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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Police in Austin, Texas, say a man suspected of opening fire in a crowded downtown entertainment district and killing one woman was likely aiming at someone else. Authoritie...

LOCKHART, Texas (AP) – Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides has suspended operations after a gondola hit a high-powered transmission line Saturday in Lockhart, Texas and caught fire, killing all...

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The pilots and mechanics unions for Dallas-based Southwest Airlines are calling for new leadership. Both the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association and the Aircraft Mechanics...

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – In the quarter ending on June 30th, the American economy grew less than 2%, and that’s sluggish at best. So says SMU economist Dr. Bernard Weinstein, who says con...

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police recruiting in major and large American cities is hurting, but in Dallas, it’s the opposite. Applications are way up since the July 7th attack. Retired FBI ...

LOCKHART (WBAP/KLIF News) Hot air ballooning was the world’s first type of manned flight. The Balloon Federation of America says the practice is more than 300 years old and usually very safe. Bu...

HURST (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Hurst enacted a ban on texting while driving last week, and now critics are saying it might be an overreach of local control. The state legislature has debat...

Photograph courtesy of WFAA-TV/Twitter DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A mural honoring the five police officers who were murdered in early July was unveiled Sunday night. The painting on a building o...

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – New managed toll lanes between Dallas and Grand Prairie open Monday. Nine miles of Texpress toll lanes have opened on I-30 between Westmoreland the Bush Turnpike. The l...

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Arlington City Council is preparing to move forward with a $1 billion investment. Council members are working on a plans to build a new stadium for the Texas Ran...