DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Cite and Release has been approved in Dallas. The Dallas County Commissioners Court approved the measure which will allow anyone caught with a misdemeanor amount of marijuana in the city of Dallas to be given a ticket. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said the program can be a benefit to both the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – State Representative Matt Shaheen has announced he will be introducing a bill which looks to get rid of the Texas Film Commission. In a statement released to WBAP/KLIF Shaheen stated, ”Over the past week, our nation has grown increasingly alarmed over allegations of rampant sexual abuse by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A North Texas family is facing backlash because of a wedding invitation it sent with a note asking mothers to nurse their children in the bathroom. Deron Crenshaw is the mother of the bride and said the woman who complained on social media, which made the wedding go viral, didn’t even…… MORE
(CNN) — A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban one day before it was set to take effect. Judge Derrick Watson said the travel ban — Trump’s third version of the policy — “plainly discriminates based on nationality.” The President’s executive order “suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor: it lacks…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A public search party started its own effort on Tuesday afternoon to look for a Richardson toddler who vanished over a week ago. The group organized through social media and searched for three-year-old Sherin Mathews in a wooded area near Richland College. It’s the same area where Richland police, Mansfield police and…… MORE
Richardson Police are joined by Mansfield Police Officers and the FBI near Richland College. Drones are assisting in the search for Sherin Matthews who was last seen when her father left her outside alone as punishment. “The searches that we are conducting are going to be direct searches as a result of where our investigation is…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Mark Cuban has many titles: Businessman, Investor, Author, TV Personality, and philanthropist. Is he looking to add “President” to that list? The Mavs owner stopped by the studio to talk about this season’s tipoff, Dave & Amy talked with him about this year’s talent, a possible run for the White House and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — The US Supreme Court will soon hear cases involving digital privacy. Yesterday, they announced they’re taking up a case that could determine how much evidence criminal investigators can get off computers overseas. Law enforcement officials have said restrictions have hampered sex and drug trafficking investigations for decades. Supreme Court justices will also…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — State Representative Jason Villalba, R-Dallas, got caught up in a Twitter war he later apologized for. Last Friday, local political consultant and conservative activist Aaron Harris tweeted Villalba, saying the Texas legislature wouldn’t miss him if he was replaced. Villalba did not take kindly to the message, replying by calling Harris…… MORE
Austin (AP) – A Texas lawmaker expects federal investigators to call for hot air balloon pilots to obtain medical certificates following a crash last year that killed 16 people. The July 2016 crash in a pasture near Austin, Texas, was the worst hot air balloon disaster in U.S. history. The National Transportation Safety Board could…… MORE
