Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The task force created by the Dallas City Council to advise what should be done with the city’s various confederate monuments and markers issued its report Friday. It thinks the Robert E. Lee statue that was removed from what was then Lee Park should be loaned out or donated to a museum…… MORE
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Price Out as HHS Secretary After Private Plane Scandal
(CNN) — President Donald Trump accepted the resignation of Tom Price, the embattled health and human services secretary, Friday in the midst of a scandal over his use of private planes. Price’s departure came as he’s being investigated by the department’s inspector general for using private jets for multiple government business trips, even to fly…… MORE
DISD Moving Quickly to Rename Four Schools
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees has decided to fast-track the renaming of four elementary schools that bear the names of confederate generals. In a normal year school names aren’t changed until summer break. For this year the board decided Thursday night that Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, William Cabell,…… MORE
Escaped Inmate on the Run in Collin County
COLLIN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – The Collin County Sheriff’s Office is searching for an escaped inmate. Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner said that at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, 40-year-old Jason Earl Davis, escaped from the booking area of the Collin County Detention Facility. Davis was booked into the Collin County Detention Facility on a misdemeanor marijuana charge, two…… MORE
Cowboys Hall of Fame Player Weighs In On Kneeling Debate
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) Dallas Cowboys Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith says his former team made an effort to support all the NFL players by taking a knee before the National Anthem Monday night, but he still thinks the team was on the fence. In an interview on HOT 93.3, Smith says if you’re protesting, you pick…… MORE
Fire Temporarily Forces Guests Out of Downtown Dallas Hotel
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A parking garage under construction in Downtown Dallas caught fire early Wednesday morning, forcing people out of an attached hotel. Guests at the downtown Hampton Inn were on the streets for a little more than two hours while more than 100 firefighters fought the three-alarm fire. “Flames were shooting up pretty…… MORE
New Details in Plano Mass Shooting: Suspect’s Behavior Prompted 911 Call
PLANO, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) – Recently released documents reveal new details about what happened before and during a mass shooting at Dallas Cowboys watch party in Plano, when 32-year-old Spencer Hight went to his estranged wife’s home and killed her and seven others. According to a search warrant, Hight showed a knife and handgun to employees at a…… MORE
Ford: We Respect the Right of NFL Players to Protest
(CNN Money) — Ford, a sponsor of the National Football League, has voiced support for NFL players exercising their right to free speech and peaceful protest after President Donald Trump urged fans to consider a boycott. “We respect individuals’ rights to express their views, even if they are not ones we share,” the company said…… MORE
President Trump Tweets Mixed Reactions to Dallas Cowboys Display of Unity
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — President Trump has responded to the Dallas Cowboys’ decision to kneel before Monday night’s national anthem. It was a mixed reaction from the president, who tweeted that the booing he heard when the entire Cowboys team took a knee was the loudest he’s ever heard. The booing at the NFL football…… MORE
Denton County Looking to Establish Confederate Monument Task Force
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — By the end of Tuesday, Dallas may not be the only North Texas city with a confederate monument task force. The Denton County Commissioner’s Court is looking to approve its own committee at Tuesday’s meeting. It’s in response to Denton residents speaking out at a commissioner’s court meeting last month asking…… MORE
