LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – A West Texas high school booster club plans a fund-raising raffle that will include as prizes two semi-automatic weapons similar to one used in a recent school shooting. Kevin Woelfel is president of the booster club for the Cooper High School band in Lubbock. He told he Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Controversy continues in connection with a Mansfield elementary school teacher who has been suspended with pay since September 8th. District officials say Stacy Bailey was placed on suspension after asking for better protections for LGBT students and employees. The suspension came two weeks after a parent had reportedly complained about Bailey’s sexual…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – 25 homes in a Northwest Dallas neighborhood have been evacuated after Atmos Energy crews reported smelling natural gas in the area. The evacuations were in the 3400 blocks of Linda Drive and Nogales Drive, which are separated by an alley off Webb Chapel Road. The newest zone affected is in the same vicinity…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A North Texas mother known as “Affluenza Mom” was arrested for allegedly violating the terms of her bond. Tonya Couch, mother of “Affluenza Teen” Ethan Couch, was booked into Tararnt County Jail Wednesday afternoon. Court records show Tonya Couch failed a urine test required as a condition of her bond but…… MORE
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Alamo Draft House Cinema is promising to boost the North Richland Hills economy when its new location opens there next year. The company’s co-owner Bill Di Gaetano said it’s positive impact on the city is two-fold. “We like to hire as many of our staff members which can…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is firing Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and replacing him with the White House doctor in the wake of a bruising ethics scandal and a mounting rebellion within the VA. Trump tweeted Wednesday afternoon that he intends to nominate “highly respected Admiral Ronny L. Jackson, MD, as the new…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – In the wake of a scandal over a Facebook breach that exposed people’s personal information and was allegedly used by a political consulting group, experts say Internet users need to pay attention to user agreements. “Sometimes we intentionally choose to be ignorant if we like something and I think we’re seeing a…… MORE
Sacramento (WBAP/KLIF) – A local protest in Sacramento impacted the Kings-Mavericks game last night. There were only about 4-thousand people were in the stands of the 17-thousand seat Golden 1 Center; thousands more were stranded outside. They were blocked from entering by a protest over a police involved shooting in the city over a week…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas man has been charged in the shooting death of an elderly security guard in north Dallas. Investigators said Randal Terrell shot and killed 72-year-old Adane Weldekiros at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites near Greenville Avenue and 635 around 1 a.m. Wednesday. It’s believed the men had an argument…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks released quarterback Trevone Boykin on Tuesday shortly after his girlfriend alleged in a television interview that he physically assaulted her in Texas last week. The practice squad player was released from the team after WFAA-TV in Dallas posted an interview with Boykin’s girlfriend detailing an assault she alleges happened…… MORE
