(WBAP/KLIF) — The feud between Mckinney Mayor George Fuller and outspoken councilman La’shadion Shemwell reignited this week. Tempers boiled over during a recent council meeting when the mayor moved to have an 11-member committee review the statue removal of James Webb Throckmorton, who was a confederate general. According to Fuller, Shemwell disrupted the city meeting…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas Police are searching for the killer of a 16-year-old boy who was gunned down in Arcadia Park, Thursday. According to officer Warren Mitchell, the young man was shot by another young Latin male at around 12:20 in the afternoon.The unidentified gunman fled the scene with two other Latin males in a tan…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Lawyers for the family of Tinslee Lewis have changed course in a lawsuit against Cook’s Children’s Medical Center. The family withdrew a court motion to compel the hospital to allow a new doctor to treat the child. The motion was entered, Tuesday, after hospital lawyers said turning care over to a Michigan based…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Coronavirus has now taken the lives of more than one thousand North Texans. With 53 deaths over the last two days, the Metroplex now has 1,016 COVID-19 related deaths. The surge caused a slight uptick in the mortality rate which rose from 1.2% to 1.3%. Dallas county has over 44,000 cases and…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Southwest Airlines says it won’t allow health waivers to its face-mask rule. Only children under 2 will be exempt from the requirement to cover their mouth and nose during flights. Meanwhile, Delta Air Lines said Thursday that it will expand its coronavirus testing of employees to include at-home tests. Air travel has…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Daily deaths from coronavirus infections in the official Texas count fell from record levels to the third-biggest total the state recorded Thursday. New confirmed cases reported to the state also fell. State health officials Thursday reported 173 deaths linked to COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. That was down…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- As the Coronavirus pandemic continues Dallas ISD has made a big decision for the upcoming school year. On Thursday, Dallas ISD trustees voted to push the start of the school year back to September 8th. Students and parents will then have a choice between in-person or online learning. The Dallas ISD Board…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- A popular Dallas street might see a name change in the near future. Nearly two years after 26-year-old Botham Jean was killed by off-duty police officer Amber Guyger, several Dallas city council members submitted a request to change the name of South Lamar Street to Botham Jean Boulevard. The street, which stretches from…… MORE
FARMERS BRANCH (WBAP/KLIF)- Farmers Branch Police are Investigating after they say a mother and her two young daughters were found dead inside a car. Farmers Branch Officer Steve Rutherford said The Kaufman County Sheriff’s Department reported 31-year-old Natalie Chambers and her daughters 4-year-old Izabel and 2-year-old Elise missing after they left their Forney home for a play…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Bars in Texas remain closed as the state experiences a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, but dozens of bar owners plan to defy Governor Abbbott’s mandate this weekend. Bars in Texas were closed then reopened under the state’s phased reopening plan. Weeks later, with a spike in cases and the COVID-19…… MORE
