UNDATED (AP) – An Associated Press survey of Division I athletic directors found that nearly 73% believe allowing athletes to be compensated for use of their name, image or likeness will decrease the number of schools that have a chance to be competitive in college sports. Nearly 28% said fewer schools would be competitive. Most…… MORE
Brownsville, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas city was taken by surprised when Elon Musk tweeted on Tuesday that he would donate $30 million to revitalize it and its schools, after appealing to people to move there to work for SpaceX. Billionaire techie Elon Musk tweeted Friday that he was donating $20 million to schools in…… MORE
Denton, TX – The Denton Police Department says the driver of the vehicle suspected in multiple attempted kidnapping cases in the county over the weekend was arrested on an unrelated charged of driving while intoxicated on Sunday. Authorities were searching for a man they believe has been involved in multiple attempted kidnappings over the past…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The count of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Texas has continued to decline, even as state health official reported more than 1,600 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The Texas Department of State Health Services reports 21 new fatalities from COVID-19 Sunday along with 1,465 confirmed cases of…… MORE
Austin (AP) – The state of Texas says it will receive another 2.5 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine this week. The Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday that more than 1 million first doses will be sent to vaccination sites in 200 counties, and about 900,000 first and second doses will go…… MORE
West Jordan, Utah (WBAP/KLIF) – A suspect in a Dallas murder has been arrested in West Jordan, Utah. Seattle resident Marisela Botello Valadez disappeared in October 2020. The 23 year old Valadez was visiting a friend in Dallas. One night she went to a nightclub, and hasn’t been seen alive since. On March 24 her…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire-Rescue was called out late Saturday night to fight a roaring fire in a set of under-construction apartment buildings in Old East Dallas. The first units on the scene near Ross and Fitzhugh avenues found so much fire they immediately went to three alarms. It took more than 60 firefighters about…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two Dallas Police officers were injured early Saturday morning when a suspected drunk driver ran into their squad car. The officers were at an accident scene, blocking the left and middle lanes of northbound I-35E near Overton Road with their emergency lights on when they were rammed by a vehicle that neither…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – An unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. video game that was bought in 1986 and then forgotten about in a desk drawer has sold at auction for $660,000. Heritage Auctions in Dallas says the video game that sold Friday was bought as a Christmas gift but ended up being placed in…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – A Dallas woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for causing a nightclub dancer’s death by performing an illegal cosmetic butt injection on her in Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 49 year old Niticia Deonte Lee was sentenced for involuntary manslaughter in the 2015 death of 22 year…… MORE
