ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Arlington could be the future home of the nation’s ‘Medal of Honor Museum.’ Arlington and Denver, Colorado have been named the top two finalists for the site of the museum. While visiting Arlington Thursday, the project’s CEO, Joe Daniels said the city would be a great fit. “In order…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department’s inspector general says former FBI Director James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump. The watchdog office says Comey broke FBI rules by giving a memo containing unclassified information to a friend with instructions to share the contents with a…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A woman who confronted the pastor of a Texas church where more than two dozen worshipers were gunned down and claimed the attack was staged has been deemed competent to stand trial. The San Antonio Express-News reports that mental health experts determined 57-year-old Jodie Marie Mann, of San Marcos, is ready…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) — Some North Texas school districts say they’ve been cracking down hard on vaping. In Richardson, school officials say between last year and just a few days into this school year, they’ve confiscated more than 200 e-cigarettes and disciplined more than 110 students. Thirty of those students have been expelled for vaping…… MORE
(CNN) – This fall, award winning actor Matthew McConaughey will take on a new role: professor at the University of Texas at Austin. McConaughey, who graduated from UT in 1993, will be a “professor of practice” at the Moody College of Communication as faculty in the Department of Radio-Television-Film, according to a university news release. McConaughey has been…… MORE
The gunman accused of killing 22 people in El Paso, Texas, told police that the AK-style rifle used in the attack came from Romania and that he ordered his ammunition online from Russia. The claims raised a series of questions about how the suspect acquired his weapons and what the laws are that govern firearms…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County voters will encounter new voting machines at the polls this November. The Tarrant County Commissioners Court allocated $11 million earlier to replace machines that were 15 years old. But the money came with one stipulation; there must be a way to keep a paper trail. “The old machines were…… MORE
MIAMI (AP) – Forecasters say Dorian has become a hurricane as it nears the U.S. Virgin Islands and is expected to keep getting stronger. Shortly before 2 p.m. EDT, the National Hurricane Center reported Hurricane Dorian was expected to move near or over the U.S. and British Virgin Islands during the afternoon. It’s then expected…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A handful of organizations in Dallas/Fort Worth are working to house homeless veterans amid rising numbers. The Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance announced this week that working with the Dallas housing authority, DHA, the U.S. Department of Homeless Affairs, and other homeless response system partners, 140 Dallas and Collin County homeless veterans ended their homelessness…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday he’ll a appoint Houston appellate judge who lost her most recent election to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court. Texas has partisan judicial elections and Judge Jane Bland had been one several Republican judges swept out of appeals courts by voters in 2018.…… MORE
