Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Those really long lines at driver’s license offices could be a thing of the past … maybe. The issue is back on the table again as state lawmakers address it in a two-year state budget. The budget keeps DBP driver’s license mega centers in place, but a separate bill would transfer control…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – There is widespread damage, power outages and downed power lines as a result of powerful storms that moved through the area this morning. At Grand Prairie airport some planes were overturned in a hangar. Major damage is also being reported at the Amazon logistics facility near DFW Airport. Oncor says its…… MORE
BOSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The University of Texas at Austin is caught up in what federal officials are calling the largest college admissions cheating scam ever prosecuted by the Justice Department. Fifty people, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, 33 parents and nine coaches are accused of paying an admissions consulting company in California…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The US Army Corps of Engineers is set to collect soil samples today from the area where a 12-year-old girl was killed in a home explosion last year. The samples will be analyzed at a lab in Arlington to see if the earth-shifting theory Atmos provided to the city council is the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police are asking the public to help find the driver believed to be responsible for a hit and run accident that killed three people early Sunday. Investigators said the suspect, 32-year-old Jesus Chavarria-Vasquez was driving a black 2013 Chevrolet Silverado pick up truck when he was involved in an accident at…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A tragedy in Fort Worth this morning where a 6-month old baby boy drowned when his mother, who had been bathing him fell asleep in the tub. Police say, when she woke up 5:45, her son — who was a twin — was underwater and unresponsive. The baby was rushed to…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – American and Southwest Airlines are closely watching the investigation into the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-MAX8, as both, the Fort Worth based and Dallas based carriers have dozens of such planes in operation. It’s the second such aviation accident involving that Boeing specific model in six months, and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Alamo Drafthouse has a special perk for teachers during Spring Break. From Monday, March 11th through Thursday, March 14th, all teachers, professors, faculty and school staff get free admission to any show before 5:00pm (excluding events with value added) at any DFW-area Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.* All you’ll need is a current…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Dallas police say a motorist fled on foot after fatally striking three men trying to change a flat tire along a freeway. Police say the three men who were killed were standing outside the disabled sport utility vehicle when they were struck at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say pickup also hit…… MORE
MCKINNEY – WBAP/KLIF – McKinney Police are seeking information leading to the arrest of an unidentified gunman who shot into a crowd of nearly 30 people Friday night, striking and killing a 54 year old man. Police say just after 7 pm March 8th, dispatchers began receiving several 9-1-1 calls reporting a shooting into a…… MORE
