AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Senate is discussing the future of an agency that provides bus service to more than half of the local school districts in Dallas County. Republican Senator Don Huffines filed the bill to get rid of Dallas County Schools, claiming the agency is unreliable. State Representative Rafael Anchia backed up that claim…… MORE
A former Baylor University volleyball player has filed a Title IX lawsuit against the school claiming she was gang raped by Baylor football players. The woman referred to in the lawsuit as Jane Doe says she was brutally raped by at least four and as many as eight Baylor football players after a party in 2012.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Police Department held services late Wednesday morning to honor fallen officers on Police Memorial Day. The event recognizes the sacrifices made by Dallas officers who’ve given their lives in the line of duty, including the five officers killed in the July 7th ambush. Hundreds of people gathered for the ceremony,…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A state appeals court has temporarily halted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s criminal case on securities fraud charges as he presses for a new judge. The ruling Tuesday comes as Paxton is scheduled to stand trial in Houston in September on felony accusations that he mislead investors in a tech startup.…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Senate has revived a bill to keep schools from stigmatizing children while trying to collect lunch debts from parents. Brownsville Democratic Sen. Eddie Lucio included prohibiting “lunch shaming” on a bill studying the cost of a universal school lunch program offered federally. His modified proposal passed Tuesday and now…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Developers in Fort Worth are giving a new name to part of the West Seventh development. They’re planning to rename the area “Crockett Row at West Seventh. Christina Goodwin said developers are planning more open space with shade and outdoor furniture. “We want to create a place for people to feel like…… MORE
Dallas ISD is investigating one of its Officers after alleged video shows the Officer slamming a student to the ground. Video reportedly shows the officer breaking up a fight between two girls at Piedmont G.L.O.B.A.L. Academy, then picking up one of the girls and throwing her to the ground. According to the school district, the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police are still trying to figure out why an Uber driver was shot while dropping off a customer Tuesday morning. It happened outside the Trail Apartments near White Rock Lake in Lakewood just before 1 a.m. Dallas police said before the passenger got out of the car, he and the driver…… MORE
Texas first West Nile illness of the year has been reported to the Department of State Health Services, an adult woman from Montgomery County who developed the neurological form of the disease in late April. Diseases like Zika and West Nile remain threats in Texas, and we need everyone to do their part to protect…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas lawmakers have given final approval to a measure cracking down on inappropriate relationships between teachers and students, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott. The bill requires principals and superintendents to report inappropriate teacher-student relationships or face jail time and fines up to $10,000. The teacher’s family could also lose access…… MORE
