Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County DA has decided against seeking the death penalty for alleged serial killer Billy Chemirmir. The 48-year old former health care worker, long considered one of the worst serial killers ever in Texas, is charged with 18 murders in Dallas and Collin counties. About two years ago, District Attorney…… MORE
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – Former Vice President Mike Pence is defending his role in certifying the results of the 2020 election and says he is proud of his own actions on Jan. 6. The comments Thursday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library were Pence’s strongest rebuttal to date of former President Donald Trump’s…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The rare and rather unique, star-shaped fungus with the Latin name Chorioactis geaster received official designation last week when Governor Greg Abbott signed a resolution making it the State Mushroom of Texas. The mushroom is highly selective about where it grows, mostly attaching to decaying cedar elm stumps in the central and northern…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared on Thursday that “we have a deal,” announcing a bipartisan agreement on a $953 billion infrastructure plan that would achieve his top legislative priority and validate his efforts to reach across the political aisle. Biden made a surprise appearance in front of the cameras with members of a…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Chief is praising a new training program being provided to the department. The ABLE program teachers Officers tactics meant to cut down on mistakes and prevent misconduct. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said Thursday that the program is a proactive tool for police. “We all have our issues, but…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)-Regional governmental and civic leaders announced Wednesday a broad coalition forming to address the increasingly visible homelessness crisis in our community. Leveraging funding and housing vouchers provided by the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA), the City of Dallas and Dallas County would each contribute $25 million; DHA Housing Solutions for North Texas (DHA), Dallas…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to the southern border on Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is questioning the location of her visit. The trip comes amid a continued surge of migrants crossing the southern border. “Vice President Harris is ignoring the real problem areas along our southern border that are…… MORE
NEW YORK (WBAP/KLIF News) – Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s law license has been suspended. The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the suspension was due in part to “There is uncontroverted evidence that the responded communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at…… MORE
UPDATED 4:21 PM: Authorities say nearly 100 people are still unaccounted for after part of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed in a town outside Miami. The collapse in the community of Surfside killed at least one person and trapped others in rubble and twisted metal. Rescuers pulled dozens of survivors from the tower Thursday…… MORE
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Batesville, AK (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas fugitive Royce Edward Wood, 43, was taken in to custody by US Marshalls in Batesville, Arkansas this morning. Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin as saying that Wood and his girlfriend Tiffany Caswell (pictured below) were brought into custody by the U.S. Marshalls this morning in Batesville, Arkansas. Wood was wanted…… MORE
