DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – If you’re planning on setting off fire works within the Dallas city limits tonight…think again. The Dallas Police Department will be partnering with the Fire Marshal’s Office tonight to conduct extra patrols to crack down on people with fireworks in the city limits. Officer Carlos Almeida said Fire Department personnel will be riding…… MORE
Republic Services is encouraging customers and communities across DFW to incorporate safety and environmental responsibility into your summer festivities. “The safest way to dispose of used and unused fireworks is to submerge them in water before disposal,” said Tracy Skennadore with Republic Services. “Safely disposing your soaked fireworks debris, including used matches, in a trash container…… MORE
DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – A lot of the good July 4th stuff actually happened yesterday, but there’s plenty of stuff you can still do today. Arlington 4th of July Parade – begins at 9 a.m. at the intersection of Mitchell and West streets. Free. Information at arlington4th.org. Fair Park Fourth – Festivities include rides,…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — A Wednesday night motorcycle accident near ponder has left two people dead. The motorcycle and its two passengers were headed northbound on I35W and were taking the exit ramp to 2499/Vintage Blvd. According to the Denton Police Department the driver took to the ramp too fast and failed to navigate a curve…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Hospital officials list a San Antonio officer in fair condition as he recovers from wounds received in a gunbattle with a suspect that fatally wounded the officer’s partner. A spokesman at San Antonio Military Medical Center offered the update Monday on Officer Julio Cavazos. Police officials say Cavazos faces a long…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico State Police say a man and a woman found fatally shot inside a pickup truck parked along Interstate 40 west of Albuquerque were a married couple from Texas. Lt. Elizabeth Armijo identified the couple found dead Thursday as 31-year-old Jacob Kokotkiewicz and 32-year-old Ursula Tammy Kokotkiewicz, both of Flower…… MORE
The driving force in Texas behind a “bathroom bill” is pushing back after the Republican House speaker was quoted as saying he didn’t want a “suicide” on his hands over efforts to restrict what restrooms transgender people can use. A spokeswoman for Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Monday that “no one wants to see…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Four people have been arrested in the kidnapping and murder of 13-year-old Shavon Randle of Lancaster. Shavon’s body was found in an abandoned East Oak Cliff home late Saturday night after her family reported her missing last Wednesday. According to an arrest affidavit, investigators said she was kidnapped after the boyfriend…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police said one person has been arrested and one person sustained non-life threatening injuries in a shooting at a North Dallas hotel Monday afternoon. Officers and SWAT were called to the Wyndham Dallas Suites Park Central on Alpha Road near 635 and Coit. Keith Stepter and his brother were in the…… MORE
WACO (WBAP/KLIF News) – Former Baylor University Regent Neal “Buddy” Jones has issued an apology after several emails revealed him making disparaging remarks about female students. The 2009 emails were filed as part of a Title IX lawsuit filed against Baylor by 10 women who reported being sexually assaulted while attending the university. According to the Waco Tribune-Herald,…… MORE
