BOSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The University of Texas at Austin is caught up in what federal officials are calling the largest college admissions cheating scam ever prosecuted by the Justice Department. Fifty people, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, 33 parents and nine coaches are accused of paying an admissions consulting company in California…… MORE
TEMPLE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Temple police are asking the public to help find the person who dropped a rock from a railroad overpass that led to a fatal accident. 33-year-old Keila Ruby Flores of Waco was killed when a rock smashed through the windshield of the car she was riding in while traveling north on…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A Fort Worth man is being treated at Parkland Hospital for severe burns to his upper body after an explosion in his apartment this morning The incident happened just before five this morning, according to Fort Worth Fire Department’s Mike Drivdahl. He says that there was painting going on inside the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The US Army Corps of Engineers is set to collect soil samples today from the area where a 12-year-old girl was killed in a home explosion last year. The samples will be analyzed at a lab in Arlington to see if the earth-shifting theory Atmos provided to the city council is the…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke is making his first trip to Iowa of the 2020 campaign, visiting the state that kicks off presidential voting amid intense speculation that he’ll enter the race for the White House. A spokesman says O’Rourke will visit the University of Northern Iowa on Saturday to campaign…… MORE
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF)- Several people are upset over their experience at Bob Seger’s concert at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco this weekend. Complaints on social media, TripAdvisor and Yelp said the Ford Center was not equipped to host thousands of people. Ronnie Stapp attended the concert. He said he paid hundreds of dollars…… MORE
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
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 (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
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
