Yearly Archives: 2018

Proposed Legislation Pays Tribute to Fallen North Texas Police Officer

Proposed Legislation Pays Tribute to Fallen North Texas Police Officer

RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF) – A portion of a North Texas Highway could soon be named after a local hero. A proposal to rename part of Central Expressway after the first Richardson Police Officer killed in the line of duty will be considered by lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session in Austin. Officer David Sherrard was shot to…MORE

KLIF Kids 2018

KLIF Kids 2018

This year’s KLIF Kids raised over $46,000! The donations from this event will benefit Charles Nash Elementary in Fort Worth and MLK Learning Center in Dallas TX Thank you to all who donated! Special Thank you to Ed Wallace Freeman Toyota – Hurst TX John Eagle Honda – Dallas TX Autobahn Motorcars – Fort Worth…MORE

Texans Being Gifted Low Gas Prices this Holiday Season

Texans Being Gifted Low Gas Prices this Holiday Season

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Americans are being gifted at the gas pump this Holiday season as low gas prices fuel record holiday travel.​ The average price for a gallon of regular-grade gasoline in the United Sates has dropped significantly in the past two weeks to $2.43. “This is really a boom for motorists at the expense of…MORE

Court Says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doing Well, Working After Surgery

Court Says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doing Well, Working After Surgery

WASHINGTON (AP) – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is up and working as she recuperates from cancer surgery. Kathy Arberg, court spokeswoman, said that Ginsburg remained in New York at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on Sunday. No information has been released on when Ginsburg might return home. Ginsburg underwent surgery Friday to remove…MORE

Dozens of immigrants dumped in El Paso

Dozens of immigrants dumped in El Paso

El Paso (WBAP/KLIF) – Reports in El Paso say dozens of would-be immigrants who have been held in federal custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were dropped off Sunday night at the Greyhound bus terminal in downtown El Paso. It is not clear who dropped them off. A number of the immigrants told El…MORE

Corsicana Police are working on a triple homicide

Corsicana Police are working on a triple homicide

Corsicana (WBAP/KLIF) – Police in Corsicana, some 60 miles south of Dallas, are investigating a triple homicide. They got a call over the weekend from a woman who said her sister and her sister’s estranged husband were arguing, and he had a gun. Nancy Castillo told the 9-1-1 dispatcher she was trying at that moment…MORE

Cowboys Clinch NFC East

Cowboys Clinch NFC East

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – The Dallas Cowboys wrapped up the NFC East title as Dak Prescott accounted for two touchdowns and Jaylon Smith returned a fumble 69 yards for a touchdown in a 27-20 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Smith’s long return came after a scrambling Jameis Winston lost the ball on a blind-side…MORE

An execution date has been set for a notorious Texas murderer

An execution date has been set for a notorious Texas murderer

Jasper (WBAP/KLIF) – An execution date has been set for the second of three white men convicted of a notorious murder twenty years ago. John William King will be put to death by lethal injection April 24. He and two others chained a mentally disabled black man to the back of a pickup truck in…MORE

The largest immigrant teen tent city in Texas appears to be closing

The largest immigrant teen tent city in Texas appears to be closing

Tornillo (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke paid a surprise visit to the immigrant teen tent city in Tornillo Sunday, and came out saying it appears to be shutting down. O’Rourke says the tent city’s administrators told him they are no longer accepting new children, and they have 300 ready to leave as soon as…MORE

A Recall on Thousands of Pounds of Turkey Products, Due to Possibility of Salmonella

A Recall on Thousands of Pounds of Turkey Products, Due to Possibility of Salmonella

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota-based poultry producer is recalling more than 164,000 pounds of raw ground turkey products that may be contaminated with salmonella. The Jennie-O Turkey Store products have markings saying to use or freeze by Nov. 12 or 13. The recall includes plain ground turkey and turkey with taco or Italian seasonings. The…MORE