HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Houston hopes to remove debris from Hurricane Harvey within 3 months and the state of Texas has given them the support to be able to accomplish that goal. Governor Greg Abbott has given Houston $50 million from the state’s “Disaster Relief Fund”. “This is what the state of Texas is for and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The State Fair of Texas is officially underway and millions of people are expected to attend over the next three-and-a-half weeks. 2.4 million people attended the Fair last year and spent a record $56 million dollars on food and rides. This year is no different except for the fact that a fatal accident after a ride…… MORE
(CNN) — President Donald Trump accepted the resignation of Tom Price, the embattled health and human services secretary, Friday in the midst of a scandal over his use of private planes. Price’s departure came as he’s being investigated by the department’s inspector general for using private jets for multiple government business trips, even to fly…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Two schools in the Richardson Independent School District came together in a show of unity this week after two students posted racially insensitive photos on social media. This week was “rivalry week” between J.J. Pearce and Richardson High Schools. District spokesperson Chris Moore said two J.J. Pearce students posted images online with…… MORE
(CNN) — The White House said Thursday it was considering adopting new oversight of administration officials’ use of private planes as President Donald Trump’s health boss — who announced he would pay back the government for only part of his series of charter flights — finds his job in jeopardy. Trump has fumed about Health and Human…… MORE
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) – Several children were injured at a daycare in Frisco after a car reportedly crashed into a fence. It happened at the Primrose School of Frisco near Teal Parkway and Main Street around 5 p.m. Thursday. The Frisco Police Department’s Colby Hill said that multiple children were taken to the hospital. The severity of…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A complaint has been filed against the McKinney Independent School District over a prayer that took place at a staff meeting last month. The meeting was held at the Prestonwood Baptist Church; a tradition that has lasted a decade. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation said Superintendent Rick McDaniel stepped over the line when he…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against Whataburger on behalf of a former manager in Tallahassee, Florida. An attorney for the EEOC said Vanessa Burrous, a white woman, was pressured by upper management to only hire white employees. According to the lawsuit, Burrous was directed to “review the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) Dallas Cowboys Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith says his former team made an effort to support all the NFL players by taking a knee before the National Anthem Monday night, but he still thinks the team was on the fence. In an interview on HOT 93.3, Smith says if you’re protesting, you pick…… MORE
(CNN Money) — The Jones Act is an obscure, century-old law that requires all goods ferried between U.S. ports to be carried on ships built, owned and operated by Americans. Now critics say it’s making it difficult to get critical supplies into Puerto Rico. The Jones Act, when it was established in 1920, was meant…… MORE
