Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A fatal accident involving a TRE train near Medical Market Station this morning has been cleared. Bus shuttles have been canceled, and trains have resumed normal service. Shortly before five this morning a pedestrian was hit between the Market Station and downtown Irving. A medical examiner will determine the cause of death.…… MORE
Dallas & Denison PDs Named in Report on ‘Cops Racist, Violent Social Media Posts’
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Police departments in at least five states are investigating their officers’ social media feeds after the weekend publication of a database that appears to catalog thousands of inflammatory posts by active-duty and former cops. The posts were uncovered by a team of researchers who spent two years looking at the personal Facebook…… MORE
Record Number Of Migrant Families Detained At Border In May
HOUSTON (AP) – The Border Patrol says a new record was set in May for the number of migrant families apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. Agents apprehended 132,887 people in May, the largest figure in more than a decade. It set a record with 84,542 adults and children apprehended. Another 11,507 people were children traveling…… MORE
New Industrial Business Park coming to Mesquite, Bringing Over 500 Jobs
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF)- A $71 million business park is planned for Mesquite bringing over 500 jobs to the area. The proposed project will sit on 80 acres off I-30, near the LBJ freeway intersection. “What’s cool about this project is that it’s going to be massive, encompass more than 970,000 square feet of industrial space,” said…… MORE
New Poll Shows Biden Beats Trump in Texas
(WBAP/KLIF) – A new poll shows Joe Biden beating President Donald Trump in Texas. The poll from Quinnipiac University shows the former vice president beating President Trump by four points, 48 to 44. The president though beats many other democratic candidates, including Bernie Sanders, if Biden is not the democratic nominee. Trump beats Sanders, Beto…… MORE
Cruz, Cornyn Oppose Tariff Threat on Mexico
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Both GOP senators from Texas are joining other republicans in breaking ranks with the president over a tariff threat to Mexico. Senator Ted Cruz says it is a game of chicken on who will blink first. “I understand that the president is frustrated with congressional democrats refusing to do their job,” Cruz…… MORE
Fort Worth High School Teacher Fired after Illegal Immigration Tweets
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth ISD board voted to fire teacher Georgia Clark after posting a series of tweets about illegal immigrants to President Donald Trump. Clark, an English teacher at Carter Riverside High School posted several comments on illegal immigration to Trump from a now-deleted twitter account. One of the tweets said, “Mr. President, Fort…… MORE
Removed Lee Statue Sells for Close to $1.5 Million at Auction
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas will make back the money it spent to remove the Robert E. Lee statue from a city park in 2017; and then some. The Statue was removed per city council vote and has since been in a storage facility. The same council voted last month to sell the…… MORE
Formal Complaint Alleges Arlington Police Chief Used Racial Slur
Updated 6/5/2019 at 4:35pm to include statement from City of Arlington ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — A formal complaint filed to the Arlington City Manager’s office alleges Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson used a racial slur during a November manager’s meeting. The complaint, which was filed on March 22nd by Arlington Municipal Patrolman Association President Chris…… MORE
Mexico Lobbies United States to Negotiate Ahead of Planned Tariffs
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A delegation from Mexico is in Washington D.C. Wednesday in an effort to negotiate an alternative to President Trump’s plan to impose tariff’s on all goods from Mexico June 10th. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent the largest delegation of people including government officials and business leaders since he took office…… MORE
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