AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The annual back-to-school sales tax holiday is scheduled this weekend in Texas. The Texas Comptroller’s Office said the tax break begins Friday and runs through Sunday and only applies to certain items. Most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks are up for grabs as long as they retail for under $100 …… MORE
Dallas – Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – As part of a nationwide sex trafficking sting last month, the FBI says the DFW area recorded the second highest number of child trafficking victims. Nine children in North Texas were recovered during ‘Operation Independence Day.’ The agency says the operation also led to 11 arrests and the recovery…… MORE
EL PASO, Texas (AP) – An attorney for the family of the man charged in the El Paso Walmart shooting rampage says the man’s mother contacted police weeks before the rampage out of concern that her son had a rifle. Dallas attorney Chris Ayres confirmed to The Associated Press that the call was made to…… MORE
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) – The Dallas Cowboys are donating $50,000 to a fund for victims of the mass shooting that killed 22 people and left about two dozen others injured in El Paso, Texas. The team says the NFL Foundation was planning a matching donation to the El Paso Community Foundation Victims’ Fund. The Cowboys…… MORE
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday he’s not aware of any “red flags” in the suspected El Paso gunman’s past and made no mention of taking major gun-control measures in Texas, where three mass shootings since 2017 have killed more than 50 people. Abbott, a Republican, said racism needs to be…… MORE