NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos met with students and teachers from Birdville ISD and Dallas ISD, Thursday. The Secretary also hosted round table discussions with urban specialists and school administrators. DeVos stepped inside a robotics classroom and operated a student designed robot. She also met with an aerospace engineering class and…… MORE
DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – Activist Erin Brockovich says she wants answers for people living in Plano… Many residents have said their drinking water smells and taste funny. The North Texas Municipal Water District says it’s part of routine maintenance and released their own test results last month, showing the water is safe to drink.…… MORE
Lake Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – A local fisherman has quite a tale to tell after he spotted what he described as a 5 or 6 foot alligator on Lake Arlington. A man identified as Cody says he was at the lake on Easter Sunday with his son-in-law when he spotted something that looked like a log.…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The group “Our Plano, One Plano” presented the City of Plano Wednesday with more than 4,000 signatures on a petition to recall councilman Tom Harrison from office. The group wants him to step down or face a recall election after he made a Facebook post that said “Share if you think Trump should…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth police have released body cam footage of an arrests over the weekend that sparked a small protest at city hall last night. Initial video taken by a bystander showed officers pinning Forrest Curry to the ground and punching him several times in the body, to to activist Rod Smith…… MORE
SAN BRUNO (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police in San Bruno, California said the suspect in a shooting at YouTube headquarters Tuesday afternoon is a woman and she is dead. Investigators said she may have died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound. One hospital in Northern California said that it is treating four patients that were injured…… MORE
Grapevine (WBAP/KLIF) – An early morning two-alarm fire at the Colonial Village Apartments in Grapevine resulted in two units being destroyed, and six others badly damaged. One person was treated on the scene with minor injuries. No serious injuries were reported. The blaze has displaced about 20 residents. The Red Cross-DFW is assisting with their…… MORE
Rockport, Arkansas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Fort Worth woman remain jailed after allegedly shooting an Arkansas state trooper during a traffic stop Sunday night. Police say 49-year old Elsbeth Kittinger shot Trooper Kyler Sheldon after he asked her to step out of her Dodge pickup along US Highway 270 in South Arkansas. Sheldon’s injuries were not…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Former Dallas County Schools Superintendent, Rick Sorrells, has agreed to plead guilty in a multi-million dollar kickback scheme that spanned six years. DCS was shut down by voters in the November 2017 elections. The school bus agency had been mired in controversy that included safety and financial problems that caught the…… MORE
FORT WORTH, TX. (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ethan Couch, better known as the “Affluenza Teen”, was released from jail Monday morning. Couch is finishing his two year sentence for violating the terms of his probation, related to the drunken driving crash in June of 2013 that killed four people. He was 16 at the time. Mothers…… MORE
