DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Dallas City Council will officially have four new members. Mail-in ballots from the weekend’s runoff elections have been counted, making it now official that Mayor Pro Tem Monica Alonzo, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Erik Wilson, and councilwoman Tiffani Young will no longer be on the council. They’ll be replaced by…… MORE
ROWLETT (WBAP/KLIF News) — Runners will be taking the streets of Rowlett tomorrow morning to continue raising money for tornado victims. The second annual “Rebuild Rowlett 5K” takes place Saturday morning at 8:05 with the goal in mind of raising $10,000 to help those displaced by the deadly 2015 storms. The group Rowlett Strong says…… MORE
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) – The parents of a U.S. government contractor charged with leaking classified documents to a news organization insist she’s not a flight risk and should be released from jail before her trial. Reality Winner faces a detention hearing Thursday in federal court in Augusta, Georgia, so that a judge can determine whether…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Following Executive Session Wednesday, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said the city will join other cities to challenge the Sanctuary Cities Bill. Statement from Mayor Mike Rawlings: The City Council was briefed this afternoon in executive session regarding the lawsuit the State of Texas recently filed against various state governmental entities and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott is defending his texting while driving ban one day after signing the legislation into law. Abbott said he’s for limited government, but the ban was needed. “Studies have shown that if you are texting while driving, you are far more dangerous than if you are under the…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Federal authorities say agents have arrested 70 people in Oklahoma and Texas as part of a three-day sweep targeting immigrants with criminal records or who were in the U.S. illegally. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a release that the sweep concluded Saturday and the vast majority of those arrested came…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A North Texas man has lost his life after flesh-eating bacteria entered a recently-inked tattoo when he went swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Nicholas Hendron is an internal medicine resident at the Parkland Health & Hospital System — he said those who have fresh tattoos or any recent wound…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Officials in Dallas say they’ve completed security upgrades to the city’s outdoor sirens that will prevent the kind of “malicious activation” that caused the emergency system to blare across the city in April. Authorities said in a statement Monday that the city’s more than 150 sirens now have “constant encrypted communication.” They…… MORE
U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn ruled Monday that Shaunkeyia Stephens may join the lawsuit filed by Odell Edwards on behalf of the estate of Jordan Edwards. The lawsuit alleges that the Balch Springs Police Department and city officials improperly trained the officer who shot the boy and should have noticed a pattern of escalating encounters…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A bomb squad was sent to the Dallas Police Department after a suspicious package was found Monday. Employees were asked to move to one side of the building until notified otherwise and citizens inside the building were asked to leave. Assistant Police Chief Randy Blankenbaker said a mail courier saw a suspicious looking…… MORE
