Category Archives: Promo Reel

Former Dallas PD Chief Takes a Job in TV

Former Dallas PD Chief Takes a Job in TV

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News)  Former Dallas Police Chief David Brown is turning in his badge for a press pass. Brown will join ABC News as a contributor starting next month. He will report on gun violence, policing, social justice, race relations, and economic inequality, according to WFAA. Brown is a 33-year veteran of the department and gained national recognition…MORE

Suspect Arrested, Charged with Murder in Golf Course Shooting

Suspect Arrested, Charged with Murder in Golf Course Shooting

Anna (WBAP/KLIF News) – One man is dead and another charged with murder after a shooting this morning at the Hurricane Creek Country Club golf course.  Captain Jim Moody with the Collin County Sheriff’s Office says they got a call around 9:40 that a shooting had happened.  After they got there, deputies realized the suspect…MORE

Should Parking Spaces be Required for Outdoor Bar and Restaurant Patios?

Should Parking Spaces be Required for Outdoor Bar and Restaurant Patios?

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – If you build it, they will come…but if there aren’t any parking spaces, they’ll park on neighborhood streets.  That’s controversy over outdoor bar and restaurant patios, says Dallas City Council member Mark Clayton. “If you have a restaurant indoors, you have to have a certain amount of parking spaces for the…MORE

Exxxotica Makes a Play for a Return

Exxxotica Makes a Play for a Return

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News)   A porn expo is hoping to make a comeback to Dallas. The city council banned Exxxotica earlier this year which held an event at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center last year. Later a judge ruled that the center wasn’t a “quintessential public forum” open to anyone. Organizers behind the expo hope to convince…MORE

List of Candidates for Dallas City Manager Down to Five

List of Candidates for Dallas City Manager Down to Five

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The search for the next Dallas City Manager has been cut to five candidates. City Council member Philip Kingston says all have city management experience, they come from across the country, and that’s what the city needs. “It is finally time for Dallas to hire from outside, we’ve never done that…MORE

Ohio State Attacker Had North Texas Ties

Ohio State Attacker Had North Texas Ties

DALLAS  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Somali-born man suspected of mowing down a group of pedestrians and stabbing people with a butcher knife during an attack at Ohio State University had a brief stay in Dallas. Abdul Razak Ali Artan stayed in temporary housing provided by Catholic Charities for 23 days after he, his mother and…MORE

First Local Zika Case Reported in Texas

First Local Zika Case Reported in Texas

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas is reporting the first local case of the Zika virus likely transmitted by a mosquito in the state. The case is in Cameron County which is the farthest county to the south on the border with Mexico. The patient is not pregnant and had not recently traveled to countries considered to…MORE

Loncar Teen Dies at 16

Loncar Teen Dies at 16

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News)   The youngest daughter of popular Dallas attorney Brian Loncar died over the holiday weekend. 16-year-old Grace Loncar was a junior at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual arts. She acted in several plays and helped out behind the scenes at the Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, which her mother Sue…MORE