Grand Prairie, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Grand Prairie Independent School District superintendent has died after being involved in a motorcycle accident while on vacation in Arizona. doctor Susan Hull died at an Arizona hospital. Burke Hall, president of the Grand Rrairie ISD Board of Trustees, sent a letter to staff saying in part: “This is…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A time-battered 95-year old building, north of downtown Fort Worth that once served as the meeting place for the Ku Klux Klan is set for demolition. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that the building may be the last standing purpose-built Klan building in the U.S. And now, there is a move…… MORE
Rendon, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A weak earthquake was rattled Tarrant County Monday. A the 2.6 trembler was recorded in Rendon, west of Mansfield, shortly after noon Monday. The depth of the quake was about 3 miles, according to the United States Geological Survey. The Dallas Morning News reports that vibrations of weak earthquakes are similar…… MORE
FRISCO, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) — West Nile virus has been detected in Frisco. According to city news release the discovery came from testing of a mosquito pool near Panther Creek and Teel parkways. The city will apply larvicide in stagnant water in the area. So far nobody has been infected but Frisco Environmental Health Supervisor…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A new University Interscholastic League rule requires physical exams or medical histories for students in school marching bands across Texas. KXAN-TV in Austin reports doctors want to make sure marching band students are healthy enough to participate, especially during excessive heat. The physicals requirement applies to marching band members entering the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A motion was filed Monday to move the murder trial of former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger out of Dallas County. According to Police, Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean in his Dallas apartment last year after mistaking his unit for her own. Guyger’s lawyers claim their client wouldn’t get a fair trial…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The four Dallas Police Officers and one DART Officer killed in the 2016 Police ambush were honored Monday with the unveiling of a memorial outside the Dallas Police Headquarters. The ceremony came a day after the third anniversary of the shootings, which was the deadliest attack on law enforcement since September 11, 2001.…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A GoFundMe page has been set up for the family of the Denton toddler who was found dead in an SUV last week. After a massive search, the body of two-year-old Sarbesh Gurung was found in the back of a neighbor’s SUV last Wednesday morning. His mother had reported him missing…… MORE
Collin County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Collin County Sheriff’s Department may have unraveled a counterfeit money operation in the process of its investigation into an alleged assault at an assisted care facility in Lucas last month. In a tweet, the department said that their investigation, over the past three weeks revealed that a former caregiver…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth police say a tow truck driver was killed this morning after being struck by his own truck on I35W at Alliance Gateway Freeway. Police say the driver was pulled over on the service road around 3am, trying to secure a vehicle that he was towing from a nearby apartment…… MORE
