DALLAS (AP) — Texas is eliminating hemp from its list of controlled substances, bringing it in line with federal law but possibly feeding confusion about the legality of some hemp-based products. The Texas Department of State Health Services is on Friday removing hemp from a list of Schedule I drugs that can be abused and…… MORE
HALTOM CITY(WBAP/KLIF)- A new elementary school is coming to Birdville ISD, expected Fall 2021. Mark Thomas with Birdville ISD says they’re combining two smaller schools into one. He said Richland Elementary and Major Cheney Elementary at South Birdville are home to some of the oldest buildings in the district, over 60 years old. “Combining them into one…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- 32-year-old security officer Vincent Hobbs is charged with murder after police say he shot a man outside the Oasis Apartments on Led Better Avenue in Oak Cliff Sunday night. Police believe the victim an another guard got into a fight and other security guards were called into help. Then the officers went into the man’s apartment upstairs…… MORE
CARROLLTON (WBAP/KLIF)- An 18-year-old woman has come forward and identified herself as the mother of an infant found deceased in a Carrollton cemetery in March. Carrollton Police said Monday that the woman came forward after seeing news coverage of the incident and is cooperating with the investigation. “Detectives are still investigating the circumstances, awaiting test results,…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Lawmakers will meet with rape victims in Austin Monday to discuss a bill that would require DNA collection from anyone arrested for a felony. The information would be stored in a database. 29 states and the federal government already have similar laws in place. It’s widely known as “Katie’s Law”, which was…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The nationwide college admissions scandal involving alleged bribery at some of the country’s most elite schools has inspired top private universities in North Texas to investigate their own admissions practices. According to the Dallas Morning News, Southern Methodist University and Texas Christian University are conducting internal reviews though neither school has…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Southwest Airlines and several others experienced a technological problem that caused flights nationwide to be grounded temporarily. According to Southwest, the ground stop lasted about 40 minutes due to an outage with a vendor that services multiple carriers with data used in flight planning. “Scattered flight delays are anticipated,” Southwest said…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Former Dallas Cowboy great Michael Irvin says he has not been diagnosed with throat cancer. The announcement comes after posting to Instagram last week saying he feared he had the disease after losing his voice after a Cowboys-Saints game in November, then struggling to fully get it back for several months.…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — According to Fort Worth city records, thousands of drivers are refusing to pay tickets that come from the hotly debated red light cameras. The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports more than half of the nearly 225,000 tickets issued by the cameras last year were sent to collection agencies. For a…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Barbara Bush didn’t bite her tongue in when it came to Donald Trump: She just didn’t like him. But a new biography of the former first lady finds that her disdain for the Republican president, who transformed the party her own family had embodied for generations into his likeness, dates as least…… MORE
