DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas City Councilman is sorry to those he offended after comments made while voting against a pay raise for Dallas police officers. Councilman Lee Kleinman said he is concerned about police unions and whether the city would increase taxes. “I’m sorry I offended some people. That was not not the intention,”…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – For the next fiscal year the tax rate in Frisco will remain at .4466. On Tuesday night, Frisco City Council members adopted a flat tax rate of .4466 – one of the lowest rates in North Texas. Frisco Council members also approved a $507 million total budget which takes effect October…… MORE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – A North America Airport satisfaction study by J.D Power, Dallas Love Field was ranked #2 of 24 large airports and DFW was ranked #5 of 19 mega airports. JD Power’s, Michael Taylor said they surveyed over 40,000 North America travelers who traveled through at least one Domestic Airport in the past three months. The…… MORE
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) – A South Texas police officer has been shot following a pursuit and struggle with a suspect who authorities say was known to smuggle people across the border into the U.S. Starr County District Attorney Omar Escobar Jr. tells The Monitor newspaper that the Rio Grande City officer was shot…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says a spending plan pushed by congressional Republicans is “ridiculous” because funding for a border wall with Mexico that Trump has promised is not included. Trump tweeted Thursday that he wants to know “where is the money for Border Security and the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The trial against a former Mesquite police officer accused of shooting an unarmed man he thought was breaking into a truck last November continued Thursday…and the victim Lyndo Jones took the stand for the second day. Derek Wiley is charged with aggravated assault by a public servant. The defense questioned Lyndo Jones’…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Ivanka Trump will take part in few Republican fundraisers ahead of the midterm elections including, a 10-to-50-thousand dollar event in Dallas, according to the Star-Telegram. No word on the date of that event. Meantime, the Dallas Morning News reports, Ms. trump will visit a Walmart in Mesquite tomorrow for a tour and…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police are looking for a potential serial rapist who has been making his way into women’s apartments by knocking on their doors and forcing themselves in. The most recent incident happened yesterday morning at an apartment complex not far from the Galleria. Police say a thin black man asked the woman…… MORE
Houston (CNN) – Rice University will award scholarships that will cover the cost of tuition to students from low-income and middle-income families starting next fall, the school announced this week. Under an initiative called The Rice Investment, US students seeking an undergraduate degree with family incomes under $130,000 will not pay tuition. Those with family incomes below…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans fired back Wednesday at an East Texas school superintendent who wrote: “You can’t count on a black quarterback,” in the comment section of an online news article where he was criticizing quarterback Deshaun Watson. Lynn Redden is superintendent of the Onalaska Independent School District in the Piney Woods, about…… MORE
