DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas oil and gas businessman who dubbed himself the “Frack Master” has been charged with money laundering and fraud after regulators accused him and others of defrauding investors of about $80 million. Christopher Faulkner, who made appearances on cable TV to discuss oil and gas topics, was arrested Monday at Los…… MORE
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State of the Art Sports Therapy Center Opens in Frisco
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF) – Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research, a 300,000-square-foot medical and sports performance complex located at The Star in Frisco, home of the Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters, is now open. According to experts in the sports performance and healthcare fields, the work being done at Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy &…… MORE
Fuel Spill Closes High Five Interchange in North Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The headache of headaches for North Texas travelers came Thursday with most of the Dallas High Five interchange closed for hours. A fuel spill Thursday morning led to hours of cleanup on various ramps in the large interchange connecting I-635/LBJ Freeway and U.S. 75/Central Expressway in North Dallas. The High Five was…… MORE
Latinos Could be the Majority in Texas by 2022
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – New U.S. Census stats released this (Thursday) morning, show that Texas baby boomers are attributed to a continuing aging population. The Lone Star State also got bit more diverse between July 2016 and July 2017. Data suggests that Latinos will outnumber whites in Texas by the year 2022. Previous estimates pegged Latinos…… MORE
Abbott calls for end to ‘disgraceful’ family separations
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is asking Texas’ congressional delegation to find bipartisan solutions to immigrant children being separated from parents who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, saying “this disgraceful condition must end.” In a letter to the state’s 36 House members and two senators on Wednesday, Abbott said “it can only…… MORE
Dallas Based AT&T Unveils New Streaming Service
NEW YORK (AP) – AT&T is launching a new streaming service incorporating networks from the Time Warner company it just bought. Thursday’s announcement comes just days after AT&T closed its $81 billion Time Warner deal. The WatchTV service is a cable-like package of more than 30 TV channels delivered over the internet, similar to Sling…… MORE
Anti-Liberal Billboard in Texas Panhandle to Come Down
VEGA, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) — The billboard in the Texas panhandle that told liberals to keep on driving out of Texas is coming down. The owner of the billboard tells the Fort Worth Star Telegram that media coverage and social media backlash resulting from its message is the reason he’s removing it. He says he…… MORE
Poor Air Quality Leads to New TxDOT Clean Air Campaign
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Poor air quality in North Texas has TxDOT telling drivers to take action. TxDOT is launching its “Drive Clean Texas” campaign to help move the Metroplex out of a classification that says its air quality does not meet federal standards. “Summer’s just now beginning, and when slow wind speeds and hot sunny…… MORE
Trump Signs Executive Order Keeping Families Together
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep families together at the southern border, saying at the White House that he doesn’t like the sight of children being separated from their families. He said, “We are keeping families together.” But the president added the “zero tolerance” policy will continue. Vice…… MORE
DFW Mayors Announce Partnership with the City of London
(WBAP/KLIF) – London and the region of Dallas-Fort Worth announced a city-to-city partnership Tuesday that is expected to strengthen trade and investment ties between the two regions. The agreement intends to link the two economies more closely together and help high growth companies looking to expand from one region to another. Following a meeting in London between…… MORE
