FARMERS BRANCH (WBAP/KLIF) – Farmers Branch Mayor Robert Dye has resigned six months prior to the end of his term. City spokesman Jeff Brady says the city charter dictates what will happen next. “He will continue to serve until his successor is appointed or elected. The Mayor Pro Tem will preside at any meeting he…… MORE
FARMERS BRANCH (WBAP/KLIF) – Farmers Branch Mayor Robert Dye has resigned six months prior to the end of his term. City spokesman Jeff Brady says the city charter dictates what will happen next. “He will continue to serve until his successor is appointed or elected. The Mayor Pro Tem will preside at any meeting he…… MORE
SEAGOVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The search is on for an inmate who walked away from a satellite camp next to the Federal Correctional Institute in Seagoville in Dallas County on Monday. The Bureau of Prisons said 31-year-old Salvador Gallegos was serving a 160 month sentence for possession with the intent to distribute a controlled…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A fiery wreck shut down the westbound lanes of I-30 between Zion and Bobtown Roads in Garland early Tuesday morning. Garland Police said there was a fatality connected to the crash that involved two 18-wheelers. The wreck had traffic backed up during most of the early morning commute. Garland Police…… MORE
CHICAGO (AP) – As many as 14 people were injured in a drive-by shooting, including three children, in the city’s Garfield Park neighborhood on Halloween night, Chicago police said. According to WLS-TV, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said there were three juvenile victims: a 3-year-old, an 11-year-old and a teenager who may be 13 years…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The State Executive Committee of the University Interscholastic League met Monday morning to hand down decisions on possible rules violations against Duncanville High School’s boys and girls basketball programs. Duncanville High School Head Girls Basketball Coach LeJeanna Howard was issued a one-year suspension, three years probation, and a public reprimand for violation…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) In response to the recent mass school shooting massacre that occurred on May 24th at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, the Office of Texas State Representative Ana-Maria Ramos, in partnership with the Mexican-American Legislative Caucus, will hold a commemoration ceremony to honor the twenty-one children and teachers who were forced to sacrifice their lives…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Officials in Plano are investigating the cause of a deadly house fire. According to Plano Fire-Rescue, firefighters were dispatched to a house fire around 5 a.m. on Monday in the 7900 block of Simpkins Drive near Hedgcoxe Road and Alma Drive. As they arrived, they found heavy fire on the back half…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told police he wanted to hold the speaker hostage. David DePape has been charged with two federal crimes. Police say DePape broke into the Pelosi’s home in San Francisco and struck the Democratic leader’s 82-year-old husband in the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – There are some new safety features along the historic Swiss Avenue neighborhood in East Dallas just in time for Halloween. According to the Swiss Avenue Historic District, about ten thousand cyclists, runners, pedestrians and their dogs stroll through the mile-long street each week. David Dean is the group’s chairman and…… MORE
