Irving (WBAP/KLIF) – A Friday night fight in Irving turned into a shooting, and the shooting turned into a murder. The fight erupted about sunset near the Airport Freeway (Highway 183) and Park Drive. Sometime during it, or immediately after, one of the participants pulled a gun, and opened fire. He hit two people. One…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
Court Backs Texas Activist Who Challenged County Gun Ban
DALLAS (AP) – A Texas appeals court has ruled in favor of a gun-rights activist who had complained that county officials were unlawfully barring firearms from being brought into a public building. The Court of Appeals for the 1st District of Texas found in favor of Terry Holcomb Sr. by ruling, in part, that Waller…… MORE
Mass Casualty Exercise to be Held in Downtown Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Office of Emergency Management will run an exercise simulating a building collapse at a large Downtown Dallas theater Sunday morning. During the scenario, a stage at the Majestic Theater collapses, severely injuring those on stage. The exercise will test the coordination of several different agencies, including the Dallas Fire-Rescue and Dallas…… MORE
Congressional Reformers Caucus Calling on 2018 Candidates to Join Movement Aimed at Fixing Broken Political System
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A former Congressman from Texas is helping lead a bipartisan group of Republicans and Democrats working together in the House on what he calls common-sense political reforms. Mark Frost said the Congressional Reformers Caucus consists of nearly 200 bipartisan former members of Congress, governors and cabinet secretaries. “These are all people who…… MORE
Recovery Effort Continues in Hood County Following Chemical Plant Explosion
HOOD COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The search for a chemical plant employee in Hood County is now a recovery effort following Thursday’s explosion and fire at the Tri-Chem Industries Plant near Cresson. The missing worker has been identified as 27-year-old Dylan Mitchell. Cresson Mayor and Assistant Fire Chief Bob Cornett said Johnson County is assisting the…… MORE
DART Partners with MADD for Tomorrow’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – DART has partnered with Mother’s Against Drunk Driving to make sure people attending tomorrow’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade get to and from the event safely. DART’s Mark Ball said the agency will be “going green” early to provide service for passengers. “Starting at 6 a.m. we add additional rail cars coming in…… MORE
TXDOT job fair has many vacancies to fill
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Texas Department of Transportation will hold a job fair Monday morning, March 19, to fill many vacancies for general maintenance technicians, construction inspectors, construction record keeper, public information officer and other professions. In an email to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram TXDOT spokesman Val Lopez said the state agency provides…… MORE
A Plano Community Group Aims to Have Councilman Tom Harrison Recalled
Plano, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Plano community group says it has gathered enough signatures necessary to have embattled Councilman Tom Harrison recalled from office. The move is in response to Harrison’s anti-muslim/anti-black social media posts. The councilman has been censured, but the group ‘One Plano, Our Plano’ want him out. Spokesman Michael Tomas, told the…… MORE
Environmental Icon Questions Collin County Water
Collin County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Some Colling County residents are concerned about the strong chlorine smell in the drinking water. From Frisco to McKinney to Plano, residents say they are concerned about it. A number of plano residents reached out to environmental icon Erin Brockovich, who says in a Facebook Post that she wants answers.…… MORE
Sister of Charleston Church Shooter Dylan Roof Arrested for Having Drugs and Weapons at School
(CNN) — The sister of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was arrested Wednesday on charges of bringing weapons and drugs to her South Carolina high school, authorities said. Morgan Roof, 18, was arrested after a school resource officer at the A.C. Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina was notified that Roof was carrying marijuana,…… MORE
