DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council voted Tuesday to approve a budget that includes pay raises for first responders. The $1.3 billion general budget brings a base salary of $60,000 for Police and firefighters. The raises are nearly $10,000 higher than what was initially considered in the budget proposed by the City Manager. Some…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Love Field Airport could be adding more restaurants and seating soon to help ease the long lines inside the main terminal. Airport officials say the situation is leading to lost revenue for the city. This woman files out of Love Field often and said the way food options are currently set…… MORE
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – Money Magazine has named Frisco,Texas the No. 1 Best Place to live in 2018. According to the magazine, part of the city’s appeal is the low cost of living, high incomes and booming job growth. In addition, the magazine cites the city’s “outstanding” schools. Mayor Jeff Cheney told us, “We didn’t need…… MORE
OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC (KLIF/WBAP) — What was once Hurricane Florence has left the Carolinas, but the remnants continue to cause problems for residents. The rain only just stopped falling in places like Ocean Isle Beach. Correspondent Curtis Biasi joined Amy to talk about recovery efforts so far. Dave Williams & Amy Chodroff, KLIF/WBAP, Copyright © 2018… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Baptist Men is headed out for another humanitarian mission, this time to the East coast where millions are reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. The group, which travels the world to help people recover from natural disasters will head out this week. TBM is equipped to prepare an estimated need…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) FORT WORTH – Helicopters flew above the city of Fort Worth and much a traffic was stopped as the body of Fort Worth Police Officer Garrett Hull was driven to the Greenwood Funeral Home from the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday afternoon. Officer Hull was shot in the head while in pursuit…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County Public Health Officials have identified additional mumps cases involving students at TCU in Fort Worth. TCU sent out an email to those who may have been in contact with the 5 individuals affected by Mumps. “This includes people in their classes, faculty, students groups, sororities, fraternities,” Tarrant County Epidemiologist Russel Jones…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Former Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver has been transferred out of the Dallas County Jail. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department says Oliver has been taken and turned over to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to begin serving his 15 year prison sentence for murder. Oliver was taken to the James…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says “a little delay” may be needed on an upcoming Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. But the president is predicting that it will “work out very well.” The president is facing questions about Kavanaugh amid scrutiny of a woman’s claim that…… MORE
Updated at 2:45pm: The man accused of taking hostages at a home in Las Colinas was found dead Monday afternoon. Irving police believe the man, who was at one point holding five hostages, was involved in a domestic dispute with his estranged wife. The hostages were able to escape the home earlier Monday. Original…… MORE
