AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal audit has heaped more criticism onto Texas’ troubled child welfare system that a federal judge ruled unconstitutional. The report published Tuesday by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says Texas potentially put foster kids in jeopardy by failing to meet investigative deadlines. The…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas police officer is in critical condition after a crash sent his squad car into a creek. It happened after 3 p.m. on Westmoreland Road near Keist Boulevard. Investigators said after the impact, the officer’s squad car fell 30 feet into the creek. This resident said after the crash, neighbors quickly rushed into the…… MORE
JUPITER, FLA. – According to Police, Tiger Woods has been arrested in Florida on a DUI charge. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says via its website that Woods was booked into a county jail around on Monday at approximately 7 AM. Jail records indicate that Woods was arrested by police in Jupiter and was released…… MORE
DALLAS, TX – Participating in this summer’s Blue Star Museums program, the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, and the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel, including National Guard and Reserve, and their…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’ Republican House speaker says he won’t work anymore on a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people, putting the hotly debated legislation in jeopardy. House Speaker Joe Straus said Friday it was “absurd” how much time lawmakers have spent prioritizing efforts to pass a North Carolina-style law that would restrict bathroom rules…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas lawmakers have voted to allow handgun permit holders to have guns in their parked cars outside schools. The Senate gave final approval to the measure Saturday, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his consideration. The vote came a day after Abbott signed into law a sharp decrease in fees…… MORE
LITTLE ELM – (WBAP/KLIF) An arrest has been made in a fight that led to a shooting in Little Elm on Friday night. The suspect, a 15-year-old boy is being held in the Denton County juvenile facility. The individual attends school in Carrollton ISD and is a Dallas resident. Little Elm Detectives contacted the suspects’ mother and…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF News) – Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill that cuts the cost for a license to carry a gun. The governor signed the bill at a gun range in Austin Friday. “The right to bear arms is something that is synonymous with the state of Texas,” he said. Abbott fired several rounds…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A Texas nurse who’s been serving a 99-year prison sentence for the fatal overdose of an infant in her care has been indicted in the death of another infant as prosecutors try to keep her behind bars. A Bexar (BAYR) County grand jury indicted Genene Jones Thursday on a murder count…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Dozens of immigrant advocates from New Mexico are heading to Texas to protest that state’s new law allowing police officers to ask about a person’s immigration status. The advocates from the New Mexico Dream Team will join immigrant activists in Texas on Monday for a demonstration against the law at the…… MORE
