Yearly Archives: 2018

Governor Abbott Endorsed by National Latino Law Enforcement Organization

Governor Abbott Endorsed by National Latino Law Enforcement Organization

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott received a campaign endorsement Wednesday in Dallas that he said he is proud of. The National Latino Law Enforcement Organization said that it backs the Governor because of his devotion to law enforcement. The Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas, which endorsed Abbott over the summer, was present at…MORE

Campaign Yard Signs Torched in Richardson

Campaign Yard Signs Torched in Richardson

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Police in Richardson say they got 3 calls within 30 minutes from residents reporting that their Beto O’rourke and Colin Allred yard signs had been set on fire. The Dallas Morning News reports that five yard signs for Democratic candidates were set on fire in a Richardson neighborhood Monday night. O’Rourke is…MORE

Texas police seek man who shot driver who had kids with him

Texas police seek man who shot driver who had kids with him

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Texas are searching for a driver who they say sideswiped a car and then shot and wounded the other driver who had pulled over to exchange insurance information. Arlington police say the victim was driving Monday night with his wife and two young children when another car sideswiped his…MORE

Texas Now Requires Large Schools To Report Player Concussions

Texas Now Requires Large Schools To Report Player Concussions

DALLAS (AP) – Texas officials are requiring that the state’s largest schools report concussions suffered by high school athletes in a move seen as the nation’s biggest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes. The University Interscholastic League, Texas’ governing body for public high school sports, on Monday ordered the schools to submit individual…MORE

Mesquite Police Looking For Suspect In Several Robberies

Photo: Mesquite police DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) Mesquite – Police say three GameStop stores have been robbed by the same man in Dallas, Mesquite and Lancaster. GameStop features electronics, video games and wireless devices. In each case the man reportedly flashed a handgun and demanded the clerk open the register. He then ran off.   He is…MORE

Fort Worth’s Panther Island Project: Too Big of a Project and Not Enough Funding

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The billion-dollar Panther Island Project, that will create a water front district in Fort Worth, needs to be scaled and audited. Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price said the Government doesn’t have the project in their budget for next year because the project has grown so much larger. Voters first approved a…MORE

Crews Battle 4-alarm Apartment Fire in East Dallas

Crews Battle 4-alarm Apartment Fire in East Dallas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Firefighters fought a sizable apartment fire south of the Dallas Arboretum. It was at the Bluffs on Lakewood Apartment Complex near East Grand and Gaston near where Garland Road turns into Grand. Dallas Fire-Rescue says everyone self evacuated and no one was injured. 90 firefighters responded to the fire which reached a…MORE

Hundreds of Thousands of People in Austin May Have to Boil Their Tap Water For Two Weeks

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Nearly 900,000 people in Texas’ capital may have to boil their tap water for two weeks as officials struggle to treat a water supply filled with silt, mud and debris after heavy rains and flooding. The Austin American-Statesman reports that Travis County Chief Emergency Management Coordinator Eric Carter told a commissioners…MORE