Dallas/Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire Rescue is trying to determine if a car reported to have gone into the swollen Trinity River last week may be connected to a missing elderly man. 84-year-old James Booth left his home around 9 a.m. on for an appointment Feb. 21, during heavy rains and hasn’t been seen…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The Dallas Mavericks have hired former AT&T executive Cynthia Marshall as interim CEO a week after allegations of sexual misconduct against former team president Terdema Ussery in a report that also painted a picture of a wider culture of a hostile workplace for women in the franchise. Owner Mark Cuban said Monday…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Students at a North Texas High School are asking that their voices be heard regarding gun violence in schools. The ninth and tenth graders at Shepton High School staged a walkout Monday on the school’s tennis courts calling for more gun laws and better security at schools. The walk out came nearly…… MORE
McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A McKinney High School teacher has been suspended after a viral video shows him recording a student fight in his classroom. The video posted to social media last Wednesday shows the unidentified teacher holding up his phone to record a fight between two students, instead of breakin it up. McKinney ISD…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A candlelight vigil was held for the 12-year old girl who was killed in a natural gas explosion Friday The vigil was held outside the Kay Bailley Hutchison Convention Center where Linda Michelita Rogers was to join her elite cheer team at a national tournament. Linda’s mother said, “Pray for me that…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas city leaders are working to take guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. The City of Dallas, the District Attorney’s Office, the Dallas Police Department and other agencies said Friday that they will work together to take guns away from domestic violence convicts and defendants. Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall said her…… MORE
UPDATED Saturday 4:30 p.m. (DALLAS)WBAP/KLIF- Atmos Energy is beginning to allow residents of a Northwest Dallas Neighborhood to return home after an explosion killed a 12-year-old girl Friday morning. Jennifer Altieri with Atmos Energy says that close to 300 families were displaced and while they can return to their home, gas has been shut off…… MORE
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – Governor Greg Abbott has agreed to spare a convicted killer from execution. Thomas “Bart” Whitaker was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Thursday night. Earlier in the day, Texas prison officials described Whitaker as nearly stoic after his move from death row to a holding cell steps from the death chamber. Whitaker…… MORE
ROCKWALL (WBAP/KLIF News) – A portion of a Rockwall neighborhood was evacuated because of high water Thursday afternoon. Rockwall Police Sergeant Jeff Welch said the evacuations are affecting people who live in homes in the 500 to 700 block of Lakeside Drive near the shores of Rockwall Lake which is a separate body of water from Lake Ray Hubbard. Welch said…… MORE
DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a U.S. Postal Service employee in Dallas. The U.S. Attorney’s office says one person was taken into custody early this morning in relation to the shooting that left 58-year-old Tony Mosby dead. Mosby was shot to death while driving his…… MORE
