NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The New Orleans mayor is planning to remove 20 traffic enforcement cameras across the city. Local media report Mayor LaToya Cantrell made the announcement Thursday while revealing her proposed 2019 budget to the City Council. The cameras to be taken down are outside of school zones. There are still about 80…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A North Texas bus driver and bus attendant have resigned after they overlooked a 5-year-old special needs student who sat strapped in his bus seat for five hours. Fort Worth school district spokesman Clint Bond says the bus stopped at an elementary school on Oct. 15 where the attendant should…… MORE
By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas. WASHINGTON D C – (WBAP/KLIF) – Six of the Central American migrants in a varying group of several thousand walking to the United States in hopes of filing asylum claims have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and their children against President Trump,…… MORE
Dallas Deputy Chief Thomas Castro says the sexual assaults that happened near the Galleria and Lake Highlands may be related to two other assaults in Bossier City, Louisiana. “This man knocks on doors, solicits you to work, displays a weapon, forces himself in and sexually assaults the women,” Castro said. The man is about 16-19…… MORE
SOUTHLAKE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Parents in Southlake voiced their concerns at a special Carroll ISD board meeting Friday over how it handled a racist video involving a handful of students. The video was posted on social media last weekend and showed a group of girls chanting the N-word repeatedly. Celia McEelvey’s child attends school in the…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – With the big NASCAR race in town this weekend, many NASCAR drivers are taking part in a few community events. Driver Joey Logano will talk to a group of Northwest High School students about the dangers of distracted driving this morning at Texas Motor Speedway. It’s part of Triple A’s ‘Don’t…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says asylum seekers must go to ports of entry in order to make a claim. He says he will issue an executive order next week on immigration. In a lengthy speech Thursday, Trump said migrants are abusing the asylum system and making a “mockery” of immigration laws. Under the…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – The pro-Ted Cruz Super PAC ‘Texans Are’ is behind an ad accusing Cruz’s U.S. challenger of ‘welcoming’ the caravan of Central American migrants. The ad accuses O’Rourke of saying “there is too much border security.” “The caravan is coming, some say criminals among them, but there’s Beto O’Rourke cheering them on, welcome…… MORE
Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The mayor of Arlington has declared an emergency, as the city expects flooding due to erosion around the Prestonwood Lake Dam. The dam is north of Lamar and south of Green Oaks in North Arlington. The city says homes are unlikely to be damaged if the dam fails, but roads could…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The triggerman in a 2015 murder for hire in Dallas has been sentenced to death. A Dallas County jury sentenced Kristopher Love to the death penalty for the capital murder of Dallas dentist Kendra Hatcher. Hatcher’s sister took the stand after the sentence during victim impact statements…”five hundred dollars and drugs,…… MORE
