DALLAS (AP) — A man who spent 15 years in prison for the 2001 killing of a teenager was freed on Wednesday after a judge agreed with prosecutors that he didn’t commit the crime. Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson said Quintin Lee Alonzo, 38, was freed after the judge agreed with a petition from…… MORE
Governor Abbott Releases School Safety Plan
DALLAS (AP) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott is recommending dozens of strategies to make schools safer following the deadly shooting at Santa Fe High School. The Republican unveiled a 43-page report of recommendations on Wednesday that includes increasing the presence of law enforcement at schools. He also suggests more mental health screening for students. A handful…… MORE
Salvation Army Cooling Stations Officially Launch to Provide Heat Relief
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – With triple-digit temperatures in the forecast, The Salvation Army is officially launched cooling stations at 13 of its centers Wednesday. The stations provide relief from the heat throughout the summer. The Salvation Army says the cooling stations provide hydration and a cooling environment. The stations with the highest traffic are at The Salvation Army’s two…… MORE
North Texas Human and Drug Trafficking Unit is Making Headway Fighting Crime
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Seven North Texas Sheriff’s Offices have banded together to form a unit designated to stop drug and human trafficking. Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn said the North Texas Criminal Interdiction Unit is the only network of its kind in the entire country. “This is elected officials connecting the dots standing…… MORE
Dallas Based Southwest Airlines Apologizes to Basketball Coach
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Southwest has apologized to the Cal women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb after she claimed an airline employee stopped her from boarding because the worker didn’t believe her 1-year-old biracial son was hers. Gottlieb tweeted that a desk agent wouldn’t let her on a flight from Denver to Oakland Sunday because her…… MORE
Mayor of McKinney in Heated Exchange With Local Activist Over Racism
McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – During what was meant to be a goodwill gesture Tuesday turned into a heated exchange about race between McKinney’s mayor, a local activist and an attorney. In ongoing fallout over a 2015 violent pool party incident involving McKinney police, activist Dominique Alexander was planning to invite the Mayor George Fuller to…… MORE
Early Morning Search of a Pond in NW Dallas After Passerby Spots a Car in the Water
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Search crews were on the scene of a pond in Northwest Dallas this morning at California Crossing where a passerby reported seeing a car in the water. Our Scott Sidway says Dallas Police remain on the scene but DF-R says there is no evidence that somebody was in the car. It’s still…… MORE
Transgender Student Fighting Allen ISD Over Name
ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF) — A transgender grad says he’s fighting Allen ISD’s decision to call his given name at graduation. Jay Alfie says they notified him that he would be addressed by his given, female name. Alfie started his transition as a freshman, and says everyone knows him as Jay. That’s why he says the name…… MORE
Two Frisco Middle School Students Arrested For Threats
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – Two Frisco middle school students have been arrested for allegedly making threats towards Stafford Middle School. Both 14 year old students attend the school. Frisco police say the threats were reported to school staff by some students who overhead the two suspects talking about bringing guns to school and conducting a school…… MORE
Classes resume at Texas school where gunman killed 10 people
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Like some of her classmates, senior Brooke Williams had mixed emotions about returning Tuesday to classes at Santa Fe High School, where a student fatally shot 10 people in the nation’s deadliest school attack since the massacre in Parkland, Florida. “I’m not excited to go back to school. I’m actually…… MORE
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