Category Archives: Promo Reel

Lawsuit Against UIL Over Transgender Wrestler To Be Heard Tuesday

Lawsuit Against UIL Over Transgender Wrestler To Be Heard Tuesday

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A lawsuit against the University Interscholastic League for allowing a high school transgender wrestler from Euless to compete against girls will go to court today. A  Travis County judge will determine whether or not the suit is valid, after the UIL filed a plea last month asking the court to dismiss…MORE

Active Shooter Call Shuts Down Dallas Office Building

Active Shooter Call Shuts Down Dallas Office Building

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – An active shooter call forced the evacuation of an office building in Dallas Monday. The building near the LBJ/Highway 75 interchange was shut down for several hours. Police say they got a call about an active shooter around 10:45 Monday morning. They say they arrived to find the door to an…MORE

Price Corruption Trial Enters Day Four of Deliberations

Price Corruption Trial Enters Day Four of Deliberations

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The jury is in day four of deliberations for the corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price. They’ve been deciding whether or not Price is guilty of 11 different counts of tax evasion, mail fraud, and bribery for roughly 20 hours now dating back to last Wednesday. One legal…MORE

Second Dallas Police Officer Arrested in Connection to Fall Burglary

Second Dallas Police Officer Arrested in Connection to Fall Burglary

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A second Dallas Police officer was arrested over the weekend in connection to the burglary of an Aubrey home. Officer Angelle Ponseti turned herself into the Denton County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday for assisting in a burglary last fall that another Dallas Police officer was also connected to. Sergeant Gregory Epley…MORE

Severe Weather & Large Hail Slam DFW

Severe Weather & Large Hail Slam DFW

WBAP/KLIF News – Severe storms swept through the metroplex Friday evening, especially in Collin and Denton counties, with reports of hail reaching baseball size there. A Tornado Watch remains in effect for the entire Dallas/Fort Worth area through 1:00 am Saturday morning. There was a confirmed tornado touchdown that occured earlier in the day in Valley…MORE

Jury Wraps Up Day Three of Deliberation in Price Trial, No Verdict Reached

Jury Wraps Up Day Three of Deliberation in Price Trial, No Verdict Reached

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Day three of jury deliberations in the corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price have concluded, and still no verdict has been reached. The jury began deliberating Wednesday morning after closing arguments took the entire day Tuesday. One legal analyst says the length of the deliberation isn’t so much…MORE

5 People Rescued from House Explosion in Navarro County

5 People Rescued from House Explosion in Navarro County

DAWSON  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Three people were air-lifted to Parkland Hospital in Dallas after a house exploded late Thursday night. It happened around 11 along West Highway in Dawson, about 70 miles south of Dallas. The Navarro County Sheriff’s Department said when emergency crews arrived, five people were trapped inside the burning, partially-collapsed home. Two…MORE

ISIS Claims Responsibility in Paris Police Attack

ISIS Claims Responsibility in Paris Police Attack

  (AP) – The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the shooting on Paris’ Champs Elysees that killed a police officer and left two others gravely wounded. In a statement from its Amaq news agency, the group gave a pseudonym for the shooter indicating he was Belgian. The attacker opened fire on a police…MORE

Bernie Sanders Holds Rally in Grand Prairie

Bernie Sanders Holds Rally in Grand Prairie

Grand Prairie (WBAP/KLIF News) – Several thousand people filled Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie Thursday for a rally with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. The rally was organized by the Democratic National Committee. The committee’s “Come Together and Fight Back Tour” has made stops in several states won by President Donald Trump in an effort to…MORE

Texas House Hears Testimony on Alternative Bathroom Bill

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — Nearly 400 people testified early Thursday morning on the Texas House’s version of the controversial bathroom bill. Tom Giovanetti is the president of the Institute for Policy Innovation and testified this morning — he says the Texas Senate went too far with its version of the bill last month. “Their response in…MORE