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Shooter Identified, DPS Investigating Allen Mass KIllings

Shooter Identified, DPS Investigating Allen Mass KIllings

ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF) – The shooter in the mass killings at the Premium Outlet mall in Allen is being identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia. Garcia reportedly lived in a motel at the time of Saturday’s shooting. The FBI searched a home believed to be his parent’s house in Dallas. Another Dallas location was also searched in…MORE

Allen Outlet Mall Killings Send Shockwaves Across DFW

Allen Outlet Mall Killings Send Shockwaves Across DFW

ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF) – Reaction is pouring in following Saturday’s mass shooting in Collin County. According to Allen Police, a shooter killed 8 people, and injured at least 7 others, after opening firing at the outdoor mall Saturday afternoon while thousands of shoppers browsed the outlet stores. Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement on the…MORE

LISTEN: Dallas Mayor talks Second-Term, Ransomware

LISTEN: Dallas Mayor talks Second-Term, Ransomware

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson enters a second-term after running uncontested in Saturday’s May 6 municipal election. It’s not often that the Dallas Mayor runs without an opponent. “That hasn’t happened in this city since 1967,” Mayor Johnson toLD WBAP’s Saturday Morning News. “And from what I understand, it doesn’t happen very often…MORE

King Charles III Officially Crowned at Westminster Abbey

King Charles III Officially Crowned at Westminster Abbey

(WBAP/KLIF) — King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, receiving the bejeweled St. Edward’s Crown in a ceremony built on ancient tradition at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevant in a fractured modern Britain. Trumpets sounded inside the medieval abbey and the congregation shouted “God save the king!” at…MORE

Dallas Police Shoot Suspect Charging a Vehicle & Firing Weapon

Dallas Police Shoot Suspect Charging a Vehicle & Firing Weapon

(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas Police were forced to shoot an armed man along a Southeast Dallas street. Just after 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning, police received calls of a man carrying a gun in what officers describe as an armed encounter. As officer’s arrived, they found a man with a gun along a street near Liberty Park,…MORE

North Texas Under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch; Warning for Wise County

North Texas Under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch; Warning for Wise County

(WBAP/KLIF) — The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for North Texas until 10:00 p.m. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 187 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDTFOR THE FOLLOWING TEXAS COUNTIES: BASTROP, BELL, BLANCO, BOSQUE, BROWN, BURNET, CALLAHAN, CLAY, COLEMAN, COLLIN, COMANCHE, COOKE, CORYELL, DALLAS, DENTON, EASTLAND, ELLIS, ERATH, FALLS, GILLESPIE, GRAYSON, HAMILTON,…MORE

McKinney Police Fatally Shoot Man Armed with Machete, Texas Rangers Investigating

McKinney Police Fatally Shoot Man Armed with Machete, Texas Rangers Investigating

MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Texas Rangers are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in McKinney. It happened Friday morning at the American Inn Motel on West University Drive near Coleman Street. Officers were called to the scene around 5:17 a.m. after the McKinney Police Department received several 911 calls about an “active disturbance” at…MORE

Minnesota to Rename Highway After Prince Complete with Purple Signs

Minnesota to Rename Highway After Prince Complete with Purple Signs

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The late pop superstar Prince will have a highway named after him in his home state, following a vote by Minnesota lawmakers Thursday. Purple signs will soon go up along a seven-mile stretch of State Highway 5 in the Minneapolis suburbs of Chanhassen and Eden Prairie — designating it the Prince Rogers…MORE

WHO: COVID-19 Pandemic No Longer Global Health Emergency

WHO: COVID-19 Pandemic No Longer Global Health Emergency

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide. WHO said that even though the emergency phase was over, the pandemic hasn’t…MORE

Decatur Residents Under Boil Water Notice, Friday Classes Canceled

Decatur Residents Under Boil Water Notice, Friday Classes Canceled

DECATUR (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A boil water notice remains in effect for Decatur residents until at least Saturday at five pm. City officials said a 12-inch water line off business Highway 380 was hit by a contractor installing underground utility on Thursday. In a Facebook post, the city said crews stopped the leak but…MORE