Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Dallas may review security at police stations as a result of Sunday’s shooting. Dallas first hired a security consultant after a man fired at police headquarters and tried to plant explosives in June of 2015. The consultant recommended officers started patrolling outside stations to provide security. The officer…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF News) A North Texas man whose teenage son died after taking steroids has partnered up with doctors and a company to help prevent more tragedy in the future. Don Hooten’s son, Taylor, was playing baseball at Plano West Senior High when a coach told him he needed to beef up. He started taking anabolic…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Paxton, a prolific and charismatic actor who had memorable roles in such blockbusters as “Apollo 13” and “Titanic” while also cherishing his work in “One False Move” and other low-budget movies and in the HBO series “Big Love,” has died from complications due to surgery. He was 61. A family…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Senator Ted Cruz is weighing in on the White House’s decision to block specific media groups from a press briefing Friday. Speaking before a roundtable for small business leaders at Dallas Baptist University, Cruz says the media coverage over what he called less important stories has gotten out of hand. “I…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – J.C. Penney announced today that it’s closing more stores in an effort to compete with online retailers. The Plano based retailer plans to close between 130-140 stores over the next few months, in addition to two distribution centers in Florida and California. Marvin R. Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer of JCPenney…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — As a transgender wrestler from Euless Trinity High School competes in a state tournament this weekend, the lawyer who is suing the University Interscholastic League for allowing it to happen is speaking out. Attorney Jim Baudhuin is the father of a girl wrestler in a different weight class as Mack Beggs,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The House will consider a bill that could lead to the dismantling of Dallas County Schools. It’s the first of two proposals expected in the legislature that could shut down the agency, which serves as the bus contractor for numerous school districts in Dallas County including Cedar Hill, Irving and Weatherford. State…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price got off to a bumpy start Thursday. There was an hour-long delay at the beginning of the trial so the court could replace a juror who was hospitalized. She was eventually dismissed, leaving the jury now with 12 members and three…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF News) NASA has just announced the discovery of seven Earth-like planets outside our solar system. The planets are all in the same system and 3 of them are considered to possibly contain life. Nikole Lewis is an astronomer at the NASA-operated Space Telescope Science Institute. She says the system is 40 light years away, so…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas Independent School District teacher has been charged with making terroristic threats after police said he allegedly sent threatening emails to school staff. DISD police said Omar Alanis, a world history teacher at Seagoville High School, allegedly admitted to investigators that he sent the emails from his work email to school staff…… MORE
