DALLAS (AP) — Ryan Clare chewed on a turkey leg as he milled about the Texas state fairgrounds hours before another major sporting event inside historic Cotton Bowl Stadium. No, this wasn’t the Texas-Oklahoma football game, always held in October during the fair. Clare has never been to the annual Red River rivalry, but the…… MORE
MANSIFIELD – WBAP/KLIF – Methodist Hospital of Mansfield is celebrating its first birth of the New Year. A little girl named Emma Leigh Petermeier chose the time of 12:01 AM to push into the New Year, weighing in at 6 pounds, 12 ounces. The new parents received a new baby book to help Emma Leigh…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Denton Police Department is investigating a deadly New Year’s Eve shooting. According to Denton PD, dispatch received a call around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday reporting a shooting at 905 Cleveland Street. When Officers arrived they found a man lying on the ground inside the apartment complex gated parking lot with a gunshot…… MORE
Plano, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A freak accident claimed the life of a man in Plano on New Year’s Eve. Party-goers reportedly discovered the 64-year old victim lying in the middle of the street outside a home on Williams Way. When police arrived, they initially thought the man had been shot due to his extensive head…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Our news department takes a look at the top stories of 2019: Among the top stories are the historic impeachment of President Donald Trump, former Dallas Police officer Amber Guyger being sentenced to prison for the murder of Botham Jean, and the October 20th tornadoes that struck the Dallas area. 2019 will also be…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — After losing $540 million since the grounding of the 737 max, Southwest Airlines is tentative regarding 2020 projections. The Dallas-based airline is still awaiting FAA re-certification of the 737-Max. Until then CEO Gary Kelly says the airline may start looking at alternatives. By flying one type of plane, the company saves millions of dollars…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The city of Dallas just experienced one of the deadliest years in over a decade. Unofficially, the city recorded 209 homicides in 2019, 7 more than in 2005. Violent crimes increased dramatically in 2019 with 209 homicides, a 15% jump in robberies, and a 19% increase in aggravated assaults. Dallas Police Association president Mike…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Carrollton police have yet to make an arrest in the death of 12 year old Victor Garcia and frustration is growing. The young boy was hit and killed by a swerving car while walking home on a Carrollton sidewalk on December 23rd. Victor’s brother Adrian Garcia is frustrated and the family just wants…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — New information points to questions of mental instability in the Texas church shooting. Keith Thomas Kinnunen was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges in 2012. However, he was later deemed competent for trial, but the charges were reduced to misdemeanors. Kinnunen fatally shot two people at a White Settlement church, Sunday, before…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A Texas judge has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in another court setback over the Infowars host. Jones is being sued in Texas for defamation by the parents of a 6-year-old who was among the 26 children and adults killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.…… MORE
