(WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Animals Services (DAS) is overflowing with dogs and cats that are desperately in need of finding new homes. Because its over capacity, the DAS is currently having all adoption fees waived. Mia Cheung is with the DAS and says if you aren’t sure about adopting, fostering an animal is another great…… MORE
Student Commits Suicide at McKinney North HS
(WBAP/KLIF) MCKINNEY, Texas – A student at McKinney North HS has died after police say the student had a ‘self-inflicted gunshot wound’ late Friday morning. The campus was placed on a lockdown after police found the student. The lockdown has been lifted and McKinney ISD posted this statement on their website following the incident: “We…… MORE
President Trump Announces North Korean Summit Back On in Signapore
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back on for June 12. Trump says after an Oval Office meeting Friday with North Korea’s Kim Yong Chol that he’d be making a mistake not to go forward with the on-again, off-again nuclear summit in Singapore. Trump…… MORE
First Positive Sample of West Nile Virus Confirmed in Irving
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas County is reporting its first positive test sample for the West Nile Virus of the season. It came from the Irving zip code of 75062. Renee Crutchfield is with the County’s Health Department and said now is the time for residents to start being pro-active in preventing the spread of…… MORE
Texas School District Struck By Mass Shooting Gets Grant
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) – The Southeast Texas school district where a high school student went on a deadly shooting rampage, killing 10 teachers and students, is getting a $1 million federal grant to help with recovery. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced the grant Thursday for the Santa Fe Independent School District. The grant…… MORE
Skepticism Over Woman’s Claim About a SW Passenger Who Pleasured Himself During Flight
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A passenger of Dallas-based Southwest Airlines says a man sitting next to her on a recent flight watched pornography and pleasured himself throughout the 5-hour trip from Las Vegas to Philadelphia. The Dallas Morning News reports, the woman who made the complaint tweeted to Southwest about the situation. A Southwest representative responded,…… MORE
McKinney’s $70 million football stadium cracking
MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Officials of a suburban Dallas school district say they’re concerned that the $69.9 football stadium they are having built is already developing cracks in its concrete. The Dallas Morning News reports the McKinney Independent School District hired the engineering firm Nelson Forensics to examine the cracks in its new stadium. District…… MORE
McKinney Teen Wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee; Frisco Student Takes 2nd Place
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The winner of the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee is from McKinney, TX! 14-year old Karthik Nemmani correctly spelled the word ‘koinonia’ to capture the big win. Nemmani competed with 40 other finalists, which included 6 students from Texas – 4 from the DFW region. Karthik was elated after the win, “I…… MORE
President Trump Visits Dallas and Houston
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – President Donald Trump visited Texas Thursday for several events including fundraisers and meeting with the families of victims of the Santa Fe High School Shooting near Houston. President Trump was in Houston to meet with families of the victims of the Santa Fe school shooting where ten people were killed two weeks…… MORE
Federal Government Issues Recovery Grant to Santa Fe ISD
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced Thursday that the Department’s Office of Safe and Healthy Students has awarded Santa Fe Independent School District a Project School Emergency Response to Violence grant totaling $1 million. The grant will help with recovery efforts following the tragic shootings at Santa Fe High School in Texas,…… MORE
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