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TCU’s Rifle Team Wins National Championship

TCU’s Rifle Team Wins National Championship

FORT WORTH – TCU has added another national championship to its trophy case. The school took the top prize this past weekend in rifle shooting in Morgantown, West Virginia. In total, the school brought home four of the five championship trophies awarded at the tournament. Individual championships were won in smallbore and air rifle. This is…MORE

President Trump Unveils 2020 Budget Proposal

President Trump Unveils 2020 Budget Proposal

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is relying on an optimistic projection of 3.1 percent economic growth to bring his proposed $4.7 trillion budget into balance in the future, along with accounting shuffles and steep cuts to domestic programs. The 2020 budget released Monday projects a $1.1 trillion deficit for the fiscal year beginning Oct.…MORE

Dallas Police Searching for Suspect in Deadly Hit and Run

Dallas Police Searching for Suspect in Deadly Hit and Run

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police are asking the public to help find the driver believed to be responsible for a hit and run accident that killed three people early Sunday. Investigators said the suspect, 32-year-old Jesus Chavarria-Vasquez was driving a black 2013 Chevrolet Silverado pick up truck when he was involved in an accident at…MORE

Confirmed Case of Measles in Collin County

Confirmed Case of Measles in Collin County

COLLIN COUNTY  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Health Department has confirmed a case of the measles in Collin County. It’s the second case in North Texas this year. The first was confirmed in Denton County last month. Last August, a Plano West Senior High School student came down with the virus. There have been 11…MORE

Fort Worth 6-Month Old Dies in Tragic Drowning Accident

Fort Worth 6-Month Old Dies in Tragic Drowning Accident

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A tragedy in Fort Worth this morning where a 6-month old baby boy drowned when his mother, who had been bathing him fell asleep in the tub. Police say, when she woke up 5:45, her son — who was a twin — was underwater and unresponsive. The baby was rushed to…MORE

Hometown Airlines Are Watching Ethiopian Crash Investigation Closely

Hometown Airlines Are Watching Ethiopian Crash Investigation Closely

Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – American and Southwest Airlines are closely watching the investigation into the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-MAX8, as both, the Fort Worth based and Dallas based carriers have dozens of such planes in operation. It’s the second such aviation accident involving that Boeing specific model in six months, and…MORE

2020 Democrats flock to trendy SXSW festival in Texas

2020 Democrats flock to trendy SXSW festival in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A big chunk of the 2020 Democratic field began making Texas an unlikely early-state stop Saturday and pushed back on big tech in front of young, social-media savvy crowds in a city where companies including Google and Apple have big footprints. Texas is an early primary state, but the real draw…MORE

Teacher Appreciation Days at Alamo Drafthouse DFW Locations

Teacher Appreciation Days at Alamo Drafthouse DFW Locations

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Alamo Drafthouse has a special perk for teachers during Spring Break. From Monday, March 11th through Thursday, March 14th, all teachers, professors, faculty and school staff get free admission to any show before 5:00pm (excluding events with value added) at any DFW-area Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.* All you’ll need is a current…MORE

Three Zookeepers Fired After Newspaper Investigation

Three Zookeepers Fired After Newspaper Investigation

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Three zookeepers have been fired from the Austin Zoo following a newspaper’s investigation into animal mistreatment that quoted one of the workers detailing how a sick monkey was kept alive that zookeepers believed needed to be euthanized. Zoo board members say all decisions were made based on violations of professional conduct.…MORE

Former University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers, Dead At 72

Former University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers, Dead At 72

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Bill Powers, president of the University of Texas at Austin from 2006 to 2015 and a member of the law school faculty for more than 40 years, has died. He was 72. The university said Powers died Sunday in Austin from complications from a fall several months earlier and oculopharyngeal muscular…MORE