Bedford (WBAP/KLIF) – Bedford Police are looking for a man who walked away from a hospital where he was being treated for a gunshot wound to the head. Officers were called to 53 year old Manuel Castillo’s house late Friday night to investigate reports that he was shooting at a neighbor’s home. Castillo shot at…… MORE
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Two suspects have been arrested for a Mesquite double homicide
Mesquite (WBAP/KLIF) – Mesquite Police have arrested two suspects in a double murder that occurred a week ago. Cassius Williams and Rozman Shannon, Jr are charged with the killings of two teenagers who were shot to death in the cab of a red pickup truck. Mesquite Police describe the killings as a drug robbery, saying…… MORE
A List of Things Texas Republicans Want The Legislature To Consider
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The next legislative session is months away, but that did not stop Texas Republicans from releasing a list of things they want next year’s legislature to consider. In its updated platform the Texas Republican Party specifically wants the 2019 state legislature to consider hundreds of items. Among them; the state’s Republicans…… MORE
GPPD Investigating Alleged Assault by a Police Impersonator
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF) – The Grand Prairie Police Department is actively investigating an incident involving a police impersonator who pulled a woman over and sexually assaulted her. According to Grand Prairie Police, a woman was pulled over in the 4000 block of East Jefferson early Saturday morning by what was described as a black SUV equipped with…… MORE
Are Undocumented Immigrant Children Being Kept in Cages?
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The number of children being separated from their families at the U.S. / Mexico border is growing and children are being placed in detention facilities. The migrants are being held in a warehouse style building in McAllen, Texas. The undocumented immigrants are reportedly being ushered through a chain link gate…… MORE
Thousands Of Immigrant Children Placed In Detention Facilities
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The number of children being separated from their families at the U.S. / Mexico border is growing and children are being placed in detention facilities. The migrants are being held in a warehouse style building in McAllen, Texas. The undocumented immigrants are reportedly being ushered through a chain link gate…… MORE
More Texas school districts allow armed staff members
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — There are now more than 200 school districts in Texas that have adopted policies allowing staff to carry firearms, a number that spiked in the weeks following a deadly high school shooting in Florida. Dax González with the Texas Association of School Boards tells the Corpus Christi Caller-Times that as of…… MORE
Councilman Says Dallas Council Won’t Intervene in Push for Mandatory Sick Leave
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Dallas City Council is expected to stay out of the push to create mandatory paid sick leave for low wage workers and let voters decide — assuming it gets to that point. Councilman Phil Kingston spoke to WFAA’s “Inside Texas Politics” and said he does not expect the city council…… MORE
American Airlines Pays Up To Settle Collusion Lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) – American Airlines has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a lawsuit that says it and other major U.S. airlines colluded to drive up the price of airfares. In settling the case, American denied any wrongdoing. The company, in a statement, said fighting the case in court would be costly. Earlier…… MORE
Laura Bush: Zero Tolerance Immigration Policy is Cruel and Immoral
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Former first lady Laura Bush is calling a new zero tolerance immigration policy from the Trump Administration cruel and immoral. Bush wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post, saying she appreciates the need to enforce international boundaries, but that the government should not be in the business of “warehousing children…… MORE
