Yearly Archives: 2018

Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones to Reimburse NFL $2 Million

Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones to Reimburse NFL $2 Million

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has reportedly agreed to reimburse the NFL $2 million in legal fees. The fees are believed to be related to Cowboys Running Back Ezekiel Elliot’s suspension appeal and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract extension. The NFL said the matter between Jones and the league has been “resolved to…MORE

Texas Prosecutor Voted Out of Office Following Push from Bikers

Texas Prosecutor Voted Out of Office Following Push from Bikers

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Voters have routed the Texas prosecutor pursuing charges against more than a hundred bikers in cases stemming from a fatal 2015 shootout involving bikers and police outside a restaurant in Waco. Local bikers heartily campaigned for Abel Reyna’s Republican opponent in Tuesday’s primary election. The result means attorney Barry Johnson…MORE

DART Educating Passengers on “See Something, Say Something” App

DART Educating Passengers on “See Something, Say Something” App

DALLAS  (WBAP/KLIF News) – DART placed about 100 employees at train stations across the Metroplex Wednesday to encourage people to download their “Say Something” safety app. Morgan Lyons is with DART and said the app is the perfect way for passengers to discretely followed the “See something, say something” mantra. “That’s a term that’s used all over…MORE

Cruz not worried about the Democratic “blue wave”

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — While some conservatives are worried that Texas may be turning more liberal Senator Ted Cruz isn’t one of them. After his easy win in the Republican primary Tuesday Cruz said the so-called blue wave Democrats are hoping for in the November general election will crash upon a solid red wall. Cruz…MORE

Mark Cuban Denies 2011 Allegation of Sexual Assault

Mark Cuban Denies 2011 Allegation of Sexual Assault

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Details of an explosive 7-year old sexual assault allegation against Mavs owner Mark Cuban have been made public. The allegation came to light by way of a Portland, Oregon publication dubbed the Willamette Weekly, which details an assault claim by a woman against Cuban.  The allegation comes week’s after a Sports Illustrated report…MORE

Paxton Wins Big Money State Senate Race; Valdez Faces Runoff for Governor; Cruz to Face O’Rourke

Paxton Wins Big Money State Senate Race; Valdez Faces Runoff for Governor; Cruz to Face O’Rourke

Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – In a wrap up of primary election results in Texas, In the hotly contested  Collin County State District 8 race, Angela Paxton defeated Phillip Huffines.  The combined dollars spent on what became a negative campaign tops 10-million dollars.  Paxton faces Democrat Mark Phariss in November. Westwood One Correspondent Clayton Neville has…MORE

Trump Economic Adviser Gary Cohn to Resign

Trump Economic Adviser Gary Cohn to Resign

WASHINGTON (AP) – Top Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn is leaving the White House after breaking with President Donald Trump on trade policy. Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, has been the leading internal opponent to Trump’s planned tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. He has tried to orchestrate an eleventh-hour effort…MORE

Second U.S. Baby Born from Uterine Transplant Born in Dallas

Second U.S. Baby Born from Uterine Transplant Born in Dallas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Baylor Scott & White Health confirmed Tuesday that a baby was born to a second mother who received a uterus transplant as part of a clinical trial at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. The birth was the second of its kind in the United States. The first child born from a…MORE

Two People Reportedly Arrested After Claiming Texas Church Massacre was Staged

Two People Reportedly Arrested After Claiming Texas Church Massacre was Staged

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) – Two people have been arrested after appearing at the Texas church where more than two-dozen worshippers were gunned down and claiming the attack was staged. The pastor of First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, southeast of San Antonio, told the San Antonio Express-News that the pair appeared Monday and claimed…MORE