KRLD All Local

A statewide AMBER Alert has been issued for a missing 13-year-old girl from Houston. Police are investigating a shooting near Skyline High School in Dallas yesterday. KRLD All Local - February 22, 2024

Texans reported the second-highest number of puppy scams in the nation in 2023. A puppy scam is when someone looking to adopt a puppy online doesn't receive their promised pet after paying for it. According to the Better Business Bureau, Americans lost over $1 million to puppy scams in 2023. So, Texas Wants to Know, why we have so many scams and what’s being done to mitigate them.

Also, a shooting near Skyline High in East Dallas is under investigation by police, and Dallas County has put in plans to extend a nature trail system.

Plus, police are investigating how a 16-year-old obtained a gun that they brought to a Mesquite charter school on Monday, and a Uvalde student and his parents are facing charges following a separate gun-related incident.

Plus, American Airlines announces changes to bag fees and in how rewards will be collected, and Dallas police are cracking down on illegal gaming rooms after several violent encounters.

Texas drivers have become accustomed to seeing highway signs that read "All you need is love and a seatbelt" or "Only Rudolph should drive lit." But earlier this year, the Federal Highway Administration announced new guidelines discouraging the use of "punny" messages on those signs. To learn more about the effectiveness of these signs and why the Federal Highway Administration is discouraging them, Texas Wants to Know visited with Dr. Kara Kockelman, the Dewitt Greer Centennial Professor of Transportation Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.

Also, the price for checking bags at American Airlines may increase this year, and the city of Lewisville voted on a short-term ban on car rentals.

Plus, a death row inmate appeal turned down by Supreme Court, and students return to school in Mesquite just one day after a shooting. 

Plus, early voting begins Tuesday across Texas for the March primary, and Grapevine police are looking for the gunman in connection to a shooting along Texan Trail on Monday.

Also, a Keller ISD trustee resigns after a Dutch TV crew films on their high school campus, and the followers of a Houston megachurch gather for the first time Sunday after a shooting occurred.