SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Video shot from a helicopter shows a woman leading Texas troopers on a high-speed chase and crashing into a pickup, then taking off on foot holding a baby in a carrier. The Texas Department of Public Safety released the video Friday. The incident happened June 15 in San Antonio. Authorities say…… MORE
(Plano, TX) – Plano Police are looking for a wrong-way driver who crashed his truck and trailer into a power pole and the front of a Red Roof Inn. The driver was going southbound on the northbound 75 service road when police tried getting him off the road; that’s when he turned sharply into the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Collin County Republican Party hosted a Labor Day Campaign Rally in Mckinney today. The city’s Cotton Mill was the backdrop for some big political names, hundreds of people showing support for the Republican Party, and just about everyone singing along to the hit song “God Bless Texas.” Senator Ted Cruz,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A man died after being injured while riding a scooter in Dallas. Police say the accident happened in the 500 block of South Munger. The injured rider asked a witness to call a Lyft ride but when that ride arrived, the scooter rider was unresponsive. The man was taken to Baylor hospital…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Lupe Valdez was in Dallas this morning, speaking at an American Federation of Labor breakfast. Valdez said her campaign has been all about listening to the people, saying her appeal to the “everyday Texan” will increase democratic turnout at the polls because she is listening to the issues…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – Are you the next American Idol? Hundreds of people lined up outside McCall Plaza in downtown Plano in the hopes of getting on ABC’s hit reality show. Residents started showing up around 5 a.m. on Labor Day. The auditions started at 9 a.m. Kyle McCoy was part of the first crowd…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A handful of activists have raised enough money to display a mobile billboard when President Trump comes to Texas next month to support Ted Cruz. A GoFundMe page created by Houston-based activist Antonio Arellano on Saturday, and supported by Stoneman Douglas school shooting survivor-turned activist David Hogg raised nearly 10-thousand dollars in…… MORE
McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A trio of big name Texas Republicans will be on the campaign trail in McKinney on this Labor Day. Governor Greg Abbott, Senator Ted Cruz, and Attorney General Ken Paxton will be at the Cotton Mill at 10am., in an appearance that’s billed as a ‘family friendly’ event, with live music…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll ride to the rescue of one-time bitter rival Sen. Ted Cruz this fall, the strongest indication yet that the Texas conservative firebrand is getting nervous about his challenger, a liberal darling with a growing national profile. Trump tweeted Friday that he will headline “a major rally”…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Police documents reveal previously unreported details about a decades-old drunken-driving arrest of Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke. O’Rourke has long acknowledged the 1998 drunken-driving arrest, saying he made a serious mistake. The Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News recently obtained copies of state and local police reports pertaining to the…… MORE
