GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF) – The Theatre in Grand Prairie bears a new name. Texas Trust Credit Union has signed a naming rights agreement with AEG Presents to rename The Theatre at Grand Prairie. Effective immediately, the theatre – operated by AEG Presents and owned by the City of Grand Prairie – will be known as…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott supports constitutional carry legislation currently working its way through the state legislature. The Texas House already approved a measure that would allow Texans to carry firearms without a permit. The Senate is debating a similar measure while a newly established committee is considering its specifics. “Once the Senate…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The man suspected of setting almost two dozen fires across Dallas is behind bars. The arrest of 31-year-old Rondarrious Campbell is the result of a joint investigation between Dallas Fire Rescue and Dallas Police. DFR said officers took Campbell into custody near the scene of a dumpster fire on 1408 block…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Authorities in Texas say they’re investigating allegations that a lobbyist drugged a legislative aide who works in the state Capitol. Republican Dade Phelan, who is the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, said Monday the allegations surround a meeting that took place outside the Capitol in recent weeks. He said…… MORE
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday gave his endorsement in a Texas special congressional election to Republican Susan Wright, the widow of former U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, who died after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Wright had already racked up a number of prominent GOP endorsements heading into Saturday’s election in Texas’…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – It’s a second sex crime charge in less than a month for a former DFW Country radio host. A month after being accused of rape by a minor, 47-year old Justin Frazell of Mansfield was charged Monday with one misdemeanor count of indecent assault, according to the Dallas Morning News. Details…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – A posthumous pardon request has been submitted to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest that was done by a now indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid. Before his death last year at the hands of a now…… MORE
Monday, the Mesquite Police Department assisted Balch Springs Police in the pursuit of four aggravated robbery suspects. The suspects were forced to flee on foot into a wooded area adjacent to 635/LBJ and Bruton Road. During the foot pursuit, MPD K-9 Kozmo, Badge #1191 was utilized to track the suspects. The suspects were eventually located…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Longtime DFW Radio personality Ron Chapman has died at the age of 85. News of Chapman’s death was posted on Facebook by the Texas Radio Hall of Fame on Monday morning. The radio industry took to social media to reflect on Chapman’s life and career. I’m saddened to tell you that…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The first numbers from the 2020 census are out and they show Republican-controlled Southern and Western states gaining congressional seats. The once-a-decade head count shows where the population grew during the past 10 years and where it shrank. Fast-growing Texas got enough people to merit two new House seats. Florida and North…… MORE
