MANSFIELD (WBAP/KLIF) – The new 360 Tollway in now open. According to the North Texas Tollway Authority, the new toll road connects Ellis, Johnson and Tarrant counties. It is a 9.7-mile toll project from Camp Wisdom Road/Sublett Road to U.S. 287. The road is a partnership between the North Texas Tollway Authority, the Texas Department…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — President Trump’s son-in-law, White House adviser Jared Kushner, will arrive in North Texas Friday to promote new legislation aimed at revamping the national correctional system. In what’s being called a surprising bipartisan agreement a congressional committee has approved a bill to reduce the rate of repeat offenders by creating rehabilitation programs…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police and the medical examiner’s office exhumed a body out of a mausoleum at Restland Cemetery for possible links to the Billy Chemirmir case. WFAA-TV reports the body was that of an elderly woman they believe may have been killed by the alleged serial kiler. TX: Looking more likely that this…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Several Dallas fire crews remain on the scene where a massive mulch fire was raging earlier at Living Earth Technologies in Northwest Dallas. The fire broke out around 2am at the tree recylcing facility on California Crossing near Northwest Highway. The cause is not known, but according photo-journalist Mike Forbes of our…… MORE
We’re all annoyed by phony recorded voices but imagine how disconcerting it will be to talk with robots who sound like humans! Google is doing just that.… MORE
TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) – A federal judge in East Texas has declined to reduce the 18-year prison sentence imposed on a woman for sending ricin-laced letters to former President Barack Obama and others. The Texarkana Gazette reports that 40-year-old Shannon Richardson appealed her sentence on the grounds of ineffective counsel. But Judge Caroline Craven issued…… MORE
AUSTIN (AP) – Victims of disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar are imploring Texas authorities to investigate whether Bela and Martha Karolyi could have done more to prevent Nassar’s sexual abuse at the couple’s Texas training center. Five former gymnasts, including two who say Nassar abused them at the Karolyis’ ranch near Huntsville, addressed reporters Thursday…… MORE
PILOT POINT (WBAP/KLIF News) – Search crews continue to search for the body of a man presumed drowned after his canoe tipped over while fishing on a pond in Pilot Point Wednesday night. A neighbor said they rushed to help the pair when they saw the canoe flip over but were only able to help one…… MORE
(McKinney, TX) – A McKinney city councilman has backed off claims of racial profiling by a McKinney police officer after he was arrested for not signing a speeding ticket received this week. Councilman La’Shadion Shemwell initially said the officer profiled him for being black with dreadlocks, but after seeing bodycam footage of the exchange, he…… MORE
ALVORD, Texas (AP) — An elementary school principal in North Texas is discontinuing her tradition of “birthday spankings” to students after parents complained. KTVT-TV reports that Alvord Independent School District Superintendent Randy Brown released a Tuesday statement announcing an end to the spankings at Alvord Elementary School. Brown says the district received two complaints about Principal…… MORE
