WACO, Texas (AP) – Former Baylor football player Shawn Oakman says he wants to try to enter the NFL after being acquitted of sexual assault. A defensive end, Oakman was Baylor’s career leader in sacks and was pursuing a professional career when he was arrested in April 2016, two weeks before the NFL draft, and…… MORE
DENTON – WBAP/KLIF – A man believed to be about age 30, still not identified, has been struck by a commuter train in Denton Friday night. Police say the victim suffered a serious leg injury; he was trapped underneath the train but Fire/Rescue managed to perform a technical rescue that freed him. Investigation continues, but…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas County District Attorney’s office is dropping charges against Sini Mathews, the adoptive mother of Sherin Mathews who was found dead in a Richardson Culvert in 2017. Mathews had been charged after prosecutors said she and her husband left their daughter, home alone and two weeks later her body was found in a…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Former Dallas City Councilwoman Carolyn Davis pleaded guilty to accepting more than $40,000 in bribes. In a press conference Friday, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox said Davis actively sought out these bribes from real estate developer Ruel Hamilton, a principal with AmeriSouth Realty Group, for his…… MORE
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Soon, Dallas Independent School District will have a unified sex education curriculum. This, after the board voted to adopt the sweeping policy last night. Terry Greenberg with the North Texas Alliance to reduce unintended pregnancy says this is a big change for DISD. “This is a huge change going forward, this…… MORE
CEDAR HILL (WBAP/KLIF) – State and local authorities are investigating the deaths of three people found inside a burned home in Cedar Hill. According to city officials, the Cedar Hill Police Department responded to assist the Cedar Hill Fire Department on a Structure Fire at 705 Lovern Street early Thursday morning. When officers arrived, they saw…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) Below freezing temps causing slick spots on roadways. The result of ice build up on spots along 635 near I-35 in Farmers Branch. Similar scenes across DFW. @WBAP247NEWS @570KLIF pic.twitter.com/DHEyUBcbCf — Clayton Neville (@ClaytonNeville) February 28, 2019 Dozens of crashes have been reported including a 10-car pile up at northbound Loop 12…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Saying people are “fed up with testing,” State Representative Matt Krause has filed the ‘Student Testing and Assessment Reform Act,’ which would cut down on the number of standardized tests that aren’t federally required. The bill would included doing away with writing tests in fourth and seventh grades and the social…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Beto O’Rourke says he has made up his mind about a 2020 presidential run and will announce his intentions “soon.” The former Texas congressman is considered a strong early contender for the Democratic nomination after nearly upsetting Sen. Ted Cruz last November. He said in a statement Wednesday that he and…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The president’s former personal lawyer claims Donald Trump was told in advance that WikiLeaks planned to release emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 White House campaign. That’s what Michael Cohen is telling the House Oversight and Reform Committee. In his prepared testimony, Cohen says he was in Trump’s office in 2016 when…… MORE
