DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Dallas citizens who are against renaming streets with Confederate ties are making their voices heard online. As of Thursday morning, more than 800 people have signed a petition asking the city and Councilman Mark Clayton not to change the name of Gaston Avenue. A historical commission told the mayor’s Confederate task…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Officials have made three arrests in connection with a March murder case where a body was found in the Trinity River. Kevin Kidd (28), Emmanuel Kilpatrick (31), and Jermon Simmons (35) all sit in jail with a capital murder charge for the death of 31-year-old Liza Saenz. She was found shot to…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A convicted child sexual predator accidentally became a free man Tuesday night after a mix-up between authorities in neighboring counties. Last month in Johnson County, Shaun James was sentenced to more than ten years in prison on multiple counts of sexual assault with a child. Earlier this week, he was…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The aunt of the 13-year-old Lancaster girl who was kidnapped and murdered in an abandoned South Dallas home is asking that the house be destroyed. On Wednesday, Cynthia King appeared in front of Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and the city council on behalf of Shavon Randle’s family. “For myself and my family,…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas is closing its “megashelter,” which housed 3,500 people after Hurricane Harvey. Dallas says about 200 people are staying at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center now. “Full-out, 24 hour effort has resulted in the City of Dallas doing great things for the people in South Texas,” says Mayor Mike Rawlings. Most remaining…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Dallas mayor’s task force has decided what to do with the Robert E. Lee statue. The group voted almost unanimously Tuesday night to recommend moving the statue to a museum where members said it can be viewed in the proper context. The Dallas City Council will ultimately make that decision at a…… MORE
(CNN) — The White House released this transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. In the remarks, Trump delivered a doomsday warning to North Korea and mocked its young leader, an escalation in rhetoric in a wide-ranging debut address to the world’s foremost diplomatic body. TRUMP: Mr. Secretary…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Fort Worth Human Relations Commission is asking the city council to reconsider its decision not to join a lawsuit against Texas’ ban on “sanctuary cities.” The commission stopped short of asking the city council to join the lawsuit. “Whether they want to join it, whether they want to support…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Hurricane Harvey evacuees staying at the Dallas mega-shelter are moving locations. City officials say The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center once had more than 3,800 evacuees staying on site, but as of Tuesday afternoon only had just over 200 people inside. “Operations have scaled down considerably, but we still have clients who are…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth shelter for Hurricane Harvey evacuees is closed after being open for more than three weeks. At its peak, the shelter was home to 247 evacuees, many of whom are choosing to relocate to the Fort Worth area. “There were 14 households that were at the shelter that did not…… MORE
