UPDATE: Authorities now report that nine people were shot (injured). HOUSTON (AP) – Authorities say two men were killed and seven others were wounded by gunfire when a group filming a rap music video was “ambushed” near Houston. The Harris County sheriff’s office said Saturday morning that 20-year-old Gonzalo Gonzalez and 22-year-old Jonathan Jimenez died at the…… MORE
Disc Jockey Don Imus, Dead at Age 79
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) – Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to radio stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial slur, has died. He was 79. Imus survived drug and alcohol woes, a raunchy appearance before President Clinton…… MORE
A Second Pediatric Flu Death Confirmed in Tarrant County
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Flu Surveillance Report provided to the Centers For Disease Control in the last two weeks by health officials in Tarrant County, confirm there has been a second pediatric flu death in Tarrant County. The first flu related pediatric death in the last four years, was reported earlier this month. County…… MORE
Shemwell Recall Petition Filed in McKinnney
McKinney WBAP/KLIF – A Citizens group in McKinney today filed a petition to recall district one Councilman La’Shadion Shemwell. The document contains more than 3,000 signatures. The City Secretary has five days to certify the petition. If certified, Shemwell has five days to resign from the city council or submit to a new election that…… MORE
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Eyes Advertising Opportunities.
DALLAS – Dallas Area Rapid Transit is consulting the 13 municipalities it offers services in to ask what parameters might be preferred as it considers digital and other advertising methods. Dallas metro is one of the few larger U S cities or metroplexes in which public transit systems are not generating income via advertising. New…… MORE
Dallas Murder Rate Climbs
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas police are investigating the city’s 203 homicide of the year today. The murder happened last night in the 3000 block of Falls Drive not far from Cowart Elementary School and Planet Fitness. Officers responded to a complaint of shots fired and fighting around 9 pm Thursday. Upon arrival they discovered the…… MORE
Court: Airline’s Workers Can’t Sue as Class in Pay Dispute
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – A federal appeals court has ruled American Airlines workers at Newark’s airport who claim they’ve been shorted on overtime pay can’t sue as a class. The ruling published Tuesday reverses a New Jersey judge’s decision that would have allowed the lawsuit to go forward and include all non-exempt hourly workers employed…… MORE
Congolese Woman, 41, Dies After Entering US Border Custody
HOUSTON (AP) – A 41-year-old Congolese woman died Wednesday in U.S. government custody shortly after she entered a border station in South Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday. CBP says the 41-year-old woman, who the agency did not identify, had arrived at an official port of entry in Laredo, Texas, early Tuesday afternoon.…… MORE
North Texas to See Another Cold Front at Week’s End
FORT WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – North Texas will see increasing cloud cover on Friday as another cold front readies to blow into the region. Temperatures will continue to reach highs at or near 70F through Friday; then Friday evening a 50% chance of rain takes hold, growing to an estimated 80% chance of showers and…… MORE
Four Year Dallas Veteran Police Officer Dies from Wreck Injuries.
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – The Dallas Police officer involved in a horrific auto wreck on east Mockingbird Lane in Dallas has died from a result of his injuries. Dallas Police spokesman Demarquis Black says four year veteran officer Joseph Michael George died on Christmas Eve. He’d been hospitalized in critical condition since he wrecked his…… MORE
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