SAN ANTONIO (AP) – San Antonio district officials are cleaning out mascot costumes, athletic gear, banners and other memorabilia after removing a Confederate reference from a high school’s name. The San Antonio Express-News reports that the North East Independent School District plans to auction off hundreds of items from the former Robert E. Lee High…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas lawmakers and school administrators are working this summer to improve school safety following the May massacre at Santa Fe High School and other recent shootings at schools across the country. Senator Royce West sits on the state’s School Safety and School Violence Committee and told the WBAP/KLIF Lone Star Scoop Podcast…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – Plano has been named the 5th best city in the United States to drive in. That’s according to a WalletHub study, which compares the top 100 most populated cities in the country. The study is based on metrics like the cost of car ownership and maintenance, traffic, safety and access to cars…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A man wrongly identified by Dallas Police in 2016 during the height of a police ambush that ultimately left five officers dead, is suing the city and police department. The federal lawsuit filed monday alleges dallas police detained Mark Hughes and his brother Cory Hughes without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. The…… MORE
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorneys for three University of Texas professors asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to revive their challenge of a law allowing people with concealed-handgun licenses to carry weapons on public university campuses. Two of the professors, Lisa Moore and Mia Carter, were on the front row as a three-judge panel of…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth police are looking for two people who allegedly robbed two others at gunpoint of shoes that were listed ‘for sale’ in Facebook ads. Each victim met potential ‘buyers’ who allegedly displayed handguns, and robbed them of the shoes before taking off in a white SUV. Police says the second…… MORE
UPDATED: 7/12/18 9:02AM STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET, England (AP) – President Donald Trump has arrived in Great Britain for his first visit as president amid NATO tensions, protests and Brexit turmoil. Air Force One has landed at London Stansted Airport, where Trump is beginning a four-day visit to the country. JUST IN: Pres. Trump and first lady…… MORE
bIrving, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Irving Police Department shared body cam footage of a motorcycle officer who barely escaped getting hit by a car during a traffic stop on Texas 114. No one was hurt but police said it could have been bad. Drivers are urged to slow down and move over for their safety and…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Democratic U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke says he raised more than $10.4 million over the past three months. He’s on track to again outpace U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, whom he’s trying to upset in November. O’Rourke said Wednesday that his donations through June 30 came from nearly 216,000 contributors. He has more…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) -A Bizarre Burglary at North Mesquite High School Sunday night left several areas vandalized, but nothing taken. According to police, a white male, between 20 and 30 years old showed up on security cameras around 9 p.m, outside the school. The suspect began vandalizing portable buildings before moving on to vandalizing offices, hallways,…… MORE
