DALLAS(WBAP/KLIF)- Vice President Mike Pence made a stop in Dallas Saturday, further cementing the Trump Administration’s goal to build a wall along the U.S./Mexico border. Pence in a speech to American First Policies Conservative Group says that since President Donald Trump has been in office, border crossings are down 50 percent. Pence also touched on…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
A Texas political group may have been caught up in the Russian election meddling.
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – According to the federal indictment of 13 Russians who reportedly were at the heart of the attempt to influence the American presidential election in 2016, Russian government agents posing as U.S. citizens communicated with an American who was “affiliated with a Texas-based grassroots organization.” The indictment from the grand jury empanelled by…… MORE
Dallas County Offering Free Flu Shots
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Health and Human Services is offering free flu vaccines to the public at various locations across the county. They are listed below. Main DCHHS Building 2377 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207 John West Branch Immunization Clinic 3312 N. Buckner Blvd. Suite 200 Dallas, TX 75228 Irving Branch Immunization Clinic…… MORE
Parenting Expert: How to Talk to Kids About School Shootings
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – With the number of active school shootings on the rise across the country, New York Times bestselling author and parenting expert Harry Harrison spoke with WBAP and KLIF about the importance of talking with kids about the potential dangers they face at school. Harrison starts by saying that the best time to…… MORE
Dallas Mayor Calls for Action to Prevent Future Tragedies
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is calling for action on a nationwide scale to prevent future tragedies like the school shooting in Florida on Wednesday. Rawlings says he has sent letters to President Donald Trump as well as the Texas delegation representing Dallas calling for a National Blue-Ribbon Commission on Mass Shootings. “This…… MORE
Mueller Probe: Russians Charged with `Spreading Distrust’
WASHINGTON (AP) – Thirteen Russians and three Russian entities were charged Friday with an elaborate plot to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, federal prosecutors announced Friday. The indictment, brought by the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, alleges that Russians used bogus social media postings and advertisements fraudulently purchased in the name of…… MORE
DPS Reverses Plan To Lay Off Older State Troopers
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Department of Public Safety is reversing plans to lay off more than 100 older state troopers as a means of hitting mandated budget cuts. DPS Director Steve McCraw said in a memo to employees Thursday that the agency won’t move forward with the reduction in force, which had been…… MORE
DPS Reverses Plan To Lay Off Older State Troopers
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Department of Public Safety is reversing plans to lay off more than 100 older state troopers as a means of hitting mandated budget cuts. DPS Director Steve McCraw said in a memo to employees Thursday that the agency won’t move forward with the reduction in force, which had been…… MORE
DeSoto Man Arrested in Connection with Double Shooting at Duncanville Pappadeax
Duncanville, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Duncanville Police have made an arrest in connection with a double shooting at a Pappadeaux restaurant Tuesday night. A domestic situation that unfolded in the restaurant led to two people being shot, and the suspect got away. Late Thursday Duncanville police arrested 31-year old Roderick Lamond Rodgers of DeSoto on 2nd…… MORE
DPD Chief Renee Hall Passes State Certification Exam
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Just last week Dallas Police Association President Mike Mata said he had “no doubt” that Police Chief Renee Hall would pass the mandatory state certification exam. Mata telling our newsroom: “We always want to be lead by a leader that looks like us, and when I say ‘looks like us’…… MORE
