DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – About 9:05 Friday evening as some Christmas celebrations were winding down, Grapevine Police responded to reports of a man that witnesses said was threatening to “shoot up the place.” During the incident Grapevine police reported on twitter “our officers are responding to an active threat call at Great Wolf Lodge.” As…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An argument over a dog degenerated into a homicide Friday afternoon. Dallas Police say two people got into an argument near the intersection of Gay and Copeland streets in south Dallas. One of them pulled out a gun, and shot the other one. The victim died. The shooter fled. Police are looking…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A 7-11 employee has been arrested for shooting a man to death early Christmas morning outside the West Dallas store where he works. Police say surveillance video shows 21 year old Junior Gebremariam got into an argument with Brigido Cisneros, pulled out a handgun, and shot Cisneros several times. Police found Cisneros…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Conronavirus cases in the Lone Star State are nearing pandemic records set in July. Texas state health officials reported almost 11,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in hospitals across the state. The Christmas day total of Coronavirus patients was just within 30 of the record high set earlier this summer. The department reports intensive care units…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Two Texas grave stones deemed to promote hate are causing controversy. Two German World War II graves bearing Nazi swastikas have been removed from Fort Sam Houston national cemetery in San Antonio and replaced with new headstones. The pair of headstones had become a long controversy over whether they were historical artifacts worth…… MORE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A recreational vehicle parked in the deserted streets of downtown Nashville exploded early Christmas morning, causing widespread communications outages that took down police emergency systems and grounded flights at the city’s airport. Police believe the blast was intentional but don’t yet know a motive or target. Metro Nashville Police Chief John…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The number of available hospital beds dropped slightly in the Dallas area, Thursday, but hasn’t reached the low seen in late October. Of the 5,914 available hospital beds, 4,461 are occupied. The ICU bed situation has eclipsed 80% capacity, as 758 of the 937 beds are occupied. That capacity percentage is slightly skewed…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Federal Reserve predicts the Covid-19 battered Texas economy will begin to recover about halfway through 2021; about the time the Covid-19 vaccines become available to all Texans. In a survey in which 75% of business owners responded, 20 percent said they were laying off employees and reducing expenses. Hotels…… MORE
BETHDESDA, MD (WBAP/KLIF News) – Over 433,000 bottles of Excedrin have been recalled over holes that have been found at the bottom of some of the containers. GSK Consumer Health made the decision Wednesday due to failure to meet the child-resistant packaging requirement. It’s a poisonous risk for children, who may grab the bottle, gain access…… MORE
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF)- On Christmas Eve twenty years ago, Irving Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins, badge 830, was brutally murdered when he responded to a suspicious circumstance call at the Oshman’s Sporting Goods in Irving. Seven escaped convicts were in the midst of committing an aggravated robbery and ambushed Officer Hawkins, killing him before he could get…… MORE
