Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – A new social media challenge has given a whole new meaning to the phrase, “Say cheeeeese” before snapping a photo. Folks have taken to actually throwing actual slices of cheese at babies. Dubbed #CheesedChallenge , it was started by Twitter user last week, and has since gone viral. . Some have even cheesed…… MORE
North Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – A GoFundMe page has been created for a North Texas couple killed in the Sunday’s deadly Alabama tornado. Ryan Pence of Wyile and fiancee Felicia Woodall of Burkburnett were identified among 23 victims of the storm in Lee County Alabama. The page says “All donations collected will be divided between the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – DART and El Centro College Police are investigating an incident that prompted a lockdown at the college Tuesday. According to DART Police, Officers at Rosa Parks Plaza were approached by a woman who said she saw three men with a gun. “Our officers pursued [the suspects] and detained them in an El Centro…… MORE
White Settlement, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – White Settlement Police arrested a man after they say he confessed to killing his roommate and keeping the body rolled in a rug for 2 days. Police say 40-year old Jeffrey Cory admitted to police on Friday that he shot shot 43-year old Erik Fernandez on Wednesday during an argument.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The confederate memorial at Pioneer Park in Downtown Dallas could be nearing removal. The city’s Landmark Commission voted Monday to approve the City Council’s request to take the monument down. It had a say in the matter because the monument sits in a historic district. Dallas residents on both sides of the…… MORE
El Paso, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – American Airlines has apologized after a woman and child with a rare skin disorder were booted from a flight from El Paso to Dallas Thursday. Jordan Flake and her son suffer from the genetic skin disease – Ichthyosis [ik-thee-oh-sis] – which causes dead skin cells to accumulate on the skin’s…… MORE
UPDATED: 7:46AM Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Firefighters are still putting out hot spots after an early morning blaze in Northeast Dallas. The cold sent weary residents out into the frigid cold around 5:30 this morning. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. Still smoke coming from the apartment complex in East Dallas that burned this…… MORE
Collin County (WBAP/KLIF) – A former Collin County day care worker has been indicted on eight counts of child abuse. 44-Jessica Joy Wiese has been jailed since December after a mother became suspicious of bruises on her 2-month old son’s leg and chest. The child had been in the care of workers at Joyous Montessori…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Temperatures in North Texas are predicted to drop below freezing tonight, prompting hundreds of volunteers in Plano to work hard making sure the homeless have a warm place to stay. Corps officer Captain Richard New with the Salvation Army in Plano, described the overnight warming station as a joint initiative between…… MORE
Southwest is suing its mechanics’ union over what it claims is an illegal work slowdown that is grounding planes and disrupting flights. It’s Southwest’s second lawsuit in three years against the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association and the result of raw feelings on both sides after more than six years of fruitless contract negotiations. The airline…… MORE
