Cleburne, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Students at a Johnson County charter school never have homework because teachers aren’t allowed to assign it. About 110 students attend class at Kaufman Leadership Academy from 8 to 5, and have much smaller classes so that students get more one on one attention. Founder Theresa Kauffman tells WFAA the reason…… MORE
Texas lawmaker proposes casinos to subsidize wind insurance
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas lawmaker has proposed subsidizing the state’s underfunded windstorm insurance and flooding assistance by building casinos in coastal counties. State Rep. Joe Deshotel filed the bill on Dec. 7 to cover the cost of the Texas Insurance Agency by proposing to tax licensed casinos, Galveston County Daily News reported .…… MORE
A special North Texas college graduate
RICHARDSON, Texas (AP) – After raising five kids and retiring at age 77 from her secretarial job, Janet Fein couldn’t be blamed for finally relaxing, but that’s not her. Now 84 years old, Fein went to back to school. And this week she’ll accomplish a long-held goal when she graduates from the University of Texas…… MORE
Texas executed more prison inmates this year than all the other states combined.
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – There were a total of 25 executions nationwide in 2018. 13 of them were carried out in Texas. The Death Penalty Information Center also reports Dallas County leads the state with the most condemned killers put to death, four, including two who were executed this month. Meanwhile 2019 execution dates have been…… MORE
Decades of Prison for A Mom Who Left Children in a Hot Car
ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – A 20 year old Central Texas mother whose 2 and 1 year old daughters died after being left in a hot vehicle overnight has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Kerrville Daily Times reports Amanda Hawkins’ sentence for the June 2017 deaths of 2 year old Addyson and 1…… MORE
Beto’s Zipped Lips
ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke is still playing mum on a decision about whether he may launch a White House presidential run in 2020. O’Rourke was pressed on a potential White House bid in his native El Paso, during a town hall meeting on Friday. O’Rourke gave up his House seat,…… MORE
More Controversy Over The Handling of a Baylor University Rape Case
DALLAS (AP) – Local leaders say a plea deal allowing a former Baylor University fraternity president to serve no jail times highlights the outsized influence alumni play in shaping the criminal justice system in and around Waco. Jacob Walter Anderson was accused of raping a woman outside a 2016 fraternity party. His controversial plea agreement…… MORE
A Murderer Back in Prison After Being Released, Instead of Transferred
WACO, Texas (AP) – Authorities have apprehended a 61-year-old man who was released from prison after serving a term for arson when he was supposed to have been transferred to Central Texas on a capital murder charge in the 2006 death of a woman. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that Gerald Wayne Brown was free for…… MORE
A Texas Judge Accused of Touching 3 Women Inappropriately
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – A state district judge who’s facing criminal charges has been reprimanded by a state commission that criticized his conduct on the bench and says he inappropriately touched three women. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct on Friday released the letters of reprimand against Judge Guy Williams. The panel determined Williams’…… MORE
Serial armed robber caught
Balch Springs (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas resident arrested for a Balch Springs armed robbery has turned out to be the masked bandit who also held up three convenience stores in Mesquite in a three day period this week. 20 year old Johnny Monarrez has confessed to all four robberies, admitting he held up the stores…… MORE
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