Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Some local officials are calling it “pure politics” after the Texas Transportation Commission voted to eliminate a 1.8-billion dollar expansion of I-635 from the state’s 2018 budget. Governor Greg Abbot told commissioners last year to nix the project, along with proposed work on I-35 in Austin. Both projects involved adding new…… MORE
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Right around the same time the Robert E. Lee statue was being removed from its nearly century old location in Oak Lawn, The Dallas School Board voted to move forward with renaming three schools named after Confederate leaders. The board last night approved the changes: Robert E. Lee elementary will be…… MORE
CORPUS CHRISTI (WBAP/KLIF News) – Republican Representative Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi announced that he won’t seek re-election next year as he battles allegations of sexual harassment and verbal abuse of his staff. Farenthold has been under fire in recent weeks, after it was revealed that he had paid an $84,000 sexual harassment settlement using…… MORE
Rowlett (WBAP/KLIF) – Rowlett police are investigating a random shooting on interstate 30 Wednesday. A big rig driver says he was changing lanes to avoid an accident when he heard a loud pop. The unidentified driver told police that he felt as though he’d been punch in the neck, and soon discovered he was bleeding.…… MORE
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas police have issued guidelines for using dating apps after a series robberies in the area. A teenager was arrested after he allegedly lured four different men to an East Dallas apartment complex via the dating app Grindr to rob and beat them. WFAA reports, each victim was told to meet…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A Texas police officer who was fatally shot last week has been remembered as a compassionate man who loved being a police officer and a father. A funeral was held Wednesday for San Marcos Officer Kenneth Copeland, who was killed Dec. 4 while serving a warrant on a domestic violence suspect.…… MORE
Cedar Hill, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas firefighter is facing a charge of Intoxication Manslaughter stemming from a rollover crash in Cedar Hill that killed an 18-year-old and her unborn baby. The Dallas Fire Department said it has placed 45-year-old Horace Shaw III on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. The Cedar Hill Police Department’s Lieutenant Colin…… MORE
Denton, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Weeks after a closed door decision to change a confederate school name, the Denton School Board has now voted publicly to make the change official. There was public backlash after the board unanimously approved to change Robert E Lee Elementary to Alice Alexander Elementary. Many were upset the change was never…… MORE
Denton, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Weeks after a closed door decision to change a confederate school name, the Denton School Board has now voted publicly to make the change official. There was public backlash after the board unanimously approved to change Robert E Lee Elementary to Alice Alexander Elementary. Many were upset the change was never…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said two suspects in a stabbing death in Rendon that had been on the run were arrested on Monday. Authorities have been searching for William Rich and Amber Moore for a little over a week in connection to a fatal stabbing following a bar fight last Monday. According…… MORE
