A FedEx driver was killed after the truck he was drove off I-45 and burst into flames early Saturday morning. Dallas Police say 30-year-old Quantico Smith was headed southbound around 2:45 a.m., when he ran into another vehicle on the highway and then lost control of the rig, careening off the I-45 overpass near Overton…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – It’s fair to say that a lot of people awoke Friday to a national headline that might have jolted them more awake than a morning cup of joe: A California judge had ruled that coffee sold in the state should carry a cancer warning. Here are some things to know about…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Tarrant County woman received a 5-year prison sentence for voting in the 2016 presidential election while she was on parole. 43-year-old Crystal Mason of Rendon was indicted for illegal voting last year and found guilty by State District Judge Ruben Gonzalez on Thursday. Mason had been on supervised release for…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – As wait times have gotten lengthy, more than 100,000 callers each year to Texas’ abuse hotline are hanging up before reaching an operator. The Austin American-Statesman reports the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is on track this year to exceed 180,000 abandoned calls to the agency’s abuse hotline, the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – As the calendar approaches April, Dallas County is issuing a strong warning to the community about taking mosquito prevention more seriously. Health officials have said that is when mosquitoes become more abundant in North Texas. County Commissioner John Wiley Price said people have been hearing the warnings for years and have…… MORE
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Families of the victims of the Sutherland Springs Church shooting joined Senator John Cornyn Friday afternoon to celebrate recently passed legislation that seeks to improve background checks for people trying to buy guns. The “Fix NICS” Act was signed into law by President Trump last week. Cornyn said the bill…… MORE
COPPELL, Texas (AP) – Texas and nationwide retail gasoline prices are up this week. AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price at the pump statewide rose 7 cents to reach an average $2.42 per gallon. Gasoline prices across the U.S. jumped 8 cents this week to average $2.65 per gallon. The association survey found…… MORE
Lubbock (WBAP/KLIF) – A Lubbock man who pulled a pistol on a 7-Eleven clerk was injured when the clerk threw him through the store’s front window. According to Lubbock Police Treshun Bates became irate when the clerk twice refused to sell him cigarettes because Bates couldn’t, or wouldn’t, show him identification proving he was at…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The northwest Dallas residents who were evacuated from their homes Wednesday night because of a strong natural gas odor in their neighborhood have been allowed to return. The affected neighborhood is a few blocks from the house on Espanola Drive that exploded February 23, killing a 12 year old girl. In the…… MORE
THE COLONY (WBAP/KLIF News) — Fire departments from The Colony, Frisco, and Little Elm responded to a large fire at a boat storage warehouse on the east side of Lake Lewisville. According to The Colony Police, the fire erupted at 3:40 Friday morning. “There’s a whole line of RV’s and boats that have been on…… MORE
