GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF) – Veterans and volunteers worked together Wednesday to construct a replica of a well known memorial. ‘The Wall That Heals’ is a replica version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. that travels the country. The wall bears the names of the 58,276 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. It will be…… MORE
Medstar Hosting Bone Marrow Drive for Mesquite Child Battling Sickle Cell Disease
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Mesquite family is hoping a bone marrow drive hosted by Medstar on Friday will help their child in the fight of his life. 9-year-old Darian is in need of a miracle. He’s battling sickle cell disease which comes with debilitating symptoms such as chronic pain, infection and fatigue. A…… MORE
President Trump to Hold News Conference on Coronavirus US Threat
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says he’ll discuss the coronavirus threat at a White House news conference on Wednesday. The session comes a day after he sought to minimize fears of the virus spreading widely across the U.S. Trump says representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will join him. Trump and…… MORE
Bernie Sanders Was the Target During the Last Dem Debate Before S.C. Primary
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Everyone ganged up on Bernie Sanders during the latest Democratic presidential debate. But Mike Bloomberg didn’t get away unscathed. Elizabeth Warren struggled to differentiate herself from Sanders. And moderate Democrats still can’t seem to agree on a strategy to slow the front-runner’s momentum. Democrats on Tuesday held their final debate before…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Debate Grades, Diet Drinking, and an Honorable Top Cop
0:24 — It was a chaotic Democratic debate, to say the least, so we wanted to check in with a professional debate expert to see who did the best on stage. Brian Lain is the debate director at UNT in Denton and broke it all down for us, including handing out some grades to the…… MORE
Gay Mansfield Teacher Settles Lawsuit Against Mansfield ISD
Mansfield, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A settlement has been reached with a Mansfield teacher who alleged that she was discriminated against because of her sexual orientation in 2017. Art teacher Stacy Bailey will get a letter of recommendation and a 100-thousand dollar payment. She was removed from her classroom for showing students at an Arlington elementary…… MORE
39 States Including Texas to Investigate Juul’s Marketing
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A lecturer at Harvard Law School says an investigation by 39 states leaves Juul Labs with little choice but to change its marketing practices. James Tierney said Tuesday that “when you see these kinds of numbers, it means they’re in a world of hurt.” Attorneys general from Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, Oregon and…… MORE
[VIDEO] ‘Modern Day Segregation’ is How One Parent Describes Historic Zoning Change at FWISD
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – There was a controversial vote taken by the Fort Worth ISD Board last night; one that makes the first zoning change in 20 years. Dozens of families from South Hills Elementary are against moving students from high-performing McClean Middle School to the lower performing Rosemont Middle School, where a massive fight…… MORE
Reproductive Rights Groups Sue Over Texas Anti-Abortion Ordinances
DALLAS (AP) — Two reproductive rights groups are suing seven small East Texas cities that have declared themselves “sanctuaries for the unborn” with anti-abortion ordinances that prohibit them from operating within city limits. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of the Texas Equal Access Fund and the Lilith Fund for…… MORE
UNT’s Kimi Lynn King Talks Texas Super Tuesday
(WBAP/KLIF) — With talk of Texas turning from red to blue during the next presidential election, Bernie Sanders is riding the wave. The senator from Vermont leads the Democratic Primary candidates as Super Tuesday approaches next week. The latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll shows Sanders leading with 24%, Joe Biden second with 22%, and…… MORE
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