DALLAS – A CPS caseworker and a supervisor have been fired and a special investigator has resigned after accusations the agency failed to prevent the death of 4 year old Leiliana Wright. The Grand Prairie police department says the girl was beaten to death by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend, who were high on…… MORE
DALLAS – Texas spends $61 billion on PK-12 education annually. Where does this money come from? Where does it go? How can state lawmakers improve the system for future generations? Those are the questions answered in a new report by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Any day now, the Texas Supreme Court could rule in…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Fire Rescue is on scene of a 4-alarm fire at the Southwind Apartments near Harry Hines Boulevard and Lombardy Lane. The fire has destroyed at least four of the six units in the apartment building. Dallas Fire Rescue’s Jason Evans says the fire is hard to put out because it…… MORE
THE COLONY (WBAP/KLIF) – Police are investigating threats made toward The Colony high school. Details on the nature of the threats was not made public in a notice sent out by the district. It did say suspects are currently under investigation. Colony high school principal Tim Baxter also praised the actions of Lewisville ISD and…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – A record crowd for Wrestlemania 32 in Arlington. 101,763 people packed into ATT Stadium Sunday night for the event. The previous mark was 93,173 set in 1987 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit. It was also a big financial hit too. Wrestlemania took in more than 17 million dollars, becoming the highest…… MORE
WASHINGTON DC – President Barack Obama is urging world leaders to do more to prevent “madmen” from getting their hands on a nuclear weapon or a radioactive “dirty bomb.” President Obama said Friday that the world faces a persistent and evolving threat from terrorists who are eager to unleash a devastating nuclear attack. “It would change our world,”…… MORE
DALLAS – Rep. Michael Burgess is urging American athletes to skip the upcoming Olympics in Brazil because of the Zika virus. Burgess, who is also an OBGYN says, “The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes, and there is an outbreak in Brazil. So far there are no mosquitoes here, so people ask me my advice…… MORE
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) – If you love video games, Frisco is now the home to the National Video Game Museum. The concept for the museum started when Joe Santulli and the other two co-founders would take their video game collections to gaming conventions. “Everyone we talked to was like ‘Why do I have to wait…… MORE
PLANO – Plano police say there were nearly 6,000 crashes in the city last year, and that almost 20% were caused by distracted drivers. “People under the age of 30 are the most likely to be in a distracted driving crash. They feel like they have to answer a text, a phone call or a…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A person from Irving is the fifth Dallas County resident to contract the Zika virus, according to the Health and Human Services Department.… MORE
