Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is dealing is conducting an internal investigation over one of its pilot’s ‘Let’s go Brandon’ comment over the public address system during a flight. the phase has grown in popularity on the right as an insult to President Biden. The line has become conservative code for something far more…… MORE
FT. WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – In a written statement TCU has confirmed the university has parted ways with longtime Head Football Coach Gary Patterson. The statement said that TCU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Jeremiah Donati and Chancellor Boschini met with Patterson on Sunday and mutually agreed that the time had come for a “new voice and…… MORE
Hudson Oaks (WBAP/KLIF) – A private plane crashed Saturday evening in Parker County. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the single engine plane carrying five people crashed onto the north shoulder of Interstate 20 in Hudson Oaks. It was on approach to the Hudson Oaks airport when it went down. All five people aboard…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – In response to recently passed legislation, the NAACP is discouraging professional athletes from signing contracts in Texas. The NAACP announced this week that it sent a letter to every professional sports players’ association in the country, urging its free agents to reconsider signing contracts in Texas. In recent months, Texas Governor Greg Abbott…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Local health experts are encouraging parents and kids to be safe this Halloween weekend. The North Texas Poison Center, housed at Parkland Memorial Hospital, had a few tips for trick-or-treaters this week. “Children will be children and each year we receive calls from anxious parents whose child has bitten into a glow…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a critic of Donald Trump who is one of two Republicans on the panel investigating the deadly Capitol attack, announced Friday he would not seek reelection next year. The military veteran, who won a long-shot suburban congressional district a decade ago, became one of a handful…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The electricity provider says more than 100,000 of its customers lost power. The outages occurred in a number of DFW neighborhoods, as well as in such diverse cities as Killeen and Temple south of the metroplex, and Lufkin and Tyler to the southeast. Most of the damage was caused by trees toppled…… MORE
As part of Operation Lone Star, law enforcement in Texas remains focused on securing the state’s southern border and monitoring migrant caravans. Texas Governor Greg Abbott launched the operation earlier this year amid a surge of migrants at southern border. The Governor has been critical of the Biden administration’s response to the border surge. He…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth based American Airlines is sounding the alarm on an increasing number of passenger misconduct incidents on planes. According to the airline, American Airlines flight 976 with service from New York (JFK) to Santa Ana (SNA) diverted to Denver due to a passenger who it says physically assaulted a flight…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council voted to approve two long standing items during Wednesday’s meeting. The council approved a parental leave policy that allows city employees to take up to six weeks of paid time off after the birth or adoption of their child. The policy doesn’t apply to elected officials. Dallas joins…… MORE
