FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)-– The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office today filed paperwork seeking a sentence of life in prison, not the death penalty, for 78-year-old Glen Samuel McCurley. McCurley was arrested on a charge of capital murder September 21, 2020, for the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Carla Walker. “The decision to seek or not…… MORE
Sen. Cornyn Meets with Manufacturers about Semiconductor Shortage Impacting North Texans
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn joined North Texas businesses General Motors, Toyota, Raytheon, and Qorvo on Thursday at the Perot Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas to highlight their challenges with a semiconductor shortage and how it affects North Texas consumers, jobs, and national security. Last year, Senator Cornyn authored the CHIPS for…… MORE
Texas Shifts from COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation to Ordering
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of State Health Services announced on Thursday that the state has reached another milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination process. According to DSHS, the department will no longer allocate COVID-19 vaccine to providers on a weekly basis. Now that the supply of COVID-19 vaccine is regularly exceeding demand, DSHS will…… MORE
Dallas Love Field Launches COVID-19 Testing Site
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas Department of Aviation and MCI Diagnostic Center have partnered to bring a COVID-19 testing and vaccine site to Dallas Love Field. According to airport officials, COVID-19 testing for passengers departing to destinations that require a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival is the primary mission of the pop-up site.…… MORE
Wichita Falls Family Among Four Killed After Plane Crashes Into Mississippi Home
WICHITA FALLS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Wichita Falls family are among four people who were killed when a private plane crashed into a home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi this week. The Forrest County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as 67-year-old Dr. Louis Provenza, 23-year-old Anna Calhoun and 2-year-old Harper Provenza. The crash also killed 55-year-old Gerry…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: The Payroll Protection Program’s Out of Money, and Woke Schools
What are businesses going to do now that the PPP has run out? Dave and Amy talk to Fox’s Rachel Sutherland about it, and then a story about a man who says he had to pull his kids out of school because of the pressure to go woke.… MORE
KLIF Morning News: People are Naming Babies After This Dallas Guy, and We Have a Nonomom
Apparently, a Dallas athlete’s popularity has also led to a rise in the number people naming babies after him! Dave and Amy talk about that, a Mom who birthed nine babies at once, and a cicada invasion on the way!… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Constitutional Carry is Approved, and Schools Dumping Online Learning
It looks like constitutional carry is about to become a thing in Texas. Dave & Amy discuss in today’s KLIFnotes, in addition to stories about a North Texas school district dumping online learning, and much more.… MORE
Texas Lawmaker Collapses On Floor Of Senate
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – State Senate debate on a controversial open carry bill abruptly stopped Wednesday night when Texas state senator Brandon Creighton collapsed on the floor of the Senate. Creighton was revived by another senator who is an emergency room doctor, and escorted out of the Senate chamber by DPS troopers. Creighton was involved in…… MORE
Dallas City Council Gets Earful On Short Term Rentals
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Nearly 100 people turned out Wednesday night to speak during a Dallas City Council public hearing on the oversight of rooms and homes advertised on airbnb, vrbo, and other platforms. Dallas does not now have ordinances to regulate short-term rentals. The owners of such properties are supposed to register with the city,…… MORE
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