Category Archives: Promoreel Story

Custody Hearing for Sister of Slain Toddler

Custody Hearing for Sister of Slain Toddler

UPDATE 11:30a –  Attorneys for both Sini and Wesley Matthews asked for another delay in the hearing to regain custody of their 4 year old biological child.  Today’s hearing lasted just 10 minutes and new hearing has been scheduled for November 29th. Wesley Mathews’ civil attorney, David Kleckner says they need time to put a case…MORE

TxDOT Wants to ‘End The Streak’ of Fatal Car Crashes

TxDOT Wants to ‘End The Streak’ of Fatal Car Crashes

 TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Stunning stats that show Texas has racked up over 62-hundred days in-a-row of fatal car crashes over 17 years, since November 7, 2000. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NTSB), 94 percent of these deadly crashes are due to driver error — things like distracted driving, speeding and drunk driving.…MORE

2017 Election: Thumbs Down to DCS, Thumbs Up to Bonds

2017 Election: Thumbs Down to DCS, Thumbs Up to Bonds

Dallas/Forth Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County voters have had enough of the controversies surrounding Dallas County Schools, the agency that operates school buses for all school districts in the county.  They voted yesterday to shut down the agency, and let the nine districts that have been using the service, work out their own transportation plans.…MORE

All Clear Given After TCU Students were Ordered to Shelter in Place

All Clear Given After TCU Students were Ordered to Shelter in Place

Update at 1:00pm: Law enforcement and the university gave an all clear after an investigation into a road rage incident near the campus that prompted the shelter order. Classes were allowed to resume at 12:00pm. Fort Worth police believe the road rage incident involved two campus “Road runner” shuttle bus drivers. Police say one driver…MORE

Texans Head to the Polls for Election Day

Texans Head to the Polls for Election Day

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Voters go to the polls across the state Tuesday to settle a number of issues. There are 11 issues facing Dallas voters — the most widely publicized being the proposal to abolish Dallas County Schools, which is a company that operates buses for Dallas County school districts. It has been plagued…MORE

Bowe Bergdahl Receives Dishonorable Discharge, No Prison Time

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) – A military judge ruled Friday that Bowe Bergdahl should serve no prison time for endangering his comrades by walking off his Afghanistan post. The sentence caps a politically divisive episode that centered on one soldier’s decision that affected many other lives. President Barack Obama was criticized for trading Taliban prisoners…MORE

Richardson Toddler Who Went Missing for Weeks Laid to Rest

Richardson Toddler Who Went Missing for Weeks Laid to Rest

RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) — Richardson three-year-old Sherin Mathews has been laid to rest one week after the medical examiner positively identified a body found in a culvert half a mile from her home. The funeral was private because, according to the family’s attorneys, they wanted to focus on Sherin’s future in heaven rather than her…MORE

Body Found in Trunk After High Speed Chase in Kaufman County

Body Found in Trunk After High Speed Chase in Kaufman County

FORNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) — Kaufman County Sheriff’s deputies found a body in the back of a trunk after arresting a man following a high speed chase. The incident happened Sunday after someone called to report a road rage situation, where 33-year-old Freddy Gilbert reportedly pulled up next to their car and fired at least one…MORE

WATCH: Dallas Police Searching For Woman Accused of Drugging and Robbing Men

WATCH: Dallas Police Searching For Woman Accused of Drugging and Robbing Men

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Police Department is searching for a woman they believe is using the Uptown bar seen as her hunting ground. Investigators said the woman is going home with men from area bars, drugging them and then burglarizing their home. Daniel King is one of the woman’s victims and tells WFAA TV…MORE

Former President Bush Apologizes for Touching Actress During Photo

Former President Bush Apologizes for Touching Actress During Photo

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — President George H.W Bush says he did not mean to offend an actress when he patted her on the rear during a photo three years ago. Actress Heather Lind recently spoke about the photo from March of 2014 on Instagram, where she claims the 41st President of the United States told…MORE