DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson enters a second-term after running uncontested in Saturday’s May 6 municipal election. It’s not often that the Dallas Mayor runs without an opponent. “That hasn’t happened in this city since 1967,” Mayor Johnson toLD WBAP’s Saturday Morning News. “And from what I understand, it doesn’t happen very often…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, receiving the bejeweled St. Edward’s Crown in a ceremony built on ancient tradition at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevant in a fractured modern Britain. Trumpets sounded inside the medieval abbey and the congregation shouted “God save the king!” at…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas Police were forced to shoot an armed man along a Southeast Dallas street. Just after 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning, police received calls of a man carrying a gun in what officers describe as an armed encounter. As officer’s arrived, they found a man with a gun along a street near Liberty Park,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for North Texas until 10:00 p.m. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 187 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDTFOR THE FOLLOWING TEXAS COUNTIES: BASTROP, BELL, BLANCO, BOSQUE, BROWN, BURNET, CALLAHAN, CLAY, COLEMAN, COLLIN, COMANCHE, COOKE, CORYELL, DALLAS, DENTON, EASTLAND, ELLIS, ERATH, FALLS, GILLESPIE, GRAYSON, HAMILTON,…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Texas Rangers are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in McKinney. It happened Friday morning at the American Inn Motel on West University Drive near Coleman Street. Officers were called to the scene around 5:17 a.m. after the McKinney Police Department received several 911 calls about an “active disturbance” at…… MORE
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The late pop superstar Prince will have a highway named after him in his home state, following a vote by Minnesota lawmakers Thursday. Purple signs will soon go up along a seven-mile stretch of State Highway 5 in the Minneapolis suburbs of Chanhassen and Eden Prairie — designating it the Prince Rogers…… MORE
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide. WHO said that even though the emergency phase was over, the pandemic hasn’t…… MORE
DECATUR (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A boil water notice remains in effect for Decatur residents until at least Saturday at five pm. City officials said a 12-inch water line off business Highway 380 was hit by a contractor installing underground utility on Thursday. In a Facebook post, the city said crews stopped the leak but…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a healthy 253,000 jobs in April, evidence of a labor market that still shows surprising strength despite rising interest rates, chronically high inflation and a banking crisis that could weaken the economy. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.4%, matching a 54-year low. But the jobless rate fell in part…… MORE
Some of these storms will become severe with large hail and damaging winds. Slow-moving storms and localized instances of heavy rainfall may lead to flash flooding. Timing for showers and storms is between 3 pm and 11 pm. Today A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny,…… MORE
