MANSFIELD (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas city is honoring its fallen first responders. Two Mansfield firefighters killed in a 1968 fire and a Mansfield Police Officer killed in a car crash in the 1980’s are being remembered on a monument erected off of Broad Street in front of City Hall. The Mansfield Parks and Recreation…… MORE
PLANO, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) – Recently released documents reveal new details about what happened before and during a mass shooting at Dallas Cowboys watch party in Plano, when 32-year-old Spencer Hight went to his estranged wife’s home and killed her and seven others. According to a search warrant, Hight showed a knife and handgun to employees at a…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A group of Congressional Democrats want to extend the deadline for Dreamers to apply for a DACA extension as a result of the recent hurricanes that hit Texas and Florida. Almost three dozen signed the letter, which was sent Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke. It stated that there are 121,000 Deferred Action…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – As the State Fair of Texas prepares to open for 2017, Dallas and Dallas Area Rapid Transit police are preparing security for the event. The departments will not say how many officers will be in place at Fair Park but say officers will come other parts of the city and work…… MORE
(CNN Money) — Ford, a sponsor of the National Football League, has voiced support for NFL players exercising their right to free speech and peaceful protest after President Donald Trump urged fans to consider a boycott. “We respect individuals’ rights to express their views, even if they are not ones we share,” the company said…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – 87 professors at the University of North Texas signed an open letter calling on the university to rescind its invitation to Donald Trump Junior to give a speech at its Kuehne Speaker Series event next month. Trump is scheduled to speak at the AT&T stadium in Dallas on October 24th and is being…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – The recent controversy over NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem is causing sports and politics to clash. The league and its players are catching grief from Americans, including President Trump, who believe the protests are disrespectful to the country. The players argue that disrespect is not their intent and that they are…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Fort Worth native Tianti Carter is a 21-year-old cowgirl with a passion for animals and a goal of winning the Miss Rodeo America belt buckle. Carter won the Miss Rodeo Texas pageant in San Antonio last June and is preparing for the national competition in Las Vegas in December. According to the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Retired Dallas Cowboys Defensive Tackle, Chad Hennings, has joined the debate over NFL players protesting during the national anthem. Hennings was a member of the Cowboys beginning in 1992 but prior to that he served as a pilot in the United States Air Force. He told the WBAP Morning News that…… MORE
Texans have poured tens of millions of dollars into the Rebuild Texas Fund for Hurricane Harvey survivors. WFAA reports contributions are still being counted from a blockbuster Texas Strong concert and telethon Friday night in Austin starring Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt. Also appearing on the show were celebrity Texans Renee…… MORE
