Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano ISD Board of Trustees last night approved an amendments to its 2021-2022 Compensation Plan. One amendment gives a $750 retention incentive to active, all full-time district employees. Current part-time employees on that date will receive $350 incentives. The amendments also increase the pay rate for Deaf Education Translators; substitute teachers,…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — A man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span is set to be retried in April after the first jury to hear a murder case against him deadlocked. The retrial of Billy Chemirmir, 49, in the death of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris is scheduled to begin on…… MORE
Mesquite (WBAP/KLIF) – A raging late night apartment fire in Mesquite left one person dead, one firefighter injured and a number of families displaced. The fire broke out around 10:30 last night at the Country Club Apartments on Pinehurst Lane. Fire investigators say the blaze started in one unit and quickly spread to other apartments.…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A Texas father is suing the City of Denton for the shooting death of his son. The father of Darius Tarver is suing Denton City for $10-million in a wrongful death suit. Kevin Tarver claims excessive force was used the night his son was killed. Darius Tarver was shot with a stun gun…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) – President Joe Biden is challenging senators to “stand against voter suppression,” urging them to change Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation that Republicans are blocking from debate and votes. Biden, who has been criticized by some in his own party for the Senate’s inaction, declared in a speech in…… MORE