FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Read Fort Worth, a Classroom Library Campaign, is using 100% of donations from North Texas Giving Day to buy books for schools. The Read Fort Worth program has already donated 6,000 books to local schools and they are trying to give more and stock classroom shelves. Program director Anel Mercado said for…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban has agreed to contribute $10 million to women’s causes after an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against the organization. According to the report, the league found serious workplace misconduct by former and current employees. A Sports Illustrated article published earlier this year revealed allegations of sexual harassment…… MORE
BALTIMORE (AP) – Federal prosecutors in Maryland say three men are facing charges in a $364 million investment scheme that entrapped more than 400 victims nationwide. U.S. Attorney Robert Hur announced at a news conference Wednesday that 53-year-old Kevin Merrill of Towson, 54-year-old Jay Ledford of Westlake, Texas, and Las Vegas, and 28-year-old Cameron Jezierski…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – An affidavit accuses the owner of a Texas company that makes untraceable 3D-printed guns of paying $500 cash to have sex with a female under 17. The affidavit filed Wednesday in state district court in Austin accuses 30-year-old Cody R. Wilson of sexual assault of a juvenile. It says he met…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – An affidavit accuses the owner of a Texas company that makes untraceable 3D-printed guns of paying $500 cash to have sex with a female under 17. The affidavit filed Wednesday in state district court in Austin accuses 30-year-old Cody R. Wilson of sexual assault of a juvenile. It says he met…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A billboard campaign is launching this week in Texas to warn about the consequences of making hoax threats. It’s called “#ThinkBeforeYouPost” and the movement is in response to a disturbing trend that is being reported by police departments across the country. The campaign was started back in May…the same month…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas Giving Day is Thursday, Sept. 20, it’s the largest 18-hour giving event in the country. The main donation day is Sept. 20, but the annual event is actually 11 days of raising awareness for donations for more nearly 3,000 nonprofits across North Texas. This year, the event got kicked off…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas DA’s office is looking at the electronic lock on Botham Jean’s apartment door to determine whether or not it was already open at the time of his shooting two weeks ago. Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger told investigators the door was “ajar” and able to push open, but witnesses say…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) — An East Texas school superintendent who wrote “You can’t count on a black quarterback” in the comment section of an online news article says he thought it was a private message. Lynn Redden is superintendent of the Onalaska Independent School District in the Piney Woods, about 75 miles north of Houston. In…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A new poll shows Senator Ted Cruz gaining over his challenger Congressman Beto O’Rourke. Quinnipiac University has Cruz up by 9 points over O’Rourke. Previous polling done in the past weeks had Cruz up by only one, clearly within the margin of error. Both Cruz and O’Rourke participate in their first debate…… MORE
