DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The FAA issued a temporary ground stop at both DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field Wednesday after smoke was reported in a radar room that serves both airports. Both DFW and Love Field show a list of delays and cancellations Wednesday afternoon because of the ground stop. “Air traffic controllers were forced…… MORE
UPDATED: 8:28AM 2/13/19 – Decatur, Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas couple is jailed without bond after four malnourished children were found in deplorable conditions at their rural home. Wise County jail records show Paige Harkings and Andrew Joseph Fabila are each charged with four counts of criminal child endangerment. both are 24. Harkings, the…… MORE
Texas – (WBAP/KLIF) – One-quarter of households in Tarrant County could not afford basic needs in 2016, and 12 percent were living in poverty according to a report released by United Ways of Texas. Stats show that 45% of Fort Worth, 39% of Arlington and 29% of Northeast Tarrant County is struggling financially. Additionally, the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Health Department is reporting the eighth flu-related death this season, a 69-year old Dallas resident. Dallas County health officials are advising anyone who hasn’t gotten a flu shot to do so, saying it’s the best preventative against the illness is a the vaccine. The adult vaccine is given in…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – The notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been convicted of drug-trafficking charges at a trial in New York. The verdict reached on the sixth day of jury deliberations Tuesday could put the 61-year-old behind bars for the rest of his life in a high-security U.S. prison. The facility…… MORE
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Republican Texas lawmaker is proposing the Texas legislature to make it harder for people to lie when it comes to receiving “SNAP” food benefits. Beaumont’s Dade Phelan [dayd fee-lin] proposed a bill to the legislature that would require a person’s Lone Star Card to have their name and photo on…… MORE
Hurst Police (WBAP/KLIF) – Hurst Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman they say was caught on surveillance camera placing a card skimmer and camera on a bank ATM last Friday around 8:30am. Te skimmer was discovered Monday at the bank on Precinct Line Road. The suspect was driving a blue…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas City Council is talking about possible changes to the Citizens Police Review Board. A committee meeting was held on Monday to address new authority power the Board is requesting. The Board is asking for more authority in investigating cases of police misconduct, including officer-involved shootings. Currently, the Board can only…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – As thousands of americans are reporting lower returns on their taxes under President Trump’s new tax law, North Texans remain split on whether or not the law is good. “I think there’s a disconnect between government and the people and what it takes to actually survive, said one North Texas man;…… MORE
Denton, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A DWI suspect in Denton literally chewed up a police officer. Christopher Rogers was stopped the other day in Denton for suspicion of drunk driving he became combative, and attacked a sergeant. He pummeled the sergeant then bit off a piece of his ear. Other officers subdued Rogers, and he now…… MORE
