DESOTO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Desoto ISD is banning backpacks for students in grades 6-12 for the remainder of the school year. Starting Monday, April 24th, students will only be allowed to bring a small clutch-size bag for personal care items on campus. “We’re really trying to help students make good decisions around not bringing…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Governor Greg Abbott was in Irving, Tuesday, for the ground breaking of a new regional campus for Wells Fargo Bank. Th new state-of-the-art, twin tower campus will sit on a 22-acre site in the Las Colinas area and will consolidate offices across the metroplex. Abbott said Texas has the largest financial services workforce…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The airline industry and passengers are reacting to Tuesday’s ground stop for Dallas based Southwest Airlines that lasted longer than an hour. Southwest Airlines said it requested the ground stop from the FAA because of a technology issue. “Southwest has resumed operations after temporarily pausing flight activity this morning to work through…… MORE
UPDATE: (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Southwest Airlines has revealed more about the technical glitch that led to the brief grounding of its flights Tuesday morning. The Dallas-based carrier blamed the issue on a third-party “firewall that went down” which caused a drop in connection to some “operational data.” Southwest is allowing customers who had reservations…… MORE
UPDATE: 5p.m. 4-17-23 MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mesquite Police Department said on Monday that the substitute teacher seen on video encouraging middle school students to fight was arrested. 24-year-old Natally Garcia is facing four counts of Injury to a Child, after Police say she subjected them to danger. Mesquite, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mesquite Police…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County Elections Administrator Heider Garcia has stepped down. Garcia sent a letter Sunday to County Judge Tim O’Hare and County Administrator G. K. Maenius explaining his departure.In the letter he says he and O’Hare have different ideas for running transparent elections. Garcia has been the election’s administrator since 2018, his…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano Police Department is requesting help from the public to identify a victim in a cold case murder investigation from 1996. According to Plano PD, in January 1997, an unidentified Hispanic male was found deceased in a field at the southwest corner of SH 121 and Independence Parkway with a gunshot…… MORE
CHICO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Investigators are looking into the cause a Union Pacific train crash and derailment in Chico that left two people injured Sunday night. Union Pacific spokesperson Kristen South said a freight train traveling southbound hit an unoccupied train parked in a siding around 7pm. The company said three engine cars and…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Rangers unveiled their Nike City Connect uniforms on Monday, which the organization says honor the story of how the organization landed in Arlington, Texas, through the rich baseball history of Dallas and Fort Worth, the significance of April 21 in Texas, and the tireless efforts of the late Mayor of Arlington,…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire Rescue is on the scene two-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in Northeast Dallas. Flames can be seen shooting from the roof of a structure at the Forestwood on the Creek Apartments. The fire broke out around 5am. DFR Spokesman Jason Evans says that no injuries have been reported at…… MORE
