police spokesman admitted that the department’s Traffic Division coordinated with the the feds..
FORT WORTH, Texas – A man reportedly shot himself in the head and died while camping in the infield of a Fort Worth NASCAR race..
Kirk Franklin of Saginaw died in the infield during a NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway after shooting himself in the head, said the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office on Sunday. He was 42.
Fort Worth police have said a man who was camping in the infield died of a “self-inflicted injury” after getting into an argument with other campers. The incident happened late in the Sprint Cup race. Police spokeswoman Cpl. Tracey Knight has said alcohol may have been a factor. Knight said several people witnessed the incident, but nobody was in danger. Track spokesman Mike Zizzo says the death occurred “in or around a pickup truck” in part of the infield near the middle of the backstretch. AP.
Our thought and prayers go out to this man’s friends and family at this difficult time.
A lone gunman with three names and an “unclear motive” was captured after shooting and killing American Sniper author Chris Kyle, 38, and Chad Littlefield, 35, at the Rough Creek Lodge, west of Glen Rose, Texas.
Police arrested Eddie Ray Routh, 25, of Lancaster, and he was arraigned Saturday evening on two counts of capital murder, according to Sgt. Lonny Haschel of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Routh is being held in the Erath County Jail under a $3 million bond, reports USAToday.
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The guitarist for the hard edge rock band Ministry died Saturday night at the young age of 47 after collapsing on stage. Mike was taking part of a 50th birthday celebration for Rigor Mortis singer Bruce Corbett when he suddenly collapsed and died…
Mike Scaccia, the guitarist for Ministry and Rigor Mortis, died on Saturday night at the age of 47. Scaccia was performing onstage at the Rail Club in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of a 50th birthday celebration for Rigor Mortis singer Bruce Corbitt, when he collapsed. Shortly afterwards, he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Scaccia had reportedly asked for the strobe lights in the club to be turned off during the performance moments before he collapsed with a seizure, according to the rock blog Blabbermouth.net
Scaccia was born in Babylon, New York, on July 14th, 1965, and formed thrash metallists Rigor Mortis in 1983. Six years later, the guitarist was invited by Al Jourgensen to join Ministry. The first full-length Ministry studio recording to feature Scaccia was the group’s most commercially successful release, 1992’s Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs, which spawned such industrial metal classics as “N.W.O.” and “Jesus Built My Hotrod,” and was supported by an appearance on Lollapalooza that same year.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ministry-guitarist-mike-scaccia-dies-after-onstage-collapse-20121223#ixzz2Fvb44x5a
Chris Cyrus
This is Christopher Cyrus. Miley Cyrus’ half brother! They both share the same father who is Billy Ray Cyrus. Christopher lives in Fort Worth Texas with his mother Kristin Luckey, who was seeing Billy at the time of her pregnancy with Christopher. But then Billy split just before she gave birth to Christopher. Billy then got a woman named ‘Tish’ pregnant in Kentucky, and then Tish gave birth to Miley.
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