Category Archives: Promo Reel

Regency Beauty Institute Closes, Forcing Students to Go Elsewhere

Regency Beauty Institute Closes, Forcing Students to Go Elsewhere

PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News)   North Texas cosmetology schools are welcoming some students who woke up earlier this week and learned they had no class to go to. After 50 years in business, Regency Beauty Institute texted students Wednesday night, informing them there would be no more school. The move was effective immediately. Carmen Milot lives in Sachse and attended…MORE

Arochi Sentenced to Life in Prison

Arochi Sentenced to Life in Prison

PLANO (WBAP-KLIF) – A Collin County Judge has sentenced Enrique Arochi to life in prison for the aggravated kidnapping of Christina Morris. Morris disappeared from the Shops at Legacy Shopping Center in Plano two years ago. She was last seen on surveillance video leaving the shopping center with Arochi. Her body has never been found.…MORE

Deck Park: Economic Shot in the Arm, or Waste of Tax Dollars?

Deck Park: Economic Shot in the Arm, or Waste of Tax Dollars?

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The money’s been appropriated, and it’s going to get built.  That’s the position of former Dallas mayor Dwaine Caraway, talking about the deck park that’s in the works for I-35E near the Dallas Zoo. “If it doesn’t happen here, there have been other Council members who have said ‘give me the…MORE

Murder Suspect is Returned From Georgetown, Booked Into Dallas Co. Jail

Murder Suspect is Returned From Georgetown, Booked Into Dallas Co. Jail

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The man police believe killed two people Sunday night in Cedar Hills and shot at a number of other people is in the Dallas County Jail, after being returned from Georgetown, where he was caught. Georgetown Assistant Police Chief Cory Tchida says they tracked Silvestre Luviano to an apartment complex, and…MORE

Time’s Running Out to Register to Vote November 8th

Time’s Running Out to Register to Vote November 8th

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The push is on to get Dallas County voters registered. The Dallas County Elections Department’s bi-lingual coordinator, Laura Varela, says there’s only another couple of weeks to get registered to vote on November 8th. “The deadline is October 11th, so they should hurry to get to do an early voting location,”…MORE

Monday Night Ranks as the ‘Most Tweeted Debate Ever’

Monday Night Ranks as the ‘Most Tweeted Debate Ever’

NEW YORK (CNN) – Monday night’s Trump-Clinton match-up was the “most tweeted debate ever.” That’s according to Twitter, which crunched the numbers immediately following the debate. The raw number of tweets is not available, but Twitter said it exceeded the 10.3 million messages sent about 2012’s first presidential debate. Social media use has grown in…MORE

SMU Hosting Debate Watch Party

SMU Hosting Debate Watch Party

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A non-partisan debate watching party will happen tonight at SMU’s Umphrey Lee Center, from 7:30-10:30.  It’s being put on by Director of Debate Ben Voth.  Assistant Professor of Communications Dr. Stephanie Martin says for many of her students, this will be their first election. “We’re hoping to get 25-30 students, but if…MORE

DPD, DART and El Centro Police Departments Talk About Co-ordination

DPD, DART and El Centro Police Departments Talk About Co-ordination

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas City Council’s Public Safety Committee wants to know what’s being done to make the streets around DART’s West End Station safer. Leaders of the DPD, DART and El Centro police departments talked about their co-operation even before the events of 7-7-16. “DART officers, along with DPD officers, would get…MORE

Black Police Association of Greater Dallas Proposes Reforms

Black Police Association of Greater Dallas Proposes Reforms

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Black Police Association is proposing a list of reforms it says are necessary to stop police brutality here in the Metroplex, and nationwide.  Association President Lieutenant Thomas Glover says they can’t just sit idly by while violence is committed by police officers against civilians, and vice versa. “We believe…MORE

Plano Balloon Festival Marks 37th Year

Plano Balloon Festival Marks 37th Year

PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News)  This weekend marks 37 years since the first hot air balloon lifted off at the Plano balloon festival. Jo Via is the executive director of the festival and she says this year is special because of the number of “shaped” balloons this year. Many Texans are leery of hot air balloons since the deadly crash in…MORE