NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Freezing rain and ice blanketed the western parts of North Texas Wednesday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued an ice storm warning for Parker, Wise and Montague counties until midnight. A Winter Weather Advisory has been extended into Denton County until midnight as well. Meanwhile, temperatures in Tarrant County are holding…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said Wednesday that he wouldn’t be heart broken if the National Rifle Association backed out of its convention scheduled for Dallas in May. Rawlings said the city and the NRA have a contract and the city has no plans to break it. “We’ve got a contract with them and I don’t think…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Fire Rescue crews are conducting a water rescue on the Trinity River in South Dallas. Rescuers arrived on scene in the Great Trinity Forest, just north of the I-45/I-20 interchange just before 11 a.m. Wednesday. DFR said a civilian called 911 and said that a car was seen upright in the…… MORE
WEATHERFORD, TX (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – A train derailed early this morning in Weatherford on the north side of the downtown courthouse square. It happened shortly before 7am at North Main and Elm Streets. Weatherford Police say about 10 cars went off the track, but that no one was injured and no hazardous materials were involved.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) Evangelist Billy Graham has died. A spokesman for the family says Grhaham passed away at his home in North Carolina. The Rev. Billy Graham was counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history. Graham reached more than 200 million through his appearances and millions more through his pioneering use of television…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Heavy rains are consuming the morning commute, with freezing rain making a mess of things just west and north of DFW. Meteorologist Brad Barton says, “Freezing temps north of Weatherford, Denton and Van Alstyne will mean some slick spots on bridges and overpasses. Otherwise, it’s just cold rain for now. Mid-morning could…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks have hired outside counsel to investigate allegations of inappropriate conduct by former team president Terdema Ussery in a Sports Illustrated report that described a hostile workplace for women. Ussery was accused of making sexually suggestive remarks to several women. He spent 18 years with the team before going to…… MORE
Dallas (CNN) – AT&T announced late Tuesday it will first roll out 5G to three locations: Dallas, Texas; Waco, Texas; and Atlanta. The wireless giant previously said it would introduce the service to about a dozen U.S. markets by late 2018, but it didn’t specify which cities or a specific timeline. The company said it…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, in a rare decision, is unanimously recommending the death sentence of convicted killer Thomas “Bart” Whitaker be commuted to life. Whitaker is set for lethal injection Thursday for masterminding the fatal shootings of his mother and brother at their suburban Houston home in 2003.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway defended his call for the National Rifle Association to move their scheduled Dallas convention out of the city. Caraway was a guest on the Rick Roberts Show on KLIF sister-station WBAP Tuesday afternoon. You can hear Rick’s discussion with Caraway by listening below: http://www.wbap.com/2018/02/20/rick-roberts-interview-with-mayor-pro-tem-dwaine-caraway-part-1/…… MORE
