DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — North Texans will rally today to help fund local non-profits. Thursday, September 14 is North Texas Giving day — a tradition that began in 2009 and has grown each year. According to the Communities Foundation of Texas, 81,000 people donated to about 2,500 different organizations last year. “The amount they gave…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — A family of three from South Fort Worth is in the hospital after house caught late Wednesday night. The Fort Worth Fire Department says they got the call just before midnight on Wednesday. “They had some people in the front yard of the house that had already evacuated and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The number of Hurricane Harvey evacuees at the Dallas mega-shelter has dropped from nearly 4,000 to triple digits in just a matter of days. On Saturday, the city said there were 3,821 evacuees at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. But as of Wednesday morning, that number was down to more…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — One woman is dead and a man is in the hospital after someone went on a stabbing spree at an Arlington shopping center Monday night. Police say a man was stabbed around 9:30 across the street from the Parks Mall near I-20 and Cooper. He was taken to the hospital and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — An accident involving an 18-wheeler and the crane set to remove the Robert E. Lee statue in Dallas’ Lee park has left one man dead. The city brought the crane up from Houston after attempts to remove the statue last week were unsuccessful. They had originally used a crane that was…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Tuesday is the first day on the job for Dallas’ new top cop. The city hired U. Renee Hall in July to be its next police chief. She replaces David Brown, who led the department from 2010-2016, as its longest tenured chief dating back to 1960. Hall is the first female…… MORE
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF News) — The North Texas nonprofit Team Rubicon has filled a handful of vans with supplies and volunteers and sent them down south to help South Texans rebuild. The organization consists of veterans and first responders whose mission is to help and empower those affected by disasters, like Hurricane Harvey. “To have…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – President Donald Trump visited a Houston area church and met with Harvey evacuees at the NRG Center Saturday. The president, who spoke with reporters just before he left for Louisiana, said he is pleased with FEMA’s response. “Really I think people appreciate what has been done. It’s been done efficiently, done very…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — People aren’t the only ones being taken care of at hurricane shelters in North Texas. The American Kennel Club has set up a trailer in both the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas and the Wilkerson Facility shelter in Fort Worth for rescued pets. “We know the pets are stressed…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — SMU and Baylor are offering free tickets to their home football games this weekend for South Texas storm evacuees. They’re also providing them with meal vouchers, which for SMU includes a free hot dog and soda. Baylor did not specifiy what comes with theirs. If you have been displaced or know…… MORE
