DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – After weeks of contention, the U.S. Senate votes 50 to 48 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as the 114th Justice of the Supreme Court. The final vote to confirm Kavanaugh today was no surprise. Late Friday Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine spoke on the Senate floor confirming her “yes” vote for…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police say there will be a Grand Jury referral of criminal negligent homicide made against the truck driver who hit a woman and killed her as she tried to cross Zang Boulevard Friday afternoon. Police say the woman had made it halfway across southbound lanes of Zang when a…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Many artists have performed at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, often to sold out crowds. But in a 5 to 4 vote on Thursday, the city council decided to withhold a $44 million dollar payment to the developer, The Ark Group. The Dallas Morning News reports the 180 Million dollar…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court past a key procedural hurdle. The chamber voted 51-49 Friday morning to move forward with President Donald Trump’s nominee. A final vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination is scheduled for tomorrow. There’s no guarantee that the senators who supported moving forward will back Kavanaugh…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, who is in a tight battle to defend his seat, says he raised more than 12-million in the third quarter — a big jump, amid the massive campaign war chest of his Democratic challenger, Beto O’Rourke. According to the Texas Tribune, the Cruz campaign says the figure is…… MORE
Frisco, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Frisco couple out for a walk stumbled across a loaded handgun in the grass, right across the street from a middle school 15 minutes before school let out. The two were on their daily route when the husband saw the weapon, with five bullets in the magazine, one in the…… MORE
(Fort Worth) – WBAP/KLIF- Fort Worth Police report a 14 year old boy was taken to Cook Children’s in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in Southeast Fort Worth about 6:30 pm Thursday. Few details are available beyond a witness reportedly telling police the boy was chasing a ball in the street…… MORE
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mesquite middle school student killed in a school bus crash Wednesday on Lawson Road in Mesquite was identified as 12-year-old Jazmine Alfaro, according to a Police report obtained by WBAP/KLIF Thursday. Investigators say the Mesquite ISD school bus was traveling south on Lawson when the rear passenger tires left the road…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – With thousands of people coming to the State Fair for the Texas/OU game, Dallas Police are beefing up security. “We have on-duty and off-duty officers in and around Fair Park to keep people safe, make sure traffic is going smoothly,” Corporal Demarquis Black with the Dallas Police Department said. Dallas Police have…… MORE
Fort Worth, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – It’s become a battle of campaign signs for two Fort Worth neighbors. A North Bugle drive man pulled up in front of his house one day and noticed a Ted Cruz sign on the lawn. WFAA-TV reports, Michel Bond wondered why his neighbor would put the sign right on the…… MORE
