OKLAHOMA CTY (AP) – Hundreds of Oklahoma National Guard soldiers are returning home after deploying to Afghanistan for almost one year. The Guard says 350 members of the 1st Squadron, 180th Cavalry Regiment will return to Oklahoma on Tuesday. The unit deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, in late 2017. Officials say the unit was part of…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – A newspaper investigation has found that more than two dozen homes in north and central Texas have blown up since 2006 because of leaking natural gas. Nine people died and at least 22 others were badly injured. The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday the explosions all happened along a network of pipelines…… MORE
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) – Police in suburban Dallas have arrested a 26-year-old man on a capital murder charge after a young child who was left in his care died. Authorities in Mesquite said in a statement Friday that police were called to a home the previous day where a 3-year-old boy was found unresponsive. The…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Update: Due to localized flooding from heavy rains overnight, Addison Oktoberfest will be closed on Saturday, September 22 with the exception of those with paid reservations at Chamberlain’s Brau Haus. Due to flooding, the InTouch Credit Union Plano Balloon Festival has been cancelled for the remainder of the weekend. (Copyright2018 WBAP/KLIF…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The first of three debates in the high profile senate race between republican Senator Ted Cruz and his democratic challenger Ted Cruz was held Friday evening on the SMU campus in Dallas. Approximately 250 audience members witnessed the debate inside the McFarlin auditorium. Tickets were distributed by both campaigns and the University.…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Police Officer Garret Hull’s funeral service was filled with his law enforcement family and loved ones. Chief Joel Fitzgerald honored him in a special way. “On this day forward I want him to be remembered as Corporal Garrett Hull,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s a small honor for a very large sacrifice,”…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Big Tex is in place for his 66th year at the State of Fair Texas. The 55-foot-tall cowboy was raised in his post in Big Tex Circle at Fair Park Friday. The famous mascot of the fair was given a brand-new pair of Luchesse boots during the raising ceremony. “We asked our…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – Ivanka Trump is expected in mesquite today, to discuss the Walmart Academy about how the program trains and re-trains workers. Walmart is the biggest employer in Texas. Meantime, while in Houston Thursday the first daughter made a telephone call to the International Space Station and spoke to the crew while touring NASA’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – For the next fiscal year the tax rate in Frisco will remain at .4466. On Tuesday night, Frisco City Council members adopted a flat tax rate of .4466 – one of the lowest rates in North Texas. Frisco Council members also approved a $507 million total budget which takes effect October…… MORE
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) – A South Texas police officer has been shot following a pursuit and struggle with a suspect who authorities say was known to smuggle people across the border into the U.S. Starr County District Attorney Omar Escobar Jr. tells The Monitor newspaper that the Rio Grande City officer was shot…… MORE
