Update at 3:15pm: Former special counsel Robert Mueller has finished testifying before Congress. Mueller testified before two committees on Wednesday for more than six hours on his 448-page report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Mueller said the interference was not a hoax, and it was not an isolated episode. He warned that there…… MORE
ROANOKE (WBAP/KLIF) – An Oklahoma man wanted in the murder of his father is jailed in North Texas. According to Roanoke Police, 21-year-old Jacob Barber was found early Wednesday morning sleeping outside of PetSmart, at 1208 Hwy 377 North in Roanoke. Officers arrived on scene and confronted Barber who was sleeping on his backpack up…… MORE
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) – A Panhandle school district will begin drug testing students as young as 12 years old who are interested in playing sports or participating in other extracurricular offerings. Bushland Independent School District Superintendent Chris Wigington tells Amarillo station KVII-TV that testing will begin when classes resume next month. He said students in…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Star-Telegram says, “Countless migrant children could soon be headed to Fort Worth” The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is considering Fort Worth among a handful of sites for a permanent state-licensed shelter for the unaccompanied children’s program Fort Worth has served as a temporary home to…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – An 18-year-old who was born in Dallas has been released from immigration custody after wrongfully being detained for more than three weeks. Francisco Erwin Galicia left a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Pearsall, Texas, on Tuesday. His lawyer, Claudia Galan, confirmed he had been released, hours after The Dallas…… MORE
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Former University of Texas at Arlington golf coach Stuart Deane was found responsible for sexual harassment through inappropriate comments to some of his female athletes, according to a Title IX investigation. Deane resigned as the university’s golf director before the investigation was completed in October, according to documents obtained by the school…… MORE
MISSISSIPPI (WBAP/KLIF) – WFAA-TV is reporting that a Fort Worth man was arrested Monday on a charge of murder in connection to the death of a University of Mississippi classmate, whose body was found over the weekend near a lake. Brandon Theesfeld, 22, was arrested Monday morning at a gas station in Memphis, Tenn. He was later…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) will receive a $8,775,000 federal grant for a series of seven projects involving seven bridges in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced. The funding comes through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program. “With more people coming…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department will be helping host a self defense class this weekend for the LGBTQ community. This is in response to several violent assaults in the last several months in the Metroplex which seemed to target the transgendered community. One hundred and fifty people have already registered for the event.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A former Dallas City Councilwoman was laid to rest Tuesday while the bribery case she was involved in continued to unfold in court. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 44-year-old Jeremy Scroggins pleaded guilty Tuesday to knowing about Carolyn Davis’ involvement in a housing development bribery scheme, but not reporting it. Scroggins…… MORE
