Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Highway Patrol trooper was rammed from behind early Saturday morning on the Dallas North Tollway. He was driving in the southbound center lane near the Briargrove overpass a minute or two before 3:00 AM when a car coming up quickly behind him crashed into his marked patrol car. Neither the trooper…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Cracking Down on White House Leaks
(CNN) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions Friday detailed his plans to combat leaks of classified information, which have sparked the anger of President Donald Trump. Sessions, in a brief speech at the Justice Department, said that he spoke to career employees and, “at their suggestion, one of the things we are doing is reviewing policies…… MORE
The Faces of Drunk Driving
(WBAP/KLIF) TX DOT Reports that in 2016 there were 13,510 crashes in Texas involving young drivers (ages 17-34) under the influence of alcohol. Kandi Wylie represents just one member of the 535 families who lost someone in those crashes. Wylie lost her 20 year old daughter, Janakae Sargento, to a drunk driver in 2006. Wylie now…… MORE
Governor Abbott Talks Hurricane Preparedness with President
Austin (WBAP/KLIF News) – President Donald Trump held a teleconference Friday with governors of states that may be affected by hurricanes. The head of FEMA and the acting secretary of Homeland Security also participated in the call. “Texas is in a constant state of hurricane preparedness, and the safety of Texans is our top priority,”…… MORE
Rawlings Speculates Sanctuary City Law Scared Latino Families Away from Back to School Fair
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Hundreds of underprivileged families were at Fair Park Friday receiving free school supplies, haircuts, and medical checks as part of the 21st annual “Mayor’s Back to School Fair.” Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said the number of families that pre-registered was down from last year and pointed to the current political climate…… MORE
A Euless shooting suspect has been killed in a Dallas traffic accident
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The suspect in Thursday night’s shooting of a Euless woman has been killed in a Dallas traffic accident. The so far unidentified suspect is believed to have shot the woman in her apartment late Thursday. He fled. She is hospitalized in stable condition with a bullet wound to her abdomen. The suspect…… MORE
The hot car deaths of two small children have been ruled homicides
Weatherford (WBAP/KLIF) – The medical examiner has ruled the deaths of two Weatherford area children who were deliberately left in a sweltering hot car last May were homicides. Two year old Juliet Ramirez and her 16 month old brother were shut inside the car by their mother, who said she was trying to teach them…… MORE
Husband of Ft. Worth Doctor lost in Grand Canyon Say Water Ran Out
Fort Worth (AP) – The husband of a Texas doctor said Thursday that she died at the bottom of the Grand Canyon after she ran out of water and grew dizzy from heat exhaustion on a hike with their daughter and a nephew. Scott Beadle said in a Facebook post that Dr. Sarah Beadle, 38,…… MORE
Senator Cornyn unveils funding for border wall
(WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn has put forth a plan to help fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Building America’s Trust Act would give $15-billion over four years to what Cornyn says are the three levels of security. “Tactical infrastructure, including wall systems and fencing and the like, technology like aerostats, like drones,…… MORE
Dallas Man Wanted by FBI
(WBAP/KLIF) The FBI is searching for a man who is on the run from Dallas. 24 year old Mark Anthony Ponce is wanted for capital murder in a crime that took place in September of 2014. Ponce is accused shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend then immediately fleeing the scene of the crime. Lauren Hagee…… MORE
