Yearly Archives: 2017

Search Called Off for Missing Soldiers, Including One Texan, Off Hawaii Coast

Search Called Off for Missing Soldiers, Including One Texan, Off Hawaii Coast

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Rescue crews have suspended their search for five missing soldiers, one of them a Texan, after an Army helicopter likely crashed near Hawaii last week. 32-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Stephen Cantrell was from Wichita Falls and is among the five who were on a training mission when their chopper went missing.…MORE

Cornyn and Law Enforcement Discuss Program to Protect Children from Online Predators

Cornyn and Law Enforcement Discuss Program to Protect Children from Online Predators

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn joined Dallas District Attorney Faith Johnson, Dallas Interim Police Chief David Pughes, Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner, and President and CEO of the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center Lynn Davis Monday to discuss the future of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program in protecting North Texas children from online…MORE

Police Seek Three Suspects in Convenience Store Shooting

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police are asking for the public’s help identifying three men wanted for their involvement in a Sunday night shooting. The 35-year-old victim was on his way home from work when he stopped at a convenience store on Ledbetter Drive for gas. He was robbed and shot to death. Police say the…MORE

Ft. Worth Students Head Back to Class

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fort Worth’s 87,000 students returned to the city’s 143 schools Monday. Fort Worth has labeled five schools, “leadership academies,” that will work with kids from low income households. Monday morning, Superintendent Kent Scribner and Mayor Betsy Price greeted students outside John T. White Elementary School in East Ft. Worth. “In…MORE

President Trump to Ask Americans to Trust Him on Afghanistan

President Trump to Ask Americans to Trust Him on Afghanistan

 (CNN) — Donald Trump will ask Americans Monday to trust him on his new Afghanistan strategy, exercising a president’s most somber duty, a decision on waging war, at a time when his own political standing is deeply compromised. Trump will make his first prime-time broadcast on a specific policy issue to the nation as president…MORE

Eight Dallas area Walmarts now testing home delivery by Uber

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Your next Walmart order may be delivered by Uber. Eight Dallas area Walmart stores are partnering with Uber in an effort to combat the juggernaut of retail delivery that is Amazon and grocery stores that offer Instacart services. There is a flat charge of $9.95. Same day deliveries must be ordered online…MORE

Dallas Arboretum One of Many Hosting Eclipse Watch Party

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — If you don’t have plans on where to watch Monday’s solar eclipse and don’t want to pull off to the side of the highway, the Dallas Arboretum is hosting a “Minutes of Midnight” viewing party today. “It will feel a little bit like a party,” said Megan Lewis with the Arboretum.…MORE

University of Texas at Austin Takes Down Remaining Confederate Statues

University of Texas at Austin Takes Down Remaining Confederate Statues

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — Four Confederate monuments on the campus at the University of Texas at Austin were taken down overnight Monday. The school’s president issued a statement, which can be read here, saying he wanted to move them from their pedestals because the events in Charlottesville more than a week ago have made the…MORE

UT Austin takes down Robert E. Lee statue under cover of darkness

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — University of Texas President Greg Fenves ordered the immediate removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and other prominent Confederate figures from a main area of campus, saying such monuments have become “symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism.” Fenves announced the move late Sunday night as crews were in place…MORE

Jerry Lewis Dead at 91

Jerry Lewis Dead at 91

(WBAP/KLIF) Comedian, actor, film director and singer Jerry Lewis has died at the age of 91. According to his publicist, Lewis died peacefully at his home in in Las Vegas surrounded by his family. Lewis dominated show business with Dean Martin in the 1950s and after their split, Lewis directed and appeared in numerous films…MORE