AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced this week the mobilization of additional state resources to assist local fire departments in battling wildfires across Texas. With increased fire potential worsened by excessively dry conditions, the Governor is directing the Texas Division of Emergency Management to deploy state resources in collaboration with the Texas A&M…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Health and Human Services, on Thursday, reported the second heat-related death in the County for the 2022 season. According to DCHHS, the patient was a 77 year-old male and a resident of the City of Dallas who had underlying health conditions. “We are very saddened to report our second heat-related death this…… MORE
CINCINNATI (AP) — An armed man decked out in body armor tried to breach a security screening area at an FBI field office in Ohio on Thursday, then fled and was injured in an exchange of gunfire in a standoff with law enforcement, authorities said. The confrontation that began at the FBI’s Cincinnati field office…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department has asked a court to unseal the search warrant the FBI received before searching the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday. Garland cited the “substantial public interest in this matter” in announcing the request at a hastily scheduled Justice Department…… MORE
HAWAII (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Hawaii Police arrested an OnlyFans model and Instagram influencer accused in the stabbing death of her North Texas boyfriend in Miami in April. The Miami Herald reported that 26-year-old Courtney Clenney was taken into custody on Wednesday in Hawaii and will be extradited to Miami-Dade County to face trial in…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – National gas price average dropped below $4 per gallon overnight for the first time since March, according to AAA Texas. The statewide gas price average in Texas is $3.49 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is 15 cents less than on this…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF) – Richardson ISD is scaling back a proposed policy surrounding cell phone usage in class. The school board was scheduled to vote Thursday night on a proposal to require students to store their phones in magnet-locked bags during the school day. “The overwhelming takeaway from the feedback is that parents almost universally agree…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council approved an ordinance, on Wednesday, calling a special election for a proposition to be placed on the November 8, 2022 ballot. Dallas voters will decide whether or not to approve the expansion of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas and certain improvements at Fair Park. If approved,…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Two North Texans are sharing an extraordinary encounter at Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth that lead to the reunion of long, lost siblings. The hospital’s recording producer Raymond Turner and Christina Sadberry had been passing each other in the hallways for seven years. Turner said this amazing story…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump says he invoked the Fifth Amendment and wouldn’t answer questions under oath in the long-running New York civil investigation into his business dealings. Trump arrived at New York Attorney General Letitia James’ offices Wednesday morning, but sent out a statement more than an hour later saying he declined to…… MORE
