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UNT Alumni Take Home Seven Grammys

UNT Alumni Take Home Seven Grammys

DENTON (WBAP & KLIF News) — The University of North Texas is celebrating success at Sunday night’s 59th Annual Grammy Awards. Alumni from the school hauled in seven Grammys last night, ranging from as mainstream as country singer Maren Morris, who won a Grammy for best country solo performance, to awards in classical and jazz…MORE

Plano High School Students Return to School with Heavy Hearts

Plano High School Students Return to School with Heavy Hearts

PLANO (WBAP & KLIF News) — Students at Shepton High School in Plano returned to school Monday with heavy hearts. Two 16-year-old students — Samantha Sacks and Lilly Davis — died over the weekend after crashing their car into a tree in West Plano. On Monday, students returned to school for the first time since…MORE

Waco-Area Police Arrested Two Students for Alleged Poison Plot Against School Administrator

WACO (WBAP/KLIF News) – Two Waco-area high school students were arrested for allegedly plotting to poison an assistant principal. The Lorena Police Department said the girls’ alleged plan to poison the assistant principal at Lorena High School, just south of Waco, was foiled by a substitute teacher who overheard the girls discussing it. According to the Waco-Times Herald,…MORE

Scott Sidway 2/10/2017: It’s Okay to be Emotionally Invested in Sports

Scott Sidway 2/10/2017: It’s Okay to be Emotionally Invested in Sports

If anyone knows what Atlanta fans are feeling after the most improbable collapse in Super Bowl history, it’s us, Metroplex. In this millennium alone, we’ve watched the Dallas Mavericks squander away a 2-0 NBA Finals lead, the Cowboys fall flat on their face in 2007 after one of the best regular seasons in team history, the…MORE

Rowlett Police Arrest Two Suspects After High-Speed Chase Ends in Fiery Crash

Rowlett Police Arrest Two Suspects After High-Speed Chase Ends in Fiery Crash

ROWLETT  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Rowlett Police Department said two suspects were arrested after leading officers on a high-speed chase into Dallas that ended in a fiery crash early Friday morning. The department’s Detective Cruz Hernandez said a woman called police just after midnight and said her ex-boyfriend allegedly fired shots into her home. He said…MORE

Two Construction Workers Injured in Overnight Hit and Run

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Two construction workers were seriously injured after they were hit by a drunk driver Wednesday night. It happened around 11 p.m. on I-35 near Inwood Road. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department’s Melinda Urbina said the driver, Juan Faz Reyna, allegedly sped off after the crash. She said he didn’t get far because…MORE

Mesquite Man Gets 30-Year Prison Sentence for Causing Fatal Chain-Reaction Crash

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Mesquite man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for causing a deadly chain-reaction crash in East Dallas in 2014. Jarron Williams was driving a stolen car when he led police on a high-speed chase that ended with him crashing into a man’s car near Ferguson and Shiloh Roads. The victim, Stephen…MORE

Fort Worth Mayor Meets with Disgruntled Mother from Viral Video

Fort Worth Mayor Meets with Disgruntled Mother from Viral Video

FORT WORTH (WBAP & KLIF News) — Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price has now met with a mother gone viral in a December video involving a Fort Worth police officer. Jacqueline Craig and her attorney are looking to have officer William Martin fired from the Fort Worth Police Department after a video went viral showing…MORE

Big XII Punishes Baylor Amid Scandals

IRVING (WBAP & KLIF News) — Baylor University will be taking a financial hit for as long as it takes to get a third party to investigate how the school governs its athletics department. The Big XII Conferecne’s board of directors unanimously voted Wednesday to withhold from Baylor 25 percent of all future revenue payments.…MORE