Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Lawyers for the Texas Democratic Party asked a Travis County judge on Tuesday to force the release a secret recording of the Texas House speaker. Democrats want political activist Michael Quinn Sullivan to make the recording available by Friday. Sullivan alleged over the summer that during a meeting with Speaker Dennis Bonnen…… MORE
Richardson: Woman Says Two Men Demanded Her Cell Phone in Exchange for Her Child
Richardson, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – It was a frightful ordeal for a Richardson woman who was walking with her three kids in Cottonwood park Monday evening. Police say a woman was using her cell phone to video her kids as they walked when a male suspect grabbed for her phone. This, as another grabbed one of…… MORE
Greyhound Apologizes to Texas Man Who Was Kicked Off Bus
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Greyhound Lines has apologized to a Texas man who sued the company after a driver forced him off a bus at a station in Kansas at the dead of night, accusing him of being unruly and uncooperative. Mohammad Reza Sardari was traveling from Dallas to Kansas City, Missouri, in November…… MORE
Uber plans to Test, Map out Dallas for Self Driving Rideshare Technology
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Uber hosts it’s first town hall at it’s new hub in Dallas to talk about self driving technology coming to the city. Uber plans to have drivers map out the entire city starting next month. Eric Meyhoffer CEO of Uber Advanced Technologies Group says this will be completely safe for riders and pedestrians.…… MORE
Dallas City Council Votes to Rename Columbus Day
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – According to the calendar, next Monday is Columbus Day but in Dallas the day will bare a different name. The Dallas City Council voted Tuesday to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. Supporters of the change said Tuesday that the new name is more appropriate when acknowledging Christopher Columbus’ journey. “Native…… MORE
White House says it Won’t Comply with Inquiry
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House has notified the House that the Trump administration will not participate in what it is calling Democrats’ “illegitimate” impeachment probe. White House Counsel Pat Cipollone writes in a letter to House Democratic leaders that their inquiry has processed in a “manner that violates fundamental fairness and constitutionally mandated due…… MORE
Dallas Police Say Witness in Guyger Trial was Killed in Drug Deal Gone Bad
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department identified three suspects Tuesday in the Murder of a witness in the trial for former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger. Joshua Brown was found shot to death outside his apartment two days after Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the killing of Botham Jean. Brown…… MORE
Fort Worth Activists Calling for the Removal of Historic Mural of Men Picking Cotton at Will Rogers Memorial Center
Activists with the Fort Worth NAACP are pushing the city to remove part of a mural on the Will Rogers Memorial Center that shows two African American men picking cotton. “We received the complaint to it is our responsibility from a civil rights organization to address any issue that is of concern,” said Tarrant County…… MORE
Fort Worth Firefighter Among 92 Added to National Fallen Firefighters Memorial
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Fort Worth firefighter shared an honor with 92 others by being added to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmetbsburg, Maryland. William Thompson started with the department in 1988 and served on a truck until he was side-lined with a job-related respiratory illness. He continued to serve, working as…… MORE
No Indictment for Former Bartender Accused of Over-Serving Customer Before His Murderous Rampage
Plano, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Collin County grand jury declined to indict a former bartender who was charged with over-serving a customer before he went on a murderous rampage over two years ago. Spencer Hight was a regular customer at the Local Pub House in Plano, when on September 10, 2017 he had consumed four…… MORE
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