AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Governor Greg Abbott has pardoned a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. Republican Governor Greg Abbott had previously ordered the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to review Daniel Perry’s case and said…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Interim Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert today announced a plan that will keep the city’s police chief in Dallas until at least through mid-2027. This plan was announced this afternoon. The plan, which is an addendum to the Chief’s initial offer letter from the City of Dallas in December 2020, was signed…… MORE
JOHNSON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Investigators are looking into the cause of a deadly plane crash in Johnson County Wednesday night. In a Facebook post, the Godley Fire Department said the crash was reported just before nine in the 8600 block of FM 4, about nine miles northwest of Cleburne Airport. The Texas Department…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Despite its bustling economy, Texas ranks among the nation’s most food-insecure states in the country. A recent Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study shows almost five million Texans are struggling with hunger, one out of three are children, and thousands are in the North Texas Food Bank service…… MORE
Dallas Texas – The Dallas Cowboys 2024 schedule has officially been released. The first game is scheduled to be against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday September 8th at 3:25 PM. The game will be played at Cleveland Browns Stadium. This will be the Cowboys first trip to Cleveland since 2016 Week 2, the Cowboys will…… MORE
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a smaller and separate island that is home to a university, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, although officials said one person on the barge…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Layoffs affecting Walmart employees in Dallas-Fort Worth. [Walmart announced layoffs affecting several hundred jobs at the retail giant’s campus offices and said it will be requiring most remote workers and personnel in its Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices to relocate to office hubs in Bentonville, Arkansas; Hoboken, New Jersey; and the San Francisco…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has determined that Boeing violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 MAX aircraft. The DOJ will now determine whether or not it will file charges against the aircraft maker. Justice Department Fraud Section Head Glenn Leon says…… MORE
ATLANTA – (WBAP/KLIF) It’s on! President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both agree to debate the issues at CNN studios on June 27th. This news, a big development in a fast-rising back and forth barb exchanging between the presidential candidates concerning whether they would – and where they would debate. But earlier, Biden’s…… MORE
UPDATE 05/15/2024; 1:45 PM: Emerald Ash Borer now found in JOHNSON COUNTY; not yet officially on the list of North Texas counties in which movement of ash wood, leaves, or any of the tree’s materials are banned moving from county to county. Dr. Courtney Blevins, Forester with Texas A&M, warns the state of Texas does…… MORE
