Yearly Archives: 2018

The NHL Draft Comes to North Texas

The NHL Draft Comes to North Texas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texans are enjoying an early summer draft in the midst of 100 degree temperatures. The NHL Draft is being held at the American Airlines Center Friday and Saturday. Hockey fans are invited to enjoy authentic, local, Texas pit BBQ , photos with the Stanley Cup, Hockey Hall of Fame display, autograph…MORE

Governor Issues Disaster Declaration In Response To Severe Flooding

Governor Issues Disaster Declaration In Response To Severe Flooding

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott issued a State Disaster Declaration this week for six Texas counties impacted by severe weather and flooding. The Governor authorized the use of all available resources of state government and of political subdivisions to aid in response efforts. “As severe weather and flooding continue to impact parts of Texas, our…MORE

Fort Worth Police Say Dead Woman Found in Overton Woods Was Not From the Area

Fort Worth Police Say Dead Woman Found in Overton Woods Was Not From the Area

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Police say they don’t believe there is any lingering danger to residents in the Overton Woods neighborhood, as they continue a murder investigation in the area. The body of a woman was found Tuesday in the upscale community not far from TCU. Police have determined that the victim is…MORE

Delays Expected on Northbound Central Expressway

Delays Expected on Northbound Central Expressway

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Drivers in Dallas are being warned of lane closures this weekend on Central Expressway. According to TxDOT, three lanes of northbound US 75 will be closed between Royal Lane and Forest Lane at White Rock Creek all weekend for bridge deck repairs and maintenance. Two lanes of traffic will be open at…MORE

A small town Texas resident has been sentenced to more than 600 years in prison

Burnet (WBAP/KLIF) – 46 year old Bryant Dulin of Burnet, a small town northwest of Austin, has been sentenced to 645 years in prison for molesting children. A jury found him guilty of sexually abusing children under the age of six for more than a decade, from 2003 until 2016. At his trial the Burnet…MORE

A hospice nurse involved in a Medicare fraud case is going to testify against her employers

Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – The criminal prosecution of Frisco-based Novus Health Services is moving into high gear with another of the defendants accepting a plea bargain with prosecutors. Hospice nurse Taryn Stuart has agreed to plead guilty to one count of health care fraud while admitting she fatally over-dosed at least two patients at the direction…MORE

Dallas businessman dubbed ‘Frack Master’ charged with fraud

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas oil and gas businessman who dubbed himself the “Frack Master” has been charged with money laundering and fraud after regulators accused him and others of defrauding investors of about $80 million. Christopher Faulkner, who made appearances on cable TV to discuss oil and gas topics, was arrested Monday at Los…MORE

State of the Art Sports Therapy Center Opens in Frisco

State of the Art Sports Therapy Center Opens in Frisco

FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF) – Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research, a 300,000-square-foot medical and sports performance complex located at The Star in Frisco, home of the Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters, is now open. According to experts in the sports performance and healthcare fields, the work being done at Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy &…MORE

Fuel Spill Closes High Five Interchange in North Dallas

Fuel Spill Closes High Five Interchange in North Dallas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The headache of headaches for North Texas travelers came Thursday with most of the Dallas High Five interchange closed for hours. A fuel spill Thursday morning led to hours of cleanup on various ramps in the large interchange connecting I-635/LBJ Freeway and U.S. 75/Central Expressway in North Dallas. The High Five was…MORE

Latinos Could be the Majority in Texas by 2022

Latinos Could be the Majority in Texas by 2022

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – New U.S. Census stats released this (Thursday) morning, show that Texas baby boomers are attributed to a continuing aging population. The Lone Star State also got bit more diverse between July 2016 and July 2017. Data suggests that Latinos will outnumber whites in Texas by the year 2022. Previous estimates pegged Latinos…MORE