Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – All lanes of I-30 are blocked as the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office is handling fatal auto-pedestrian crash on eastbound RL Thornton at Jim Miller overnight. Very few details were revealed according to Mike Forbes our media partner WFAA-TV who went to the scene over night around 3:30AM.. The WBAP/KLIF newsroom has reached…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth said the number of pediatric patients treated for COVID-19 is at an all-time high. Today, 69 pediatric COVID-19 patients are in the hospital. Nine of those are currently waiting in the Emergency Department for an available bed to open up. The latest surge, believed to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas is offering incentives to Ford as it pursues becoming the home of the company’s next self-driving vehicle facility. The Ford Facility would bring an expected 250 jobs to the Love Field area. Dallas and two cities in California are Ford’s top finalists. During its Wednesday meeting, the Dallas…… MORE
RED OAK (WBAP/KLIF) – The COVID-19 Omicron variant continues to take hold in schools. More North Texas school districts are canceling class as absences rise with a spike in COVID cases. Red Oak ISD Communications Director, Beth Trimble said on Tuesday that the district will close Friday to help mitigate the spread of the virus.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Police Department is hoping the release of a sketch of the woman accused of sexually assaulting a child will lead to some tips help identify and arrest her. The assault happened on New Year’s Day near Rose Haggar Elementary School on Campbell Road and Plumtree Drive. The suspect is…… MORE
Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano ISD Board of Trustees last night approved an amendments to its 2021-2022 Compensation Plan. One amendment gives a $750 retention incentive to active, all full-time district employees. Current part-time employees on that date will receive $350 incentives. The amendments also increase the pay rate for Deaf Education Translators; substitute teachers,…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — A man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span is set to be retried in April after the first jury to hear a murder case against him deadlocked. The retrial of Billy Chemirmir, 49, in the death of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris is scheduled to begin on…… MORE
Mesquite (WBAP/KLIF) – A raging late night apartment fire in Mesquite left one person dead, one firefighter injured and a number of families displaced. The fire broke out around 10:30 last night at the Country Club Apartments on Pinehurst Lane. Fire investigators say the blaze started in one unit and quickly spread to other apartments.…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A Texas father is suing the City of Denton for the shooting death of his son. The father of Darius Tarver is suing Denton City for $10-million in a wrongful death suit. Kevin Tarver claims excessive force was used the night his son was killed. Darius Tarver was shot with a stun gun…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) – President Joe Biden is challenging senators to “stand against voter suppression,” urging them to change Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation that Republicans are blocking from debate and votes. Biden, who has been criticized by some in his own party for the Senate’s inaction, declared in a speech in…… MORE
