For 20 weeks, Missy Huffman has been training to reach new heights. She left for Utah on Monday to get acclimated for the Snowbasin 29029 Everesting climb. The number refers to the elevation of Mt. Everest. Climbers hike the Snowbasin 13 times to get the equivalent elevation of Everest. “It’s been a long 20-weeks of training, “Huffman said. ‘You know, a lot of it is just kinda to prove to myself that I can do hard things.” Huffman was in her 40s in 2016 when she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. “I knew something was wrong before then,” Huffman recalled. “It was getting…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
Team USA’s women’s 3×3 team didn’t repeat as gold medalists, but they aren’t leaving Paris empty-handed. After dropping their semifinal game to Spain earlier in the day, the Americans took home the bronze, securing back-to-back Olympics with a medal in the sport thanks to a 6-point, 2-assist effort by Hailey Van Lith in the final against Canada. BRONZE MEDAL GAME VS CANADA After a semifinal game against Spain on Monday afternoon, Team USA returned to the court on Monday evening to face the Canadians for the bronze medal. Canada’s strong shooting from beyond the arc gave them an early lead. They were…
Mercy Clinic has helped serve the uninsured adult population in Fort Worth’s 76110 and 76104 zip codes. Currently, they said they serve 1,300 patients. This year, the nonprofit will expand its services for check-ups, sick visits, dental needs, prescription services, and preventative care for women to a new zip code. “And now 76115,” Aly Layman said. Layman is the executive director of the organization. “That area is mostly uninsured. It’s about 30% uninsured within that zip code. Highly Hispanic population as well. So, very close to the demographics of the patients that we’re currently serving,” Layman said. Layman said the…
The scandal involving a Houston-based surrogacy escrow company continues to impact hundreds of people in Texas and around the globe. A lawsuit accuses the owner of SEAM, Surrogacy Escrow Account Management, of spending millions of dollars of clients’ money for personal use. “These people are putting not only their savings and their last amount of money, but also their last amount of hope,” said Katie Lynch, who also used the company herself and lost thousands. She and her husband, John, have been on an emotional journey for the past five years trying to have a baby. The couple said they tried…
Men’s sport climbing in the discipline of speed starts on Tuesday, Aug. 6. You always hear the 100m dash is the fastest event at the Olympics, but that’s about to change as speed climbing debuts at the Paris Olympics. Sam Watson (Southlake) will make his Olympic debut in Paris. Watson made the team at age 17; now he’s 18 and excited to compete in one of the fastest sports in the Olympics. Watson is the reigning world record holder, scurrying up the 15-meter wall in under five seconds. He trains at Movement Plano. Something that could affect the climbers: the…
When you play team sports and you’re on the field you depend on your teammates to carry you through The same goes for the game of life. For a Frisco man and his wife facing the toughest battle of their lives, his college football buddies are by their side, showing the same enduring bonds forged in the heat of competition can prove to be a lifeline in difficult times, decades down the road. It’s been more than 40 years since Tim Gibbs, Xavier Warren, Rodney Young and suited up to play football together at the University of Tulsa at Oklahoma…
A woman is fighting for her life after being struck by a Dallas Police officer’s patrol vehicle while they were responding to a disturbance call on Monday evening. It happened in the 8700 block of Elam Road around 7:07 p.m. near Crawford Memorial Park. Police said the investigation showed an officer in a marked squad car was traveling eastbound on the road and was responding to a call without lights and sirens activated. The woman, whose name has not been released, was reportedly standing in the middle of the street when she ran in front of two cars trying to…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As many as 17 people seek the Democratic nomination to replace late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. The party will select that candidate at a meeting next week, but that process is only part of filling the seat for Texas’ 18th Congressional District. Gov. Greg Abbott called a special election on Nov. 5 to finish Jackson Lee’s unfinished term, which would be approximately two months by then. While hasn’t spoken to anyone interested in the special election yet, we connected with the top high-profile candidates who want the party’s nomination for the general election. They include former Houston…
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Deputies located a shooting victim inside a vehicle parked in a west Harris County driveway, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Monday evening. Gonzalez posted on social media that deputies responded to a shooting in the 24100 block of Avogadro Lane, which holds a Katy address but is in county jurisdiction. Deputies located a man with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle parked in a residential driveway, the sheriff said. First responders rushed the victim to the hospital in critical condition. The sheriff didn’t immediately disclose any other details, including whether the victim lives at the residence or drove…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A park has become both an eyesore and a safety hazard for residents in the Denver Harbor neighborhood in northeast Houston. Over the years, according to a couple who lives next door, it has fallen into disrepair. Kimberly and John Rodriguez tell the recent storms have only exacerbated their concerns. The park is across the street from Elliot Elementary on the corner of Laredo and Henke. According to property records, it belongs to the Houston Independent School District. “I’ve contacted the school, and they haven’t done anything about it,” Kimberly Rodriguez said. She shared an email with…
