COPPELL (WBAP/KLIF) – More than three million Texans have travel plans for the July 4th holiday. That’s according to AAA and is up a little more than one percent compared to last year. Analysts for the auto club credit lower gas prices for the increase. The holiday period begins Thursday and ends late Monday. Nationally,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas elementary school teacher is facing child pornography charges. 59-year-old Mark Stutheit was arrested after an investigation that started when he made contact with an undercover police officer in Australia. When the feds served a warrant at his Dallas home they reportedly found hundreds of illegal images on his computer, tablet…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth police think they know who murdered a convenience store clerk over the weekend. An arrest warrant has been issued for 20-year-old Christian Silva. He was picked out of a photo line-up by another store employee. Silva is accused of gunning down 38-year-old Jimmy Khela at the Pronto Food Mart…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas attorney general Ken Paxton thinks the Fort Worth school district’s trans-gender bathroom guidelines are illegal. In a non-binding legal opinion Paxton says superintendent Kent Scribner violated Texas education code when he moved forward on the policy without school board approval. It allows trans-gender students to use the bathroom of their…… MORE
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF News) – Frisco City Manager George Purefoy says the $30 million given to the Cowboys by the Frisco Independent School District is an investment. He says “The Star” practice and operations facility will attract economic development, and the District will be able to use it for athletic events, marching band competitions, and so…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) One of our favorite political commentators recently discovered he is the subject of a cartoon book. About a week ago, UTA political science professor Dr. Allan Saxe saw his name on a book cover at a cartoon festival. He says it all started with a former student drawing cartoons of him as he taught class. The…… MORE
CROWLEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police are looking for vandals who spray painted walls and set books on fire at an elementary school in Crowley.… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Some parts of Dallas-Fort Worth received over two inches of rain when a slow-moving storm system moved across the area Monday night. High water was reported at a number of locations. The facade of a downtown Dallas parking garage collapsed. A billboard fell onto a parked car near Central Expressway and Fitzhugh.…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has approved an increase in what drivers will pay for registration renewals. The $4.75 hike is being called a processing and handling fee and will be placed on renewals done in person or through the mail. Before any county fees, the total price will be $55.50.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Another delay in the public corruption trial of Dallas county commissioner John Wiley Price. Testimony was scheduled to begin in September, but attorneys for price said they needed more time to review the government’s evidence in the case. U-S district judge Barbara Lynn agreed and rescheduled the start until February of next…… MORE
