DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Former Dallas County Schools Superintendent, Rick Sorrells, has agreed to plead guilty in a multi-million dollar kickback scheme that spanned six years. DCS was shut down by voters in the November 2017 elections. The school bus agency had been mired in controversy that included safety and financial problems that caught the…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Fort Worth Police Department is once again dealing with accusations of excessive force after a video of an officer punching a man, 35-year-old Forrest Curry, in the body while he’s being detained was released over the weekend. Debra Thomas lives in Fort Worth and said she finds the video…… MORE
RICHARDSON(WBAP/KLIF)- Over 185,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas members can breathe a sigh of relief. That after Texas Health Resources and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas reached a midnight agreement for a new provider insurer contract on early Sunday according to Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Chris Callahan. “We had a contract that expired…… MORE
FORT WORTH, TX. (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ethan Couch, better known as the “Affluenza Teen”, was released from jail Monday morning. Couch is finishing his two year sentence for violating the terms of his probation, related to the drunken driving crash in June of 2013 that killed four people. He was 16 at the time. Mothers…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – A data breach at department store chains Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off Fifth and Lord & Taylor has compromised the personal information of customers who shopped at the stores. The chains’ parent company, Canada-based Hudson’s Bay Co., announced the breach of its store payment systems on Sunday. The company said it…… MORE
DALLAS, TX. (WBAP/KLIF News) – House Speaker Paul Ryan will be in the Metroplex for the next couple of days. Representative Ryan is scheduled to be in Dallas today visiting Southwest Airlines headquarters for a town hall with Southwest employees about the bonuses they received from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. According to Speaker Ryan’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Another house explosion in Dallas has put two people in the hospital. The explosion appears to be gas-related, though Dallas Fire-Rescue has not officially confirmed it. Atmos Energy sent crews to the home off Spring Avenue near Fair Park to shut off the gas and investigate after the home exploded around…… MORE
WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor University paid former football coach Art Briles more than $15 million after firing him in 2016 in the wake of a sexual assault scandal that included allegations against former players and rocked his program, according to newly released tax documents. Baylor also gave former university President Ken Starr more than…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Ms. Elsie Bufford. On Sunday, April 1, 2018 Elsie Bufford left her residence with a known friend and has not been heard from since. Ms. Bufford is a 93 year old Black female, she is 5’ 11 weighs 175 lbs.,…… MORE
North Richland Hills (WBAP/KLIF) – North Richland Hills Police had to call in Fort Worth’s SWAT team Saturday to apprehend a domestic assault suspect. They had pursued that suspect across North Richland Hills and the north side of Fort Worth until he stopped on the Jacksboro Highway, and barricaded himself inside his vehicle. That’s when…… MORE
