FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Frisco Independent School District has approved a budget for the 2017-2018 school year that implements a fee for students wanting to participate in athletics. It will cost $100 per student for middle school students and $200 for high school students. But the district says even though the fee is mandatory,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A new document shows a Texas lawmaker who was arrested in Dallas two weeks ago for driving while intoxicated was at nearly twice the legal limit. Democratic state representative Victoria Neave registered a .15 blood alcohol content level the night she crashed her BMW into a tree off Abrams Road. The…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — For the first time ever, Texans can now purchase city bonds in Fort Worth. Fort Worth and Texas residents are being given the opportunity today to buy bonds in the city so it can help pay for the new Dickie’s Arena, which is set to open in November 2019. Citizens…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — One of the seven sailors killed on an American Navy ship over the weekend was from Texas. Twenty-six-year-old Noe Hernandez was on the destroyer USS Fitzgerald when it crashed with a Philippine-flagged merchant ship off the coast of Japan. The collision left seven Americans dead — Hernandez, two from California, one…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) — The man shot and killed by a Plano police officer Monday was not supposed to be in the state. According to WFAA-TV, Eleuterio Amaya-Torres was an illegal alien who had been deported twice. Along with being deported in 2002 and 2007, the 63-year-old had been convicted of two DWI’s. Torres allegedly…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Russian attempt to influence last November’s Presidential election found its way to North Texas. The department of homeland security provided a list of 600 possibly suspicious IP addresses to look out for ahead of the election. Dallas County election officials say they found 17 of those 600 attempting to access…… MORE
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Steve Scalise, a congressional staffer and members of the congressional police force were shot Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, in what sources are calling an apparent “deliberate attack.” President Donald Trump said the gunman had been killed. Federal law enforcement sources identified the shooter as James Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois.…… MORE
LONDON (AP) – London’s Fire Brigade says that a structural engineer and urban search and rescue crews have assessed the stability of the burning tower block in west London and believe it is not in danger of collapsing. The brigade says “it is safe for our crews to be in there.” It added the cause…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A double shooting outside a North Dallas Wal-Mart left one person dead and another injured Wednesday morning. Dallas Police say it began around 1:00 am when after four men met at a neighboring Sam’s Club parking lot near 635 and Midway Road. According to police, a fight eventually broke out, leading…… MORE
COMMERCE (WBAP/KLIF News) — An external investigation has cleared the Commerce Police Chief of any wrongdoing following accusations of wrongfully detaining a former pageant winner and calling her a racial slur. The City of Commerce has dropped charges against Carmen Ponder, Miss Black Texas 2016, who was arrested outside a Wal-Mart after getting into an…… MORE
