Ft. Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – TxDOT plans to spend $70 billion dollars over the next 10 years for projects to cut down on congestion. Val Lopez with TxDOT in Ft. Worth says that’s more than twice the amount of money they thought they’d have to work with last year, but then voters spoke loud and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) Tony Romo could be sitting out for more than two months of games after his most recent back injury. Dr. John Michels is now a spine and pain doctor in Dallas. But years ago, he played in the NFL and won a Super Bowl championship while with the Green Bay Packers. Dr. Michels says as…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) Pilots for Southwest Airlines are still demanding higher pay. They picketed at Dallas Love Field yesterday, bringing attention to their demands for better contracts. Talks between pilots and the carrier have been going on for 4 years. Pilots say executives are enjoying nearly 50% raises since 2011 while wages for pilots have been stagnant during…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police are looking for a suspect in the shooting death of a man at a Ft. Worth tax preparation business. It happened about 11:00 this morning, in a tool shed behind the Flores Income Tax preparation office at 1600 Northwest 28th Street. Officer Daniel Segura says they’re not sure if the…… MORE
ROANOKE, Texas (AP) – Officials say all of the cars have been cleared after a train hauling coal derailed in rural North Texas.… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The question of whether public parks in Dallas will allow smoking or not is headed to the City Council. District 14 Councilman Philip Kingston says predictions of economic disaster if smoking were banned haven’t panned out in restaurants and bars. “We have seen none of the doomsday predictions that bar and…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – Operation Crackdown takes down another known drug house, and the guy doing the actual knocking down says it’s rewarding. Sergeant Cristobol Mejia with the Texas National Guard says he’s doing something everyone dreams of at one point or another. “It’s a great feeling. You get paid to break something,” said Mejia. …… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Since the July 7th attack on police officers in downtown Dallas, local businesses and the Fallen Officer Foundation have raised a half million dollars for the families of the fallen and wounded officers. The final $80,000 of the $500,000 goal was presented to the Foundation by Versa Printing, which made the “Pray…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A pharmacist in Arlington told a would-be robber no, and got shot for it.… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The leader of the Metroplex’s Catholic community is headed to Rome to start a new job. Bishop Kevin Farrell of the Diocese of Dallas says he was taken completely by surprise when he got a call from his boss, Pope Francis. “My administrative assistant came in and said, ‘the Pope’s on…… MORE
