HOUSTON (AP) – The Texas Legislative Black Caucus announced it’s working on a bill that would ban discrimination based on hair textures and styles commonly associated with race following the suspension of a black high school student near Houston. The Texas Tribune reports lawmakers, accompanied by black leaders and advocates, announced the CROWN Act at…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A one year old steer sells for 300 thousand dollars at the Fort Worth Stock Show on Saturday. You may have heard of the cupid shuffle song and dance, but have you heard of the Cupid Shuffle champion steer? The steer was sold to GKB Cattle in the junior steer competition,…… MORE
WACO, Texas (AP) – Baylor University will suspend 14 baseball players during the upcoming season due to a hazing incident from last year, school officials announced Friday. The incident happened in February 2019 and officials said they became aware of it three months later. School officials said a full investigation took place but they did…… MORE
Updated: 2/8/2020 12:14p.m. Thailand (AP) – A Cabinet minister in Thailand says at least 20 people have been killed and 31 injured in a mass shooting. The gunman, described by police as a soldier angry over a land dispute, holed up in a popular shopping mall in northeastern Thailand. Police say they now have secured…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An Irving member of the notorious MS-13 gang has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. 22 year old Rolan Hernandez-Fuentes was charged with nine attempted murders in the Dallas area, as well as a variety of other crimes. He pleaded guilty to racketeering charges. 2 co-defendants also…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A lawsuit filed Friday in Dallas seeks to throw out a City Council vote over approved renovations at Reverchon Park. The Dallas City Council voted to approve a proposal to allow private investors to convert the Reverchon Park baseball field into a concert venue and stadium. It’s a $10 million project. But…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF News) – 250 Americans who were evacuated from Wuhan, China due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak will arrive at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio today to be quarantined. Centers for Disease Control Captain Jennifer McQuiston said these people are part of a group of almost a thousand the government decided…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Rush Limbaugh returned to the airwaves on WBAP Friday following a brief hiatus due to cancer. The popular 69-year-old Conservative radio host announced Monday that he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer and that he would be taking some time off for treatment. When news of the diagnosis spread, many WBAP listeners…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News)- A 3-year-old who was inside of a stolen car has been found safe. Dallas police responded to a call at around 3 a.m. to the Chevron gas station off of Interstate 35E and Camp Wisdom where a silver Lexus was reported stolen with a child in the backseat. DPD soon found the…… MORE
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers will be at spring training in Arizona while the finishing touches are being put on their new $1 billion-plus stadium back home. All-Star slugger Joey Gallo also likes what is being built on the field. Texas traded for two-time AL Cy Young winner Corey Kluber this offseason after…… MORE
