This school year has begun with arrests and threats against schools all over Texas.
On Wednesday, the Houston area had four threats and arrests for everything from bomb threats to finding a gun and a knife on campus to a stabbing. Across Texas, police have arrested at least 10 people over school threats, including a student in Wylie who threatened to shoot up the school, and another at a middle school in Arlington. Dr. Alex del Carmen, a criminology professor at Tarleton State Univesity, joined Ask the Expert on Thursday.

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Early giving for Communities Foundation of Texas' North Texas Giving Day is coming to an end -- and the official kickoff is Thursday. Thousands of nonprofit organizations are looking for support. Murphey Sears, Make-A-Wish® North Texas' Chief Development Officer, joined Ask the Expert on Wednesday to discuss the impact of this special day. For more information, click here.

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On Ask the Expert, Farris Rookstool joins us in the KRLD Afternoon News. He is an expert on the John F. Kennedy Assassination, having served on the FBI JFK Task Force and was in charge of all the FBI JFK Assassination Records.

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Texas needed to hire a whole lot of teachers for this school year, and it turns out schools hired a lot of teachers that don't have their teaching certificates.

New data from the Texas Education Agency find more than a third of those new hires aren't certified.

The biggest offenders seem to be charter school districts, where they have almost 60 percent of their teachers without certifications.

Overall, this report finds half of Texas teachers today aren't certified and don't have classroom experience.

On today's Ask The Expert, Kelsey Kling joined us. She's a government relations specialist with the Texas AFT.

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As we approach Hispanic Heritage Month, a group of professionals is shining a light on an industry that is in high demand for Latinos to enter.

Happening this week is the 2024 Hispanic Mental Health Conference at Dallas
College Mountain View presented by the Cannenta Foundation. It is expected to provide opportunities for mental health professionals from across the state to learn how to serve the growing Hispanic Community.

On Ask the Expert, Dr Leti Cavazos, Founder and CEO of the Cannenta Foundation joined the KRLD Afternoon News. She shares her hopes in the success of the event and the impact it will have on those who attend.

For more information visit: https://www.cannentafoundation.org/hispanicmentalhealthconference24

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This evening, we get the first debate between the two candidates for President. It's a debate that we will carry live here on KRLD.

The ABC News Presidential Debate could be the only chance that we get to hear from both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump together on the same stage.

So, really... what are the stakes?

On today's Ask The Expert, we get a preview from Dr. Thomas Gray at the University of Texas Dallas.

Every September, Apple comes out with its new line of iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods, and people want to see what's the latest technology that will be in the stores later this month. Today, Apple introduced the new iPhone 16, the Apple Watch 10, and new AirPods. On today's Ask The Expert, Ian Sherr joined us.

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The U.S. Surgeon General came out with a new advisory about parental stress being a serious public health concern. On Ask the Expert, Megan Graves joined the KRLD Afternoon News. She is a manager and Licensed clinical social worker with Texas Health.

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