DALLAS (AP) — A 25-year-old woman who grew up in North Texas is suing Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, alleging he’s her biological father. Alexandra Davis says in a lawsuit filed last week in Dallas County that she was conceived from a relationship Jones had with her mother, Cynthia Davis, in the mid-1990s, The Dallas…… MORE
DeSoto, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Video has gone viral of a disturbing incident at DeSoto West Middle School of an reported substitute teacher and some students hurling desks and chairs at each other A substitute teacher had to be treated by paramedics, according to WFAA-TV. Multiple videos show were posted to various social media sites Wednesday…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth Police Officers Association is calling out three Fort Worth council members: Elizabeth Beck, Chris Nettles, and Jared Williams, for voting no to accepting a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant that would provide an additional armored vehicle to the department’s fleet. The measure narrowly passed but POA president Manny…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation on Wednesday, announcing Sunday, March 13 as a Day of Prayer for Ukraine. The Governor also announced that the Texas Governor’s Mansion will be lit blue and yellow on Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13 in solidarity with the Ukrainian people. In addition, the…… MORE
Associated Press A Texas court has tossed out the state’s appeal of a judge’s order preventing child welfare officials from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager over gender-confirming care the youth received. The Texas Court of Appeals on Wednesday dismissed Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s appeal of a temporary order issued last week that…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council unanimously approved, on Wednesday, a plan to make mental health leave available to all city employees. Previously, after the passage of a new state law, licensed peace officers were the only city employees who could take mental health leave after experiencing a traumatic incident while on the job.…… MORE
HARRIS COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – Amid the fallout over a series of issues in last week’s primary elections, there’s been a high-profile resignation in Texas’ most populous county. Harris County Election Administrator Isabel Longoria submitted her resignation Tuesday night after public comment during the Commissioner’s meeting about the voting problems that occurred. Election officials said…… MORE
Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) – Renewed efforts to rescue civilians from increasingly dire conditions in besieged and bombarded Ukrainian cities were underway. Days of shelling have largely cut residents of the southern city of Mariupol off from the outside world and forced them to scavenge for food and water. Meanwhile, the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A Granbury family who was denied a meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss their son Trevor Reed who has been detained in Russia since 2019 ended up getting a surprise phone call from the president during his visit to Fort Worth on Tuesday. The call came as the Reeds held…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Top U.S. intelligence officials believe Russia underestimated the strength of Ukraine’s resistance before launching an invasion that has likely caused thousands of Russian casualties. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a congressional committee Tuesday that U.S. officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin feels “aggrieved” by Russia’s failure to subdue Ukraine since…… MORE
