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Fort Worth PD arrests the prowler of an off-campus TCU student’s residence

By Esra Ghanim, Staff Writer
Published Mar 5, 2024
On Wednesday, Feb. 28., the prowler of an off-campus TCU student residence was arrested and charged with attempted burglary of a residence and unlawfully carrying a gun.
Another shooting near the West 7th entertainment district left one dead late Saturday night. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)

Suspect in fatal West 7th shooting turns himself in

By Cecilia Le, Staff Writer
Published Mar 3, 2024
The shooting occurred late Saturday night on Crockett Street.
A helicopter carries a bucket as it flies over homes burned by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Canadian, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Fort Worth sends firefighters to help fight largest wildfire in Texas history

By Haylee Chiariello, Staff Writer
Published Mar 1, 2024
The Fort Worth fire department is sending personnel and equipment to help fight historic wildfires in the Texas panhandle.
The Brown Lupton Health Center, located on campus, where students, faculty and staff can get vaccinated for free and without an appointment. (TCU360/Brandon Ucker)

Health center hopes to blunt chickenpox outbreak

By Ella Mercer, Staff Writer
Published Feb 19, 2024

Students can get the varicella vaccine, or chickenpox vaccine, starting today at the health center. Over the weekend, TCU announced a case of the contagious virus had been diagnosed within the campus...

Molly Jane Matheson, whom the law is in remembrance of.

Tarrant County-originated law helps prosecute repeat sexual offenders

By Josie Straface, Staff Writer
Published Dec 3, 2023
The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program database has been used by Tarrant County officials to convict known sex offenders.
A street on the east side of campus with cars in the street and parking lot showing the overflow. (Corrigan Smiley/Staff Writer)

TCU parking: Not a lot of spots in the lots

By Corrigan Smiley and Paul McMahon
Published Sep 18, 2023

Commuters looking for parking often find the lots on the east campus full as TCU’s growth puts the squeeze on spaces.   Parking is tight for all students, but the scarcity of spots for commuters...

The TCU Police Department is located at 3025 Lubbock Ave., Fort Worth, Texas. (Heesoo Yang/TCU 360)

TCU police unveils new parking ticket system

By Breana Adams, Staff Writer
Published Mar 27, 2023
Traditional yellow citation tickets are now a thing of the past. TCU police is implementing a new parking ticket system that utilizes white, thermal paper.
The Fort Worth city council unanimously passed the 2021 fiscal year budget on Sept. 22, 2020. This included increasing the police budget by 2%. (Leah Bolling/Staff Reporter)

Open container violation leads to students’ arrest for fake IDs

By Breana Adams, TCU 360 Staff Writer
Published Jan 27, 2023
Fort Worth prohibits open containers and public consumption of alcohol in the West 7th Street area.
TCU parking lots and garages have been the center for the rise in car burglaries this year. (Heesoo Yang / TCU 360)

TCU’s notorious car burglar arrested

By Emma Watson, Staff Writer
Published Nov 10, 2022
One individual's multiple attempts to break into cars caused a spike in car burglaries on TCU's campus this year.
Vests worn by Froggie 5-0 on walking escort duty.  (Sara Honda/TCU 360 Staff)

Froggie 5-0 walking escort system prioritizes student safety

By Sara Honda, Staff Writer
Published Oct 26, 2022
Froggie 5-0 now offers walking buddies to further the organization's "safety first" mission.
Jordan Meyer, a senior nursing major, prepares to administer a shot to junior English major Brendan Healy. (Sarah Walter/Staff Writer)

‘It’s incredibly important.’ TCU nursing distributes flu vaccines at 15th annual clinic

By Breana Adams, Staff Writer
Published Oct 20, 2022
TCU nursing held its annual flu clinic on Wednesday to prevent the spread of the virus on campus.
In this Dec. 12, 2016 photo illustration, a person types on a laptop in Florida. Riviera Beach, Fla., agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses. Spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown said Wednesday, June 19, 2019, that the city of 35,000 residents has been working with outside security consultants, who recommended the ransom be paid. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Don’t press send: Cyber ‘sextortion’ of students becoming more common at TCU

By JD Pells
Published Apr 18, 2022
TCU Police are reporting an uptick in cyber blackmail cases among students.