WASHINGTON (AP) – McConnell said Thursday the Senate will soon vote on the bill that’s needed to avoid a partial federal shutdown Friday. The comprise measure keeps departments running through the fiscal year but without the $5.7 billion Trump wanted for the border wall with Mexico. The House is also expected to vote on the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A former Dallas Firefighter has been arrested for allegedly planting a hidden camera in a bathroom at a fire station. The camera doubled as a USB charging devise according to WFAA-TV. The arrest affidavit reportedly quotes the former first responder, Craig Lawrence as saying, “I’m about to lose everything,” when confronted about…… MORE
UPDATED: 2/15/19 7:13AM Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – “There was ‘no collision” — that’s the claim by the lawyer for a Dallas city councilman accused of leaving the scene of an accident. Attorney Pete Schulte says Councilman Kevin Felder was not involved in an accident, but that he confronted someone on a scooter for “zig-zagging on Malcolm…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The Dallas City Council has voted for the removal of the Confederate War Memorial after 121 years. The 65-foot obelisk has soared since 1961 over the city’s Pioneer Cemetery across the street from City Hall after serving as the focal point of Old City Park since its 1897 unveiling. The city must…… MORE
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
