AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A gun loaned to Texas’ Democratic nominee for governor while she was sheriff of Dallas County is missing and she is working with her former department to find it, authorities said Monday. Lupe Valdez was sheriff for 13 years before stepping down in December to become a longshot challenger to Republican…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – In a Facebook post this morning, the Dallas Police Association writes, “we like big butts!” … pork butts that is. The organization put 40 of them on the smoker before 5 o’clock this morning. They’ll be served up to the over 3-thousand people from around the country and the world,…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Free admission at Fort Worth Botanic gardens may not be around for much longer. Botanic Garden director Bob Byers said they hired consultants to do a thorough assessment to evaluate the condition of the property. After inspection, Byers said they need over $15 million to fix issues and maintain the property. He…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Department of Transportation hosted a groundbreaking on the East Loop 820 between Randol Mill Road and Pipeline Road. TXDOT spokesman Val Lopez said the $174 million project will add additional lanes in each direction, replace Trinity River bridges and create new direct connectors to and from SH 121. Lopez said…… MORE
Coppell – (WBAP/KLIF) – If you’ve been waiting for an important piece of mail in North Texas, you may greet as good news the re-opening of the U S Postal Service mail sorting facility in Coppell. It was closed last Tuesday when USPS says four gallons of mercury in an improperly mailed package spilled. Incoming…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas Police Department has changed its uniform policy to be more competitive in recruiting. Officers in Irving are no longer required to cover up their tattoos. Irving Police Chief Jeff Spivey said that other departments in the metroplex have also changed tattoo policies. “If I’m a recruit with a tattoo…… MORE
Update at 1:15pm: Dallas Fire Rescue says all streets, except Flora between Peal and Olive, have reopened. Original Story: DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A gas leak in downtown Dallas forced first responders to evacuate the area around several busy streets Monday morning. Dallas Fire-Rescue said units were dispatched to the leak near 1801 Pearl Street…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The FBI has fired a longtime agent who once worked on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation after he sent text messages criticizing President Donald Trump to a colleague. Former agent Peter Strzok was removed from Mueller’s team a year ago after the text messages were discovered. The FBI had been reviewing…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – The McKinney City Manager proposed a $414.5 million total budget for Fiscal Year 2019 that would result in more than a 1.5-cent reduction in the city’s property tax rate. The budget, which includes more than $149 million in the general fund, would lower the city’s property tax rate from 0.540199 to 0.525170. The…… MORE
Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) U.S. Marshalls and Arlington Police SWAT arrested a man who allegedly rammed an officer’s motorcycle during a traffic stop Saturday. The unidentified officer’s bodycam captured the ordeal. He’s heard telling the dispatcher what happened and said that he was able to jump out of the way. 27-year old Lonnie Johnson is charged…… MORE
