DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – April is National Child Abuse Awareness month and local advocates are encouraging the community to wear blue today to shed light on a startling open secret…child abuse. Dallas Children’s Advocacy President Lynn Davis said there were over 30,000 reports of child abuse in Dallas County last year. It’s a number could be…… MORE
Harris County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The first charges have been filed in Harris County in connection with a new initiative that targets people who provide alcohol to others in alcohol related cases. A bartender and two others are charged for giving alcohol to a minor who was later involved in a high-speed crash that killed…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — For all the recent talk about the housing market overheating in Texas and nearing a slowdown the supply of new and pre-owned houses listed for sale is still at the lowest inventory in 28 years. The Dallas Morning News has published a new report from the Real Estate Center at Texas…… MORE
UPDATED: 7:56AM Authorities say school bus service in the Mansfield ISD will not be imacted by a big chemical fire that broke out overnight at a chemical recycling plant. Mansfield ISD’s Associate Director of Communications says law enforcement and school officials had been talking about the issue all morning since several schools are located near…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Dirk Nowitzki’s 20th season is over a few games early after the Dallas Mavericks star had surgery on his left ankle. The team said Nowitzki had a procedure to clear out unhealthy tissue and promote healing, called surgical debridement. It was performed at a Dallas medical clinic. The 39-year-old Nowitzki played his…… MORE
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos met with students and teachers from Birdville ISD and Dallas ISD, Thursday. The Secretary also hosted round table discussions with urban specialists and school administrators. DeVos stepped inside a robotics classroom and operated a student designed robot. She also met with an aerospace engineering class and…… MORE
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Richland Hills firefighter died while he was at his assigned fire station this week. North Richland Hills Fire-Rescue says 29-year-old Caleb Scott suffered a cardiac arrest Tuesday morning just before 8:30am. Firefighters at the station tried to save Scott and he was was rushed to Medical City North…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Fire-Rescue is working to implement new policies to help protect firefighters from occupational cancer caused by carcinogen exposure. This firefighters has the disease and said it took him by surprise. “My neck got so swollen that I had to go to the emergency room. I don’t normally ask myself ‘why…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF News) – A federal judge has sided with a civil rights group that claimed that Texas is in violation of national voter registration laws. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia of San Antonio ordered a fix that could launch the state’s first online voter registration system. In 2016, The Texas Civil Rights Project filed…… MORE
DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – Activist Erin Brockovich says she wants answers for people living in Plano… Many residents have said their drinking water smells and taste funny. The North Texas Municipal Water District says it’s part of routine maintenance and released their own test results last month, showing the water is safe to drink.…… MORE
