FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Students and staff within Fort Worth ISD who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are allowed to make their own decisions about masks and social distancing from now on. The school board approved the new protocols Tuesday night and the guidelines go into effect starting Wednesday, May 26th to June 3rd. The…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – Dallas Mavericks center Kristaps Porzingis has been fined $50,000 for violating the NBA’s COVID-19 rule banning players from entering nightclubs or similar businesses. The league says Porzingis attended a club Sunday, a day after the Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Clippers 113-103 in Game 1 of a first-round playoff series. The…… MORE
MATAGORDA, Texas (AP) – Authorities in a coastal Texas county are asking beachgoers to not pick up any suspicious items in the water after several packages of cocaine washed ashore in recent days. The Matagorda County Sheriff’s Office says 50 kilos, or 110 pounds, of the drug have washed ashore in the past week. Authorities…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Hope springs eternal for the Dallas Cowboys, who have begun pre-season practices. Quarterback Dak Prescott returned to the field for the first time since he suffered a season-ending compound fracture of his right ankle last October. Following the team’s first “organized team activities” he said the ankle “felt great”. He told ESPN:…… MORE
UPDATED: 7:31AM 5/26/21 Denton, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Two Denton Police officers are are administrative leave after an officer-involved-shooting overnight. Officers had responded to a domestic disturbance call. it happened at Pace’s Crossing Apartments around 2:30am. Denton Police Chief Frank Dixon told reporters this morning that the suspect was seen several times hold a gun while…… MORE
PARKER COUNTY, Texas — Officials say four people died following a two-vehicle crash in Parker County just after noon on Tuesday. Emergency crews responded to the deadly crash around 12:45 p.m. in the 2900 block of FM 51 North, near Springtown. Three people were declared dead at the crash scene, and a fourth person was…… MORE
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) – A lawsuit has been dismissed surrounding the death of a Plano woman who was accidentally buried alive on a Maryland beach by a tractor in 2017. The Daily Times reports that attorneys representing Ocean City and the victim’s mother filed a joint motion Tuesday stipulating the dismissal with prejudice. It…… MORE
GRAPEVINE, TX – A suspect was identified in the case of the Uber driver who was attacked and stabbed last week by a passenger but the suspect died before he could be arrested. The suspect, Cesar Soto, was involved in an unrelated fatality crash in Weatherford this past Friday. Early last week, a Uber driver…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas lawmakers are inching closer to approving some $7-billion in ratepayer-backed bonds to address the financial fallout from February’s winter storm. The hefty figure is much higher that what utilities requested, according to the Texas Tribune, and higher than monies approved for Hurricanes Ike and Harvey combined. The proposed bills aim to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The alleged assault of a flight attendant on a Southwest Airlines flight has prompted a flight attendants union to demand change. “This past weekend, one of our Flight Attendants was seriously assaulted, resulting in injuries to the face and a loss of two teeth,” wrote TWU Local 556 President, Lyn Montgomery in a…… MORE
