(WBAP/KLIF) – The agency that operates Dallas’ school buses is preparing to call for an election that might put itself out of business. Dallas County Schools has been controversial and criticized for some time. It says it’s turned all that around, but the Legislature insists it call an election to give voters the chance to…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2017
DNT Closed Again In Plano This Weekend
Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – You may want to stay away from the Dallas North Tollway in parts of Plano again this weekend as work continues to rebuild the Tennyson Parkway bridge. The new bridge will accommodate the addition of a fourth lane in each direction of the DNT. This weekend works crews will be laying the beams…… MORE
US Postal Service running empty, will default on debts again
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service warned Thursday that it will likely default on up to $6.9 billion in payments for future retiree health and pension benefits for the fifth straight year, citing a coming cash crunch that could disrupt day-to-day mail delivery. The service said it expected cash balances to run low by…… MORE
Bernie Tiede’s 99 year sentence upheld
TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) – A Texas appeals court has upheld the 99-year prison sentence given to a mortician who was the subject of the 2011 film “Bernie.” The 6th Texas Court of Appeals in Texarkana on Wednesday upheld the sentence given to Bernie Tiede (TEE’-duh) for his 1999 murder conviction in the death of 81-year-old…… MORE
Judge hands down final sentence in major white supremacy operation
(WBAP/KLIF) – The last of 89 people arrested in a white supremacist prison gang operation has been sentenced. 29-year-old Jeramy Weatherall of Dallas was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison by Judge Jane J. Boyle after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. He was the final one of 91 people…… MORE
HEB Police Launch Mental Health Initiative
Bedford (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police in Hurst, Euless and Bedford have started working together to divert people with mental illness from jail and to treatment programs. Since the project started, they say they have seen fewer repeat calls about the same people. “It’s really been a remarkable turnaround,” says Bedford Mayor Jim Griffin. Griffin says…… MORE
Death of Bedford Teen Discovered in Arlington Landfill Ruled a Homicide
BEDFORD (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s has ruled the death of 14-year-old Kaytlynn Cargill a homicide. The report said the teenager died due to “homicidal violence”. Cargill vanished while walking her dog near the Oak Creek Apartments on June 19th. Her body was discovered June 21st in the nearby Republic Services landfill in Arlington. While she was…… MORE
Trump on North Korea: Maybe ‘Fire and Fury’ Comment ‘Wasn’t Tough Enough’
(CNN) — President Donald Trump reiterated his bellicose warning to North Korea from earlier in the week, telling reporters at his golf club in New Jersey on Thursday that his threat to bring “fire and fury” if North Korea continued to threaten the United States may not have gone far enough. “Maybe it wasn’t tough…… MORE
Bike Share Companies Ride into Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas residents are gaining more access to cheap transportation with the emergence of bike share companies around the city. Stationless bike share is a new idea that allows people to rent bicycles with a smart phone application and drop it off when they get where they are going. Euwyn Poon, Co-founder of…… MORE
SMU Reverses Course on 9/11 Memorial, Moves It Back to Original Location
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — SMU has changed its mind and will not relocate its annual 9/11 memorial. It’s a win for SMU students, who have been fighting the university’s decision for more than a week, as have alumni, donors, and even politicians like Governor Greg Abbott. “Over the course of the past week and a…… MORE
