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Texas police seek man who shot driver who had kids with him

Texas police seek man who shot driver who had kids with him

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Texas are searching for a driver who they say sideswiped a car and then shot and wounded the other driver who had pulled over to exchange insurance information. Arlington police say the victim was driving Monday night with his wife and two young children when another car sideswiped his…MORE

Texas Now Requires Large Schools To Report Player Concussions

Texas Now Requires Large Schools To Report Player Concussions

DALLAS (AP) – Texas officials are requiring that the state’s largest schools report concussions suffered by high school athletes in a move seen as the nation’s biggest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes. The University Interscholastic League, Texas’ governing body for public high school sports, on Monday ordered the schools to submit individual…MORE

Mesquite Police Looking For Suspect In Several Robberies

Photo: Mesquite police DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) Mesquite – Police say three GameStop stores have been robbed by the same man in Dallas, Mesquite and Lancaster. GameStop features electronics, video games and wireless devices. In each case the man reportedly flashed a handgun and demanded the clerk open the register. He then ran off.   He is…MORE

Fort Worth’s Panther Island Project: Too Big of a Project and Not Enough Funding

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The billion-dollar Panther Island Project, that will create a water front district in Fort Worth, needs to be scaled and audited. Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price said the Government doesn’t have the project in their budget for next year because the project has grown so much larger. Voters first approved a…MORE

Crews Battle 4-alarm Apartment Fire in East Dallas

Crews Battle 4-alarm Apartment Fire in East Dallas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Firefighters fought a sizable apartment fire south of the Dallas Arboretum. It was at the Bluffs on Lakewood Apartment Complex near East Grand and Gaston near where Garland Road turns into Grand. Dallas Fire-Rescue says everyone self evacuated and no one was injured. 90 firefighters responded to the fire which reached a…MORE

Hundreds of Thousands of People in Austin May Have to Boil Their Tap Water For Two Weeks

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Nearly 900,000 people in Texas’ capital may have to boil their tap water for two weeks as officials struggle to treat a water supply filled with silt, mud and debris after heavy rains and flooding. The Austin American-Statesman reports that Travis County Chief Emergency Management Coordinator Eric Carter told a commissioners…MORE

Experts: Think Twice Before Entering an Office Lotto Pool

Experts: Think Twice Before Entering an Office Lotto Pool

DALLAS (KLIF/WBAP) — With Mega Millions and Powerball fever sweeping the country, lottery pools are flooding offices nationwide. We spoke with Drew Eckman, President of “Post It Play It” for some tips. Dave Williams & Amy Chodroff, Klif/Wbap, Copyright © 2018MORE