DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Support for Dallas Police is evident through a series of billboards discouraging proposed budget cuts to the Police Department. The billboards are funded by the conservative think tank Heritage Action. “They’re meant to support law and order and safety and security for our communities,” said Heritage Action Press Secretary, Noah Weinrich. The…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- The 2020 World Series will be held right here in North Texas. Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Globe Life Field will host the National League Division, Championship Series and the 116th World Series. Game One of the 2020 World Series is set to begin October 20th at the new home of the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Police are searching for the suspect involved in a deadly shooting outside a local credit union. The police released a picture of what they believe is the suspect vehicle shown on the left. Sergeant Warren Mitchell said a security guard was shot and killed while servicing an ATM with a…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Amazon has announced that its hiring 6,500 people in Dallas area and hundreds of thousands nationwide. The company website says the positions will be part- or full-time in several areas of the company from packing to shipping, sorting orders or logistics. The announcement is not related to its typical holiday hiring.…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Authorities were continuing the search for a gunman who shot and wounded two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in an apparent ambush in their squad car. The department announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Surveillance video shows a gunman with a pistol open fire on the deputies’…… MORE
FORT WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – Fort Worth Police are saying little about an investigation into the fatal Highway 20 shooting of Tanika Guy last Thursday morning. It happened about 2:30 am, near the Hulen Street exit. 26 year old Tanika Guy was in a vehicle with two other men when she’s reported to have stated…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF -Tarrant County Saturday reported 11 deaths related to the Covid 19 virus, and 203 new infections. Dallas County Saturday reported 160 new cases; 15 from the Texas Department of State Health Services lab reporting system, and 5 from prior weeks. Denton County Saturday reported 37 new cases of the viral infection. Denton…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas VFW is pushing back against Governor Greg Abbott’s COVID-19 restrictions. VFW Posts in Texas have been shutdown for months under the Governor’s order requiring establishments that make more than 50% of revenue off alcohol to temporarily close. The restrictions are weighing heavy on veterans who frequent the posts. According to…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – Americans are set to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks with tributes altered by the coronavirus. If a weary nation needed more proof the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped its rituals, America need look no further than the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. Because of the pandemic, the…… MORE
FREELAND, Mich. (AP) – Reeling from another crisis of his own making, President Donald Trump tried to refocus attention on his Democratic rival at a rally in battleground Michigan Thursday as he pushed to move past revelations that he purposefully played down the danger of the coronavirus last winter. But the virus controversy followed him…… MORE
