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Migrant: Young Family Ignored Advice Against Border Swim

Migrant: Young Family Ignored Advice Against Border Swim

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — The young family from El Salvador appeared in this border city over the weekend with fear already on their faces. They went to the downtown bridge that leads to Brownsville, Texas, where Xiomara Mejia, herself also a migrant from Central America, explained that the newcomers would not be able to add…MORE

Frisco to be Home to $40 Million Music Entertainment Complex

Frisco to be Home to $40 Million Music Entertainment Complex

FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF)- A music entertainment center is coming to the City of Frisco. Music Street Frisco is a 6.7-acre, $40 million privately funded entertainment complex that will include a 1,024-seat indoor performance hall, a 400-seat outdoor performance stage, and multiple restaurants. In conjunction with Steve Morriss (Project Visionary) and Rodney Haggard (Plano, TX Developer), Dallas-based…MORE

Richardson Father Punished for Death of his Daughter

Richardson Father Punished for Death of his Daughter

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) Wesley Mathews of Richardson has been sentenced to life in prison in the death of his 3-year-old adopted daughter Sherin. Mathews, who pleaded guilty to ‘Injury to a Child by Omission’ before his Capital Murder trial began, claims Sherin choked on her milk and died in their home. Jurors spent about three hours…MORE

Senate OKs Bipartisan Bill to Care for Migrants

Senate OKs Bipartisan Bill to Care for Migrants

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has approved bipartisan legislation providing $4.6 billion to care for thousands of migrants streaming into the U.S. across the Mexican border. The measure resembles a package Democrats already pushed through the House with scant Republican support. The House bill has more constraints than the Senate version on how the Trump…MORE

DART Receives National Recognition for its Response to Perception of Increased Crime

DART Receives National Recognition for its Response to Perception of Increased Crime

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – DART is being nationally recognized for its response to a perception of increased crime at stations and on trains. The American Public Transportation Association awarded Dallas Area Rapid Transit its 2019 Gold Award for Security for light rail and streetcar systems at the annual APTA Rail Conference in Toronto, Ontario, on Tuesday. “Congratulations…MORE

Private Security to Monitor Katy Trail in Dallas

Private Security to Monitor Katy Trail in Dallas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – As the Dallas Police Department continues to struggle with a shortage of officers, some local organizations and entities are taking security in their own hands. The Friends of Katy Trail posted on its website that they’re hiring two private security officers to monitor the popular trail in Uptown during the busiest times.…MORE

Texas Man Who Threatened Trump From Prison Gets 37 Months

Texas Man Who Threatened Trump From Prison Gets 37 Months

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) – A Texas man who threatened President Donald Trump from a Louisiana prison has been sentenced to just over three years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 24-year-old Buddy Keith Myers of Gibbs, Texas, was sentenced Monday for threatening the president. He’d faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000…MORE

Delta Allows Passengers To Dominican Republic To Cancel Flights

Delta Allows Passengers To Dominican Republic To Cancel Flights

New York (CNN Business) – Delta Air Lines is giving passengers to one of the Dominican Republic’s airports the right to change or cancel tickets without the usual penalty. The flights covered by the waiver are those going to and from Punta Cana, on the eastern tip of the Island, where several American tourists have died in the…MORE

Border Official Resigns Amid Uproar Over Migrant Children

Border Official Resigns Amid Uproar Over Migrant Children

HOUSTON (AP) — The acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection resigned Tuesday amid an uproar over the discovery of migrant children being held in pitiful conditions at one of the agency’s stations in Texas. Acting Commissioner John Sanders’ departure deepened the sense of crisis and added to the rapid turnover inside the agencies…MORE