ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says a deal is “imminent” with Dak Prescott after the star quarterback tied a career high with four touchdown passes in a 35-17 win over the New York Giants. Prescott’s big day included 405 yards passing and helped lighten the load for running back Ezekiel Elliott.…… MORE
Man Reels in Rifle While Fishing at Texas Lake
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — It’s not the usual catch of the day. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that a man who was fishing on Saturday at a North Texas lake reeled in something unusual: a semi-automatic rifle. Police say the man had been fishing with relatives at Lake Arlington, about 13 miles west of Fort Worth,…… MORE
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick on Background Checks…”Someone In The Republican Party Has To Take The Lead On This”
DALLAS (AP) – One of the gun-rights lobby’s staunchest defenders in Texas is bucking the National Rifle Association on background checks after a West Texas shooting rampage killed seven people. The NRA pushed back Friday in a rare moment of the nation’s most powerful gun-rights group slapping down a key Republican ally. It came after…… MORE
Family of 7-Year Old Files Lawsuit Against A Texas School District
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) – The family of a 7-year-old Central Texas girl has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging her former school district kept losing her by putting her on a bus when she should have stayed on campus for an after-school program. KXAN-TV in Austin reports the girl’s mother, Candy Mendoza, alleges…… MORE
Country Singer Kylie Rae Harris Dies in Crash, According to New Mexico Authorities
TAOS, N.M. (AP) – Authorities say country singer Kylie Rae Harris caused a three-vehicle crash in northern New Mexico that left her and a 16-year-old girl dead. Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe told the Taos News that investigators believe Harris caused Wednesday’s crash and that speed appeared to be a contributing factor when she clipped…… MORE
A Dallas man has attacked a famous New York City statue
New York City (WBAP/KLIF) – Wall Street’s famous charging bull statue has been vandalized by a man from Dallas. According to eyewitnesses 42 year old Tevon Varlack was muttering profanities when he repeatedly slammed some sort of heavy weapon or tool against the head of the three and a half ton bronze sculpture in Manhattan’s…… MORE
Former Texas State Trooper Charged With Fabricating / Tampering With Evidence
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) – Several criminal cases investigated by a state trooper in North Texas have been jeopardized after the trooper resigned amid charges he fabricated or tampered with evidence. Forty-five-year-old Chad Harden was jailed Thursday in Wichita Falls on charges that also include possession of a controlled drug. He was later released. The…… MORE
The Oakland Raiders Release Disgruntled Football Star Antonio Brown
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) – The Oakland Raiders have released disgruntled star receiver Antonio Brown before he ever played a game for the team. The Raiders announced the decision Saturday, hours after he requested his release in the latest turn in a dramatic first summer with the team. Oakland opens its season Monday night. Brown was…… MORE
Federal judge threatens to put heat on Texas prison officials
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal judge in Houston has threatened to have Texas prison officials experience the same hot temperatures prison inmates say they are still living with, even though the state settled a lawsuit over oppressive heat more than a year ago. Attorneys for the inmates say prison officials are not adhering to the…… MORE
Piece of a plane falls into Southlake street
Southlake (WBAP/KLIF) – A piece of an engine cowling broke off a private plane while it was in flight over Southlake Friday afternoon. It crashed down on Continental Boulevard, near the Timarron Country Club during the afternoon rush hour. No one on the ground was hit. The plane managed to land safely at Fort Worth’s…… MORE
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