ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Frank Lucchesi, who replaced the fired Billy Martin as manager of the Texas Rangers in 1975 and was punched by a player upset over a demotion two years later, has died. He was 92. The Rangers said Lucchesi died Saturday. The San Francisco native lived in the Dallas area. Lucchesi managed…… MORE
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Utility Crews from Mississippi & Alabama Headed to DFW to Help Restore Power
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The damage reports are still coming in after damaging high-wind storms ripped through the metroplex Sunday. Most of the damage and subsequent power outages are reported in Dallas where some 250,000 customers are still in the dark. Jen Myers with Oncor says that power crews from Mississippi and Alabama are headed this…… MORE
Candlelight Vigil Held For Grand Prairie Police Officer Killed in the Line of Duty
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Hundreds of people paid tribute to Grand Prairie Police Officer A.J.Castaneda during a candlelight vigil at Grand Prairie Police Headquarters Sunday night. The department’s Public Information Officer, Chelsea Kretz said “the department is hurting, our city is hurting, and our profession is hurting.” But Kretz, who considers herself a co-worker and…… MORE
Widespread Damage After Severe Storms Blow Through the Metroplex
Dallas/Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Severe thunderstorms packing up to 70 mph winds were active early this afternoon across the metroplex. Damage is widespread across Collin, Tarrant and Denton Counties and in Dallas, where winds blew a crane into an apartment building, killing one person and injuring several others. New @WFAA DFW weather: 1 dead as…… MORE
Dallas Police; One Dead Five Injured After Crane Collapses Onto Dallas Apartment Building
UPDATED 6/10/19 8:41AM Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Residents of the Elan City Lights Apartment complex near Deep Ellum in Dallas will be allowed inside the complex to get their belongings a day after a crane crashed into the building, killing one person and injuring five others. Toni Reeves with the property owner Greystar Rea Estate says…… MORE
Eric Johnson Elected Mayor of Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas residents elected the city’s new Mayor Saturday night after months of debate and a runoff for the position. State Representative Eric Johnson defeated Dallas City Councilman Scott Griggs with 55% of the vote. Johnson got off to an early start after early voting numbers showed him ahead by 12 percentage points…… MORE
Vigil Planned Sunday Night for Fallen Grand Prairie Police Officer
GRAND PRAIRIE – WBAP/KLIF – A vigil will be held at the headquarters of the Grand Prairie Police Department at 8:30 pm. Sunday evening for an officer killed on the Bush Turnpike Friday morning. Address; 1525 Arkansas Lane, Grand Prairie. Officer A J Castenada died Friday morning on the Bush Turnpike near Dickey Road while…… MORE
Three Face Capital Murder Charges in a Dallas Gun Related Death
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Three men are under arrest and face capital murder charges in the death of a man found in the street dead of gunshot wounds, in the latest spate of gun violence and tragedy in Dallas. Dallas Police report the arrest and capital murder charges against 18 year old Jamie Israel Saenz…… MORE
Grand Prairie Police Reports One Man is Dead Following Auto-Pedestrian Accident
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Grand Prairie Police are investigating an auto-pedestrian accident that left one man dead. According to police the incident happened about 4:45 a.m., Saturday morning when two men tried to cross the main lanes of Highway 360 North. One of the men was hit by a gold Chevy Malibu on the North…… MORE
Texas Border Patrol Agent Credited With Saving Migrant Woman and Her Son From Bee Attack
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas is credited with saving a migrant woman and her young son who were attacked and covered by thousands of bees. The agency said in a statement Friday that the agent was patrolling the Rio Grande in Brownsville, in southernmost Texas, when bees entered his…… MORE
