Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) Dallas Mavericks Forward Dirk Nowitzki says he’ll be back on the court for at least one more season. He made the announcement Tuesday. It’ll be his 21st year playing with the same team, a record in the NBA. Nowitzki had surgery on his left ankle last week in the hopes he’ll be healed…… MORE
Fort Worth’s Botanic Garden Considers Adding Admission Fee
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – North Texans could soon be charged to visit the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens. The oldest botanic garden in the state is in need of millions of dollars worth of infrastructure work. Up to this point, it has been free to enter the 90 percent of the park excluding the Japanese garden.…… MORE
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Presses Through Senate Grilling Session
(CNN Money) — Dozens of senators attempted to take swipes at Mark Zuckerberg in his debut on Capitol Hill. None appeared to land a blow. The Facebook CEO formally apologized to Congress on Tuesday for mistakes that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and stressed that his company is rethinking its responsibility to users and…… MORE
Communities Foundation of Texas Study Sheds Light on Segregation and Poverty in Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – New research shows that Dallas County is geographically separated by race and ethnicity. According to the data, there’s a significant gap in the county’s black and Hispanic residents in terms of income, educational achievement and access to health insurance even the area is experiencing a population boom. The research shows that where…… MORE
Rockwall County Joins IMAGE Program, Cracks Down on Illegal Immigrant Employment
ROCKWALL (WBAP/KLIF News) – Rockwall County has become the first in Texas to become a part of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s “IMAGE” Program. IMAGE stands for “ICE Mutual Agreement Between Government and Employers. It’s a voluntary program that was established in July 2006 and is offered through the Department of Homeland Security. According…… MORE
Texas Receives More Disaster Recovery Funds
(WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that Texas has been awarded $5,035,260,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for disaster recovery from Hurricane Harvey and previous flood events. The grant funding is provided through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Program for the rebuilding of housing, businesses and infrastructure. This allocation…… MORE
Fort Worth Man On Death Row Loses Appeal
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has refused to stop the execution later this month of a Fort Worth man on death row for the shooting deaths of a 5-year-old girl and her grandmother at a children’s birthday party a decade ago. Attorneys for 31-year-old Erick Davila contend prosecutors failed to…… MORE
Report: Former Dallas County Health Chief Pressured Female Worker for ‘Office Sex’
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – There are new details emerging in connection with the allegations that got the former Dallas County health director fired. The Dallas Morning News cites documents obtained from the Dallas County Health Department describing in graphic detail alleged sexual office forays, as well as Thompson’s alleged controlling behavior. The documents include the original…… MORE
Utah setting a trend: “free range parenting” is catching on
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After Utah passed the country’s first law legalizing so-called free-range parenting, groups in states from New York to Texas are pushing for similar steps to bolster the idea that supporters say is an antidote for anxiety-plagued parents and overscheduled kids. Free-range parenting is the concept that giving kids the freedom…… MORE
Murder Trial for Man Charged in Gruesome Killing of a Texas College Student has Begun
Tarrant County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The murder trial for a 31-year old man charged with killing a 24-year old woman from Texas Woman’s University has begun. In his opening statement, Tarrant County Assistant District Attorney Lucas Allen says Jackie Vandergriff’s death came right as she was starting a “promising: career. Prosecutors say Charles Dean Bryant…… MORE
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