Category Archives: Promo Reel

Heatwave Forces Crews to Pour Concrete after Midnight

Heatwave Forces Crews to Pour Concrete after Midnight

CELINA (WBAP/KLIF) – Triple-digit temperatures aren’t slowing down construction on Methodist Celina Medical Center, but crews are having to work some odd hours to beat the heat. During the current heatwave, crews are starting their concrete pours on the $237 million project around 1 a.m. each morning. According to industry experts, wet concrete needs time to dry properly,…MORE

North Texas Excessive Heat Warning Extended

North Texas Excessive Heat Warning Extended

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Weather Service extended the Excessive heat Warning until Wednesday at 8 p.m. The warning covers all of North and Central Texas and includes dangerously hot conditions with temperatures of heat index values between 105 and 112 degrees. According to NWS, extreme heat and humidity will significantly increase the potential for…MORE

Impeached Texas AG Ken Paxton Wants Most Charges Dismissed Before September Trial

Impeached Texas AG Ken Paxton Wants Most Charges Dismissed Before September Trial

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lawyers for impeached Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday sought to have most of the charges against him dismissed, arguing that they rely on alleged acts of corruption before he was reelected to a third term in 2022. In motions filed with the Senate, where Paxton’s impeachment trial is scheduled to begin Sept.…MORE

Pee-wee Herman Actor Dies at 70

Pee-wee Herman Actor Dies at 70

(WBAP/KLIF) – The actor who portrayed Pee-wee Herman died on Sunday, according to his official social media page. “Last night we said farewell to Paul Reubens, an iconic American actor, comedian, writer and producer whose beloved character Pee-wee Herman delighted generations of children and adults with his positivity, whimsy and belief in the importance of…MORE

Trump PAC Spent Over $40M On His Legal Fees This Year

Trump PAC Spent Over $40M On His Legal Fees This Year

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The Trump PAC supporting Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is spending millions of dollars on his mounting legal fees. Save America, has spent more than $40 million on legal fees since the start of this year. Fox Radio News’ Jared Halpern cites reported sources who say that a second PAC is expected to…MORE

Former Texas Congressman Boo’d Over Remarks about Trump At GOP Dinner in Iowa

Former Texas Congressman Boo’d Over Remarks about Trump At GOP Dinner in Iowa

Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Congressman Will Hurd was booed off the stage at a campaign event in Iowa on Friday after he began railing against former President Donald Trump. Listen: The instance occurred at the end of Hurd’s speech at the Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines when he declared Trump was running for president…MORE

WATCH: WSPD Officers Save Man from Burning Car

WATCH: WSPD Officers Save Man from Burning Car

WHITE SETTLEMENT (WBAP/KLIF) – Police Officers in White Settlement are being praised as heroes after saving a man from a burning car over the weekend. According to White Settlement Police, Officers responded to a major car crash in the 1700 block of S. Cherry Lane before 3 a.m. Saturday morning, involving a passenger car that…MORE

Murder-For-Hire Gunman to Spend 6 Decades Behind Bars

Murder-For-Hire Gunman to Spend 6 Decades Behind Bars

(WBAP/KLIF) — What began as a promising future for two teenagers in love, turns into both spending their lives in the penitentiary, 30 years later. The man accused of killing an American Airlines executive in a love triangle, murder-for-hire case has been found guilty. 49-year-old Darrin Lopez was sentenced, Friday night, to 62-years in prison…MORE

FBI & Dallas Police Bust Drug Syndicate

FBI & Dallas Police Bust Drug Syndicate

(WBAP/KLIF) — The FBI announced, Friday, that a two year investigation into a drug syndicate resulted in the arrest of 15 criminals, many of which have extensive criminal histories. Chad Yarbrough is the Special Agent in Charge of the FBIi’s Dallas Field Office and says over 200 law enforcement officers with the FBI, Dallas Police…MORE