PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Plano ISD, on Monday, announced it’s pick to lead the district as Superintendent. In a special called meeting, the Plano ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name Dr. Theresa Williams as the Lone Finalist for Plano ISD’s next Superintendent of Schools. As the current Deputy Superintendent in Plano ISD, Williams is…… MORE
COLONY (WBAP/KLIF) – Dozens of Ukrainians and their American neighbors joined together in prayer and protest Sunday afternoon in The Colony. Some of the attendees were natives to Ukraine, while others were North Texans who wanted to voice and show support for their friends. Following a service at St. Sophia Ukrainian Catholic church, supporters held…… MORE
(AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has put his nuclear forces on increased alert, in an unprecedented escalation of tension with the West since the collapse of the Soviet Union over Russia’s assault on Ukraine. He ordered Russian nuclear weapons prepared for increased readiness to launch. Ukrainians awoke Sunday after a third night of Russia’s…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The body of a woman who was reported missing earlier this month has been found under the home of a man who had been jailed for threatening her. Fort Worth Police have arrested 24 year old Valerian Osteen as the chief suspect in the death of 26 year old Marissa Grimes.…… MORE
(CBS News, Associated Press; WBAP/KLIF) Fake online information campaigns that appear to be launched by Russia do not seem to be garnering much credit, at least inside Ukraine. Ukraine’s President Zelensky has responded to Russian online claims that he called for the Ukrainian military to give up with an online cell phone video of himself,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Ukrainians living in North Texas held a rally in support of their native country late Friday in Downtown Dallas. A caravan of cars draped in blue and yellow Ukrainian flags and banners honked their horns at a crowd of supporters holding banners that read “Stop killing my family,” and “no war.” “My…… MORE
UPDATE: 1:30 P.M. (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Police Department announced that the 11-month-old girl was found safe in New Mexico and was being returned to her mother. Her biological father, Lancelot Zaire Dawkins, was arrested and is facing multiple charges. Copyright 2022. WBAP/KLIF News. All Rights Reserved. (WBAP/KLIF) — The Fort Worth Police Department…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. In selecting Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise, moving to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries. Jackson is an…… MORE
BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders Thursday condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “barbaric” and moved to slap unprecedented economic sanctions on Moscow and those close to President Vladimir Putin. The West and its allies showed no inclination to send troops into Ukraine — a non-member of NATO — and risk a wider European war. But…… MORE
BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders Thursday reacted to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with raw outrage — and vows of unprecedented sanctions — that shrouded a sense of powerlessness to defend Ukraine militarily without running the risk of a wider war in Europe. NATO had already reinforced its eastern flank facing Russia and planned a virtual…… MORE
