San Antonio (AP) – San Antonio police are investigating after the Alamo Cenotaph was vandalized with red spray-painted graffiti. Officers found the graffiti in the early hours of Friday, and arrested a suspect in relation to other graffiti nearby around 2:00 a.m. Police have not released information about the suspect nor specifically linked that person…… MORE
Protests For George Floyd Move Through Downtown Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Protest sparked across the nation days after George Floyd died in Minneapolis Police custody. Multiple protest made their way through downtown Dallas Friday night. The protest started at around 6:30 PM at the Dallas Police headquarters. Hundreds of citizens gathered and held signs before beginning their march through downtown. One protester says that…… MORE
Fort Worth Man Arrested, Charged For Lighting Hotel Clerk and Office on Fire During Attempted Robbery
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Fire Officials say a man who burned a hotel clerk during an attempted robbery has been arrested. 48-year-old David Sarkisian. Sarkisian faces a felony arson charge of a habitation causing bodily injury. He’s currently in the Tarrant County Jail being held on a $100,000 bond. Fort Worth Fire Chief Jim…… MORE
Mayor’s Milk Initiative Wraps up this Weekend
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas residents will have their lost opporunity for free milk this weekend as part of Mayor Eric Johnson’s Mayor’s Milk Initiative, a partnership with Borden Dairy, Dallas ISD, and local faith leaders. Earlier this month Dallas-based Borden began delivering the milk to schools and houses of worship. At those 16 sites, faith-based volunteers…… MORE
Fort Worth Initiative Offers $10 Million in Grants to Fort Worth Small Businesses
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth recently received approximately $158 million in funding from the CARES Act, and is partnering with the United Way of Tarrant County to distribute $10 million of those funds to Fort Worth small businesses through the Preserve the Fort small business grant program. Of the $10 million allocated…… MORE
Governor Abbott Updates Texans on State’s Reopening, says it’s “Going Well”
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott updated North Texans on the state’s response to the continued spread of COVID-19 while joining The Rick Roberts Show on WBAP on Friday. Abbott said the state’s reopening efforts are moving along smoothly as more businesses get back to work. The Office of the Governor and the King…… MORE
Gas Prices Rising Across Texas, Analysts Expect Trend to Continue
DALLAS/FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – More Texans are driving amid the easing of covid-19 restrictions and that’s lead to an increase in gas prices. AAA Texas’ Daniel Armbruster said prices in Dallas Fort Worth have increased six cents, hovering around $1.62 per gallon of regular unleaded. Drivers in El Paso are paying the most in Texas…… MORE
Officer who Knelt on George Floyd’s Neck Arrested; Protesters Torch Minneapolis Police Station in Violent Night
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minneapolis officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday. Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said state investigators arrested Derek Chauvin. The arrest comes after three days of protests,…… MORE
Texas deputy sheriff shoots, kills deputy constable
Sienna Plantation (WBAP/KLIF) – A deputy constable was shot and killed early Friday morning in Fort Bend County’s Sierra Plantation subdivision, south of Houston. Fort Bend Sheriff Troy Nehls says the constable was shot by a deputy while the two of them, and two other deputies were checking the security inside an unlocked, vacant house.…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: More Minneapolis Chaos, A Social Media Executive Order, and Movie Reviews
0:29 — Police stations burned, controversial Presidential tweets, and a CNN reporter arrested. That’s just scratching the surface of the chaos in Minneapolis this week. We discuss it all, plus much more, in today’s KLIFnotes. 9:35 — Constitutional lawyer David Coale joins Amy & Scott to break down what exactly President Trump’s executive order on…… MORE
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