DENTON (WBAP/KLIF) – All 170 Denton Police Officers will soon be outfitted with new body cameras. The new Axon Body 2 camera has Wi-Fi connectivity and is larger than the Axon Flex camera that’s currently in use. The Denton Police Department has been using body cameras since 2015. Lieutenant Chris Summit says officers are required…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) Chubby Checker has been doing the twist for nearly 6 decades and he’s bringing the dance to North Texas this weekend. He’s 75 years old, and is proving that age is just a number. Chubby reached stardom after covering the song in 1960 and is coming to Arlington for a one-man show. He is also…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Richardson police said an attempted burglary at a luxury car dealership turned into a police chase and two standoffs in McKinney and Van Alstyne Tuesday morning. It started a the Lamborghini dealership in the 600 block of Highway 75 around 3:30 a.m. Sergeant Kevin Perlich said officers responded to a burglary call and encountered…… MORE
WBAP/KLIF (DALLAS) – Several Veterans came out to watch the Stars take on the San Jose Sharks as the Dallas Stars hosted their annual ‘Veterans Appreciation Night.’ Wounded veteran Cary Flat, however had a different experience, all thanks to the “Birds Eye View Project.” Ryan Parrott founded the “Birds Eye View Project” with special events like…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — The City of Arlington is asking for donations to help honor the police and fire department’s fallen K-9 officers. The goal is $100,000 to build a bronze statue of a labrador retriever, which represents the fire department, and a Belgian malinois, which represents the police department. It would be displayed between…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Police Department is looking for the driver in a fatal hit and run in Uptown over the weekend. Investigators said Rachel Spelman was hit by a dark sedan as she ran across the street near Cedar Springs Road and Pearl Street around 2 a.m. Saturday morning. Police said the…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Plano based J.C. Penney has released it’s list of stores that are closing. None of the stores in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area are on the list. Penney announced last month it would be closing about 13% of its stores nationwide. 9 stores across the state will be closed including ones in Athens,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – The boyfriend of a Fort Worth woman, whose remains were found in far west Texas last month, has been indicted on murder charges. 26 year old Robert Fabian remains in the Brewster County jail. He is accused of killing 21 year old Zuzu Verk of Fort Worth. The Sul Ross College student disappeared…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — People celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in the Metroplex tend to have different holiday food cravings than the rest of the country. GrubHub released a study showing which foods get ordered more than usual both on the holiday and the day after. In Dallas-Fort Worth, the food that spikes the most over…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas is reporting significant progress to fixing the problem with 911 ghost calls from subscribers of T-Mobile. In a statement, City Manager T. C. Broadnax says T-Mobile has so far kept its promise to commit resources until progress is made. The city is adding a dozen additional call takers…… MORE
