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City of Fort Worth Approves New Ordinance to Fix Homeless Encampment Issue

City of Fort Worth Approves New Ordinance to Fix Homeless Encampment Issue

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth City Council approved an ordinance change that makes it easier for police and code compliance officers to limit unauthorized camping on private property. Communications will place all unauthorized camping complaints that come through 911 or the non-emergency number on a “hot list” to be directed to The Homeless Outreach…MORE

Trump Answers Questions in Impeachment Inquiry Aftermath

Trump Answers Questions in Impeachment Inquiry Aftermath

NEW YORK (AP) – President Donald Trump says the diplomacy he conducted this week is being overshadowed by a conversation in which he urged Ukraine’s president to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. Trump is telling reporters at a news conference that he met with nearly 20 different world leaders during three days in New…MORE

Dallas City Council Approves Street Name Change to ‘Nowitzki Way’

Dallas City Council Approves Street Name Change to ‘Nowitzki Way’

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – An NBA legend will soon have a street named after him in Dallas. A portion of Olive Street that runs in front of the American Airlines Center will be renamed “Nowitzki Way” in honor of recently retired Dallas Mavericks Star Dirk Nowitzki. The city council officially approved the name change Wednesday. Councilman…MORE

WATCH LIVE: Day 3 Former DPD Officer Amber Guyger on Trial for Murder

WATCH LIVE: Day 3 Former DPD Officer Amber Guyger on Trial for Murder

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Testimony in the murder trial for former Dallas Police officer Amber Guyger continues this week in a Dallas County courtroom. Guyger told police last September that she shot and killed Botham Jean after mistaking his apartment for her own. Watch: Amber Guyger Trial:  Day 1, Day 2, (WBAP/KLIF) UPDATE 5:07PM Day 3 of Amber…MORE

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: ‘Nobody Pushed Me’

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: ‘Nobody Pushed Me’

NEW YORK (AP) – President Donald Trump says he placed “no pressure” on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. Trump commented Wednesday during a meeting in New York with Zelenskiy on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly. Asked about their July telephone call, Zelenskiy said it was a…MORE

Plano Police Chief Promoted, Search for New Chief to Begin Next Month

Plano Police Chief Promoted, Search for New Chief to Begin Next Month

PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano Police Chief has been promoted to another position with the city. Plano City Manager Mark Israelson has named Greg Rushin Deputy City Manager. Since May, Rushin has served as interim deputy city manager, while continuing his leadership of the police department. He will have responsibility for public safety, which includes…MORE

Texas Inmate To Be Executed For Brutal Killing Of Wife, Stepsons In Dallas Home

Texas Inmate To Be Executed For Brutal Killing Of Wife, Stepsons In Dallas Home

HUNTSVILLE  (WBAP/KLIF News) – A North Texas man who fatally stabbed his two young stepsons and killed his wife in their Dallas home in 2007 is scheduled to be executed Wednesday night. 45-year-old Robert Sparks is set to be given a lethal injection for the brutal killings of 9-year-old Harold Sublet and 10-year-old Raekwon Agnew.…MORE

White House Releases Memo of President Trump’s Conversation With Ukraine’s Leader

White House Releases Memo of President Trump’s Conversation With Ukraine’s Leader

WASHINGTON (AP) – The memo summarizing President Donald Trump’s call with the Ukraine leader shows the president’s lingering fixation on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Trump refers to the ex-FBI director as a “man named Robert Mueller” and says he turned in “a very poor performance.” The memo also shows that the president made…MORE

The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House Impeachment Inquiry

The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House Impeachment Inquiry

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine’s new leader to work with Rudy Giuliani and the U.S. attorney general to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. That’s according to a five-page memo summarizing the July 25 call. The White House released the memo Wednesday. The conversation between Trump and Ukraine’s president is just one…MORE