Plano (WBAP/KLIF News) – A four-year old Plano boy is dead after he somehow got into his family’s pool and drowned. Captain Peggy Harrell with Plano Fire Rescue says kids absolutely have to be supervised by an adult whenever they are in the water, or even playing near a swimming pool. “That person doesn’t do…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – Flood victims in Louisiana need help, and the Red Cross of North Texas is stepping up. Fred McClure says eight personnel and four Emergency Response Vehicles are headed to Baton Rouge to help people affected by the flooding. “We’ll be delivering food or bulk materials, water, tarps, things that they need…… MORE
RIO (WBAP/KLIF News) An Olympian from Dallas is bringing home a silver medal. Madison Kocian won second place in Rio on the uneven bars. The competition is the only gymnastics event that Simone Biles did not qualify for. Russia’s Aliya Mustafina took home the gold. She started with a higher difficulty score, and while Kocian’s execution was scored better…… MORE
LONG ISLAND, NY. (WBAP/KLIF News) – A police officer in New York is honoring the memory of the five officers who died in an ambush in downtown Dallas last month.… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk has returned to work after being off for 12 weeks. For the third time since taking office Hawk was being treated for depression. In a statement she said she has been able to work with a team of mental health professionals to aggressively combat her mental…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Health officials in Harris County have confirmed that an infant who recently died had microcephaly linked to the Zika virus.… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will be stopping in Fort Worth tomorrow. He’s in Austin today for his first fundraising event on his Texas tour. He will attend a private fundraiser there for democratic volunteers. Tomorrow’s event in Fort Worth will help raise money for Clinton’s “Hillary Victory Fund.” The fund, which is meant to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) A military veteran from New York came all the way to Dallas to thank police officers. Billy Richards was in the Marine Corps and the army. He wanted to do something in support of police after the recent shootings. Dallas was his most recent stop on a cross-country mission that’s what he calls the “Thank…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A man from Arlington will fire up his smoker Saturday for a monthly event he calls “Cookout for Cops.” … MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Park and Recreation Board gives its stamp of approval for a private foundation to step in and take over management of Fair Park. Walt Humann, who Mayor Mike Rawlings hand-picked to lead the Fair Park Texas Foundation, says it’s been underfunded for decades. “In 2001, when I was chairing…… MORE
