ENNIS COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A North Texas police chief and his volunteer firefighter son are among five people killed in a head-on crash in Ellis County Sunday morning. The crash claimed the lives of Chief Michael Spurgeon Sr., his son Michael Spurgeon Jr. and three other Ennis-area residents. The Texas Department of Public Safety said…… MORE
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – There is fallout over the arrest of a former Deep Ellum bartender who is charged with allegedly beating a woman who he says blocked his way out of a parking log early Wednesday. Dozens of angry protesters took to the streets Saturday in Deep Ellum to disrupt the entertainment district in…… MORE
Coppell, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Coppell Police are on the hunt for three people suspected of vandalizing Kid County Playground and Andy Brown Park late last week. The suspects allegedly ripped pages from the books in the “free library” section of the park, then set them on fire, and caused other damages estimated to be over…… MORE
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said Sunday that his personal use and ownership of firearms taught him the responsibility of having guns and can help bridge politically fraught discussions about gun control in the U.S. The former Texas congressman told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday in Las Vegas that…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Cost-cutting states are trying to keep schools happy as teacher unrest over low pay and overcrowded classrooms continues into a second year. Pressure from voters is forcing states to put more money on the table as much as picket lines. In Texas, Republican lawmakers have proposed $5,000 teacher raises and $9…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A conservative Christian group has dropped its lawsuit attempting to overturn Austin’s anti-discrimination ordinance that extends employment protection to sexual orientation and gender identity. The Austin American-Statesman reports that the U.S. Pastor Council has dismissed its federal lawsuit against the city of Austin. The group alleges that the city’s ordinance is…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the special counsel’s Russia investigation. President Donald Trump is touting the Justice Department’s summary of special counsel Robert Mueller findings, saying “it was a shame” the nation had to go through the investigation. Trump claims the report found “there was no collusion with Russia, there…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Funeral services will be held this week for the last Fort Worth member of the famed Tuskegee airmen. Robert McDaniel died Thursday at age 96. A wake for him will be held Wednesday evening at Fort Worth’s Saint Peter Presbyterian Church. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 AM Thursday at Shiloh…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – A new Associated Press poll says it found a wide majority of Americans are in favor of stricter gun control laws. 67% want tougher gun laws. 22% like things as they are. 10% think gun laws are too tough now. That is essentially unchanged from a similar AP poll conducted a year…… MORE
IRVING – WBAP/KLIF – A 33 year old Irving woman; wife and mother to two children, was killed in an attack by her two dogs as she walked them in an enclosed area behind a vet’s office Saturday afternoon. Police officer James McClellan says an investigation is underway to determine the reason the dogs attacked;…… MORE
