The top local news stories in the Dallas-Fort Worth area updated several times each weekday.
Plus we're exactly one week from the start of the State Fair, $74,000,000 raised, we are in the midst of September Hunger Action Month and many North Texas Ford Dealers are collecting food to help the hungry in our area, and more!
Plus Mike and Austin debate the firing of Jimmy Kimmel
Plus an Azle fireman has been suspended after suspected dog abuse, a Starr County woman has been arrested for illegal ballot harvesting in 2022, the Dallas Mavericks have renovated a public basketball court at Griggs Park in Uptown Dallas, and more!
Plus Governor Abbott's heading to Leander today with a pocket full of checks for the victims of the July floods, the Dallas County Republican Party votes to hand-count ballots in the March Primary, fire and rescue crews in Plano will soon be moving to a new work schedule, and more!
Plus the accused Charlie Kirk killer in court and Robert Redford remembered
Plus we could hear from the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk today, the FBI says there is DNA evidence linking Robinson to the assassination, the Opening Day of the State Fair of Texas is next Friday, and more!
Plus more on the Cowboys newest addition and dramatic win
Plus a number of Texas employees have been fired or are facing discipline for their online comments in relation to Kirk's death, additionally the Texas Education Commissioner says his agency will investigate teachers who posted "reprehensible and inappropriate" content on social media, and two new select committees have been formed by the Republican leaders in the State Legislature to honor Charlie Kirk's legacy.
Plus, why did the man who killed Charlie Kirk do it??
Plus parking lots for Sunday's game at AT&T stadium will open at 8am, SMU students share their reactions to Charlie Kirk's death, a Fort Worth city council member is facing criticism after Kirk's death, and more!
So who is Charlie Kirk and where is his killer? Mike and Austin take a look
Plus North Texas politicians shared their reaction to yesterday's shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk, the assassination of Charlie Kirk silences a voice that has been leading a resurgence of conservative thought on college campuses, a 22 year old has been arrested after being accused of driving the wrong way in White Settlement, and more!
Reaction over the death of conservative heavy weight Charlie Kirk
Plus a person in Denton County has been diagnosed with West Nile Virus, Governor Abbott is expected to come out with an executive order to regulate consumable hemp products with THC, Texas A&M's president fires an English professor the day after he removes a dean and a department head.
Plus Audacy has an exclusive interview with Tom Homan and what's the lastest with Apple??
Plus one person was killed in a shooting outside a business in North Richland Hills, clarification for school nurses in Texas on what kind of help they can give kids in their care, the State Fair of Texas is giving out fewer free tickets this year, and more!
Plus two tickets were sold over the weekend in the 1.8 billion dollar Powerball matched all six numbers, an eight-year-old Fort Worth boy is bruised and scraped up after being run down in a weekend hit-and-run, it's still more than four months until the Fort Worth Stock and Rodeo but tickets go on sale today, and more!
What should we take from the Cowboys loss? Mike and Austin take a look with Mac Engel
Plus Central Texas is still in recovery two months after the deadly flooding and now there is growing outrage over plans to hike property taxes, a plan to ban all products containing THC in Texas may be down but it's not out, a sweeping law enforcement operation leads to several people tied to a deadly human smuggling crash being extradited to the United States, and more!
The pessimistic Cowboys fans weigh in on the season they believe won't go so well, and was anything achieved in the second special session
Plus the legislature's second special session gavels out in the early morning hours today, the Texas Senate has given preliminary approval to rules punishing companies that mail abortion pills to Texas, Senator John Cornyn along with a number of Republican colleagues are praising President Trump's National Guard presence in the nation's capital, and more!
Plus the Cowboys kick off their season tomorrow, but the Micah trade still resonates
Plus the Texas House passes a bill that would make it more difficult for lawmakers to leave the state to block legislation, lawmakers are looking to crack down on summer camps that are near rivers, McKinney signs off on a nearly billion-dollar budget as the city keeps growing, and more!
A man has been arrested for shooting an 11 year old boy, for pranking him for a Tik Tok video
Plus a shooting in east Fort Worth has left four people injured, ongoing recovery efforts following the Texas Hill Country flooding are entering into a new phase, TCU wasn't interested in the hype around Bill Belichick's first college game, and more!
Plus a fatal freeway crash closed a major Irving freeway this morning, time is running out on the Special Session in Austin and flood safety bills still aren't finalized, many people are off this Labor Day holiday but it's certainly not everyone, and more!
Labor Day is over, which means it's officially back to school for all of America. Here, we dive into the latest in topics, including tech that can save lives ... and shorten lifespans. Plus, how much help with homework is okay and how to teach your kids about AI.
Plus high school football players across North Texas are taking the field for the new season, former Rangers slugger Mark Teixeira is running for Congress, on Monday a number of new laws go into effect, and more!
Plus parents of those girls lost at Camp Mystic are pushing for the passage of the so-called "Heaven's 27 Safety Act", the plan to ban all products containing THC has stalled in the state legislature, a North Texas-native has been handed a 6 game suspension by the NFL, and more!
Plus a couple cities in Texas rank among the best in the country for economic development, Governor Abbott signs a series of bills into law designed to protect Texas from what he calls, "hostile foreign adversaries", Goodwill North Central Texas has another way to help those in need when it comes to all things Artificial Intelligence, and more!
Plus a meeting this evening may hold the future of several DART routes in the balance, Governor Abbott is looking to make it tougher to break quorum, manufacturing in Texas is on a good roll, and more!
Plus - when Netflix House is coming to Dallas, and the basketball card that sold for twice the asking price at auction.
Plus a man is locked up after surrendering at the end of an hours-long police standoff in McKinney, big day on Wall Street Friday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell seemed to suggest a cut in the interest rates could be coming, FEMA is opening another disaster recovery center in Kerr County, and more!
Plus, parents of Camp Mystic children who were killed in the Central Texas flooding telling their stories as lawmakers work to pass legislation preventing such a tragedy from happening again, police are now involved in a teacher's treatment of a special needs student in Collin County, Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, accused of killing Noel Rodriguez Alvarez in 2022 has been captured in India and returned to the U.S, and more!
Cindy Singh was found and arrested in India. We speak to the Everman police chief
Plus two major Jewish organizations have stepped into the tightening race for the republican nomination in the US Senate race in Texas, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick announces he's running for another term in office, the fate of a Texas law requiring the 10 Commandments be posted in every public school classroom is now in the hands of a federal judge in San Antonio, and more!
KRLD speaks to representative Nicole Collier. Plus a Keto diet for a child???
Plus Tarrant County Commissioners could make a big change today on voting locations, Car Gurus decided to close its spinoff company Car Offer in Addison, Texas officials say they haven't had a single case of measles reported in the last 42 days, and more!
Just how bad are the Cowboys, and did we hit the triple digit mark?
Plus Rockwall police are looking over security camera footage to see who unfurled Nazi flags from the roof of Rockwall Heath High School over the weekend, the Dallas City Council is set to hear from the public tonight on the city's proposed $5.2 billion dollar budget, a man is locked up in Dallas after two people were stabbed in knife-point car-jackings on Harry Hines Sunday.
Plus the Alaska summit and the possible fallout
Plus, Superintendent Karen Molinar says they are hoping to avoid a state take over because of poor performance in the past, its not just little kids headed back to class, "Lonestar Lockup", is about to open, and more!