HOUSTON (AP) – Dallas civil rights attorney Lee Merritt has suspended his campaign for Texas attorney general. Merritt’s Thursday announcement sets up a May runoff between the Democratic primary’s top vote-getter, Rochelle Garza, and former Galveston mayor Joe Jaworski. Merritt acknowledged during a news conference in Houston that as a ballot recount continues from last…… MORE
Dallas ISD Basketball Player Arrested Ahead of State Tournament in San Antonio
A Dallas Kimball high school basketball player was arrested and a student trainer was injured after a player’s gun discharged on the team bus after a practice in San Antonio on Wednesday night. 18-year-old Kyron Henderson faces with two felony gun charges. The team was preparing for the state tournament and was heading to dinner…… MORE
North Texas Construction Company Seeks to Hire More Women
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A North Texas construction company is breaking the stigma on women in the industry. The commercial masonry industry is a $31 billion market according to IBISWorld, a leading market research company. Currently there are more than 225,000 people employed in commercial masonry across the United States but women only represent approximately 1.1% of…… MORE
Dallas Introduces City’s First-Ever Inspector General
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson introduced Bart Bevers, the city’s first-ever Inspector General, on Thursday at Dallas City Hall. According to Mayor Johnson, the Office of Inspector General will monitor, investigate, and prosecute potential ethics violations . The office was established as part of the ethics reforms proposed by the mayor and passed…… MORE
Statewide Gas Price Average Sets New Record as it Continues to Climb
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The statewide gas price average in Texas is $4.00 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is 62 cents more than from this day last week and is $1.45 more per gallon compared to this day last year. Of the major metropolitan…… MORE
The City of Dallas, 2 Local Sites to Open Temporary Warming Centers
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Another winter snap is headed for North Texas Friday night and the City of Dallas wants to make sure its most vulnerable citizens have a place to stay warm. Below freezing temperatures and wintry precipitation will blanket the region until Saturday morning. The J. Erik Jonsson Central Library downtown at 1515…… MORE
Attack on Ukrainian Hospital Draws Outrage as Talks Stall
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol maternity hospital that killed three people brought condemnation down on Moscow on Thursday, with Ukrainian and Western officials branding it a war crime, while the highest-level talks yet yielded no progress in stopping the fighting. Emergency workers renewed efforts to get food and medical supplies…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: How ‘Sinful’ Are Texans?
Dave and Amy have the goods!… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Who’s Your Daddy?
A Dallas woman is suing Jerry Jones for her existence. Dave and Amy Discuss.… MORE
Woman sues Cowboys’ Jerry Jones, says he’s biological father
DALLAS (AP) — A 25-year-old woman who grew up in North Texas is suing Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, alleging he’s her biological father. Alexandra Davis says in a lawsuit filed last week in Dallas County that she was conceived from a relationship Jones had with her mother, Cynthia Davis, in the mid-1990s, The Dallas…… MORE
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