HOUSTON (AP) – The Latest on events honoring former President George H.W. Bush (all times local): 9:40 a.m. Former basketball star Yao Ming and Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger among a handful of sports figures attending the Houston funeral for President George H.W. Bush. Arnold Schwarzenegger is at…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The principal of Hillcrest High School has posted a letter to the school’s website addressing parent concerns that a 15-year-old student is accused of a murder and several rapes, but some are saying the school district dropped the ball. Dallas Morning News city columnist Robert Wilonsky wrote that he first learned of…… MORE
Updated 12-06-2018 – 3:56 pm – America’s 41rst President, George H.W. Bush has ridden a special Union Pacific “41-41” train from his second funeral in Houston, Texas, Thursday morning, to College Station for burial at the Texas A and M Presidential Library. Thousands of Americans stood at rail crossings and along the route to wave…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The XFL, a new and unique football league is coming to Globe Life Park in 2020. Rangers co-owner Neil Leibman says they’ve been looking for something to take over the old Globe Life Park as they build a new Rangers Ball Park. Vince McMahon, XFL Founder and Chairman announced, the launch of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Salvation Army Angel Tree program has been a Christmas tradition in the DFW Metroplex since 1984. DFW Salvation Army Commander Major Jonathan Rich said hundreds of companies support 50,000 families by providing wish list gifts. Today the PlainsCapital Bank, Hilltop Holdings, Haynes and Boone, and HFF donated over 300 gifts to the Distribution Center…… MORE
DFW – WBAP/KLIF – The board at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is expected to vote Thursday morning on funding pre construction costs associated with expanding the airport’s international Terminal “D” by four additional gates. Airport spokeswoman Cynthia Vega says the airport is consistently breaking passenger travel records; 69 million were served in fiscal 2018,…… MORE
MCKINNEY – WBAP/KLIF – McKinney Police Departments’ Youth Crimes Unit is investigating an injury to a child case that could result in charges against a childhood care worker from Joyous Montessori on Bountiful Grove Drive in McKinney. Police say Jessica Joy Wiese has been arrested and booked into the Collin County Jail for injury to…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Fort Worth Task Force on Race and Culture, dubbed One Fort Worth has provided its final list of recommendations to the city. It includes more than $3-million worth of proposals, which would be less than one percent of the city’s general fund. Mayor Betsy Price says the task…… MORE
Forney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – In connection with a hazing scandal involving the Forney High School Soccer team, police arrested a sixth student. According the arrest record, 19-year old Tyler Lee Teer is accused of throwing another soccer player to the ground and touching his buttocks through his practice uniform in January 2017. Teer’s charges are…… MORE
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A strong cold front followed by a storm system is expected to bring snow and freezing rain to Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas later this week. The National Weather Service said Tuesday the front will move across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles late Wednesday and on Thursday as it pushes south and…… MORE
