DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The 2018 NFL Draft this past April generated $125.2 million in economic impact for the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex. According to the Dallas Sports Commission it’s the first time the draft has ever exceeded $100 million in economic impact for its host region. The three day even was held at AT&T Stadium…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s campaign office has announced it will host a rally at NRG Arena in Houston to “expand” Republican majorities in Congress, but doesn’t specifically mention Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. The campaign office says the event takes place Oct. 22 at the 8,000-seat convention hall. Trump is slated to headline the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) Dallas – Police say they are adding extra patrols near the 3700 block of Juniper, on the southeast corner of Marsh and Walnut Hill after a mother reported a suspicious man approached he child while he played in the yard around 4:30 Saturday. The mother says her young son was playing outside and…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- UPDATE: Parent’s of 9-year-old Payton Summons returned to court Monday for another hearing to determine if their daughter will be removed from life support. A Tarrant County judge ruled to extend the Temporary Restraining Order until October 22nd at 6pm. At the hearing the family’s attorneys asked to extend the TPO so…… MORE
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AP) – President Donald Trump is marveling at the hurricane damage he’s seen while touring devastated Florida Panhandle communities. Trump and his wife, Melania, visited a FEMA aid distribution center Monday in the city of Lynn Haven. People there were signing up for temporary housing and picking up clothing, diapers,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas-based AT&T is working to restore internet service to customers after a fire at one of their facilities possibly knocked out internet to customers in portions of Dallas Fort Worth. “Damage caused by a fire at one of our facilities may be affecting internet services for some of our customers in the…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth says it believes a thorough investigation has been done ahead of releasing names of those who were credibly accused of sexual abuse. All 15 dioceses in Texas are set to release a list of names of those credibly accused on January 31, 2019. Bishop…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Authorities are searching for a man accused of crashing into a Houston television station’s news van and then driving off with a police vehicle. KPRC-TV reports one of its news vans was sideswiped by another car early Monday morning at a downtown Houston intersection. Photographer Damon Sales said the driver tried to…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Immigration authorities detain and process thousands of people every month who cross the U.S. border without permission. But when detained people try to make claims of misconduct, advocates say they run into a series of hurdles that make their complaints difficult to substantiate. An internal government report details the hurdles faced by…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas Police officer has been arrested for injuring a child. The department says Sergeant Jamie McDonald was arrested by the Royse City Police Department late Saturday, and remains in Rockwall County Jail now on a felony charge. No details yet regarding the specifics of her arrest — McDonald has been with…… MORE
