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Talking Tech: Boosting WiFi Speeds

Talking Tech: Boosting WiFi Speeds

What would you say if we told you that you could double your internet speed by making just two changes to your settings? It’s true! The Techie Guy, Liron Segev tells us how in this week’s Talking Tech  For more from The Techie Guy, click here.  Dave Williams & Amy Chodroff, KLIF/WBAP, Copyright © 2019…MORE

Dallas man murdered in his apartment

Dallas man murdered in his apartment

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police are investigating an early morning homicide. The body of a 22 year old black man was found a little before 3:00 AM Sunday, shot to death in his south Dallas apartment near the I-20/Highway 67 interchange. His killer, or killers, are at large.MORE

Hazardous Weather (Fire) Outlook Issued for North, Central Texas

Hazardous Weather (Fire) Outlook Issued for North, Central Texas

(Fort Worth – WBAP/KLIF)  National Weather Service issues a hazardous weather outlook to intensify the awareness of weather and drought conditions increasingly leading to pop up brush fires across North and Central Texas the past several days. Despite the promise of rain coming to North Texas beginning Tuesday night or Wednesday, drought is so entrenched…MORE

Tarrant County Vaccination Rates Down

Tarrant County Vaccination Rates Down

TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – Back to school is around the corner and parents are asked to get their children vaccinated. Terri Andrews, Chairman of the Tarrant County Immunization Collaboration, said in 2003, state law makers made it easier for parents to opt out of getting the shot. Since then, Tarrant County has been a ‘hot…MORE

Police release photo of unidentified boy found dead in Texas

DALLAS (AP) — Police released a photo Tuesday of a still-unidentified boy whose dead body washed ashore three months ago in Galveston, Texas. Investigators made the unusual move in hopes of generating new leads after hundreds of other tips have not provided answers. Previously, a police sketch artist drew a portrait of the boy that…MORE

4 A.M. – Mexico Quake Death Toll Rises to 248

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police, firefighters and ordinary Mexicans dug frantically through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings early Wednesday, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades as the number of confirmed fatalities stood at 217. Adding poignancy and a touch of the surreal, Tuesday’s magnitude-7.1 quake struck on the…MORE

Police Chief Warns “Fools” Against Victimizing Houstonians

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Natural disasters usually bring out the best in people but in a few cases they bring out the worst. In flood-ravaged South Texas there are thousands of stories of neighbors rescuing neighbors and doing what they can to ease their shared suffering but there are also the inevitable stories of people…MORE

Remington College offers free haircuts for kids through August

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – With a new school year approaching the Dallas campus of Remington College has begun its annual Cuts for Kids event, providing free haircuts to children through the end of August. For the past seven years the Remington College Cosmetology Program has offered parents a financial break. They’ll accept walk-ins and appointments…MORE

Clayton Neville, 5-25-2017; Back to the Big City

Clayton Neville, 5-25-2017; Back to the Big City

As a Dallas native I found myself lost looking up to a skyline of stars set behind towering pine trees when I moved to East Texas six years ago. In pursuit of a career in news and sports broadcasting, my wife of less than a year and I watched Reunion Tower fade from the rear view mirror as we…MORE

Nicole Osei, 5/16/2017; The Importance of Being “Outdoorsy”

Nicole Osei, 5/16/2017; The Importance of Being “Outdoorsy”

I know that the title of this blog will illicit eye rolls from some but I try and spread good energy whenever and wherever I can. I really do think that there is something healing about being in nature and I am always encouraging people to get off the couch and go outside. I can…MORE