DALLAS (AP) – Former Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden has been sentenced to four days in jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. McFadden was arrested in January 2019 after he fell asleep in the drive-through lane of a Dallas-area fast-food restaurant. The Dallas Morning News reports that McFadden pleaded guilty Friday to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Life High School Oak Cliff was awarded a brand new weight room courtesy of Give a Child a Voice, a nonprofit organization founded by Eric Erdman, a terminally ill teen who is battling brain cancer. The goal of Give a Child a Voice is to end to child abuse, bullying, and life-threatening childhood…… MORE
FORT WORTH ALLIANCE AIRPORT (WBAP/KLIF) – Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced Thursday that it will expand its operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with the construction of a service center at Fort Worth Alliance Airport. The facility is expected to open by the fall of 2021 and is expected to create around 50 new jobs. Gulfstream will…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Roger Stone, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison on his convictions for witness tampering and lying to Congress. Thursday’s action in federal court comes amid Trump’s unrelenting defense of his longtime confidant that has led to a mini-revolt inside the Justice Department and…… MORE
GREENVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Hunt County Sheriff’s Department is inviting North Texans to attend it’s active shooter seminar in Greenville this weekend. The “A Public Shooter in the Making: Mindset of an Active Shooter” course will teach citizens how to spot a shooter before a tragedy occurs. The department’s Sergeant Jeff Haines cites the outcome…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has named Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, as acting director of national intelligence. Grenell is a loyal and outspoken Trump supporter. He’s been U.S. ambassador to Germany since 2018. He previously served as U.S. spokesman at the United Nations in the George W. Bush administration, including under…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — As if their jobs aren’t already difficult and hazardous some Dallas police officers now have to fight bed bugs while they fight crime. The Dallas PD northeast and southeast substations have reportedly both been infected as well as some of their patrol cars. WFAA reports the pests began to appear at…… MORE
LAS VEGAS (AP) – New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg played defense in his presidential debate debut, as Democrats savaged the former mayor with questions about his record and past comments related to race, gender and his personal wealth. The aggressive confrontation in Las Vegas threatened to further scramble the party’s urgent quest to defeat President…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Former Energy Secretary and Texas Governor Rick Perry has a new job with his old company. MCNA Dental announced Monday Perry, who previously served on its board of directors, would return to the company as the vice chairman of its board and as its chief strategy officer. In a statement, the company says,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – A nonpartisan voting advocacy group is reminding Texas voters that Friday is the deadline to apply to vote by mail in the upcoming Texas Primary. Grace Chimene is president of the League of Women Voters of Texas. “Voters over the age of 65, they are sick or disabled or they are out of…… MORE
