Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A toddler that was taken in a stolen car in Dallas early Wednesday morning has been found safe. Dallas Police said officers found the 3-year-old Chasity Collins in the 1000 block of Mountain Lake Road, a few miles from where she was taken. Investigators said Chasity had been sitting in a white…… MORE
Nearly 15,000 Texans Have Died Due to COVID-19
(WBAP/KLIF) — Almost 15,000 Texans have died due to COVID-19 after another 77 fatalities occurred Tuesday. Two of those deaths were in Denton county, bringing the Denton death toll to 109. Dallas county has 1,000 Coronavirus deaths, Tarrant county 636, and Collin county 138. Texas has a total of over 716,000 positive results out of nearly…… MORE
Fort Worth Approves $1.9 Billion Budget
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth City Council approved a $782 million fiscal 2021 general fund budget Tuesday and voted to keep the property tax rate at 74.75 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The general fund budget is only a portion of the city’s Capital and Operating Budgets that total just under $2 billion for fiscal…… MORE
Dallas Police Expand Surveillance Camera Program
Four Additional businesses in the City of Dallas are being fitted with surveillance cameras that are connected to, and monitored by, the Crime Center at the Dallas Police Department. Major Jim Lewis says since the Starlight Program began with three locations in October 2019 and has led to a nearly 40 percent reduction in calls…… MORE
Fort Worth Police Make Arrest on a 1974 Cold Case Murder of Carla Walker
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Police have made an arrest in the 46-year old cold case murder of a 17-year old Western Hills student who was brutally attacked and killed in 1974. 77-year old Glen McCurley is charged with capital murder in the death of Carla Walker. Police say McCurley was responsible for the attack…… MORE
Court, COVID, Race are Topics for First Trump-Biden Debate
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will face off on the Supreme Court, the coronavirus pandemic and race and violence in the nation’s cities next week when they meet for their first presidential debate. The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates on Tuesday announced the six topics for the first face-to-face…… MORE
Allen ISD Offering Students Free Meals Through the End of the Semester
ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Allen ISD families who are struggling financially amid the COVID-19 pandemic now have some additional help. The district is offering free breakfast and lunch meals for all in-person elementary and middle school students, as well as PreK through 12th grade students who are learning virtually at home through the end of the…… MORE
President Trump Addresses UN General Assembly [WATCH]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – First-ever remote U.N. General Assembly leaders meeting begins under cloud of pandemic, divisiveness. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning the U.N.’s first-ever virtual meeting of global leaders that the world is facing an “epochal” health crisis, the biggest economic calamity and job losses since the Great Depression, dangerous threats to human…… MORE
Dallas Man Admits to Setting Fire to Escape Intruders Holding Him Hostage in His Home
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police have arrested a 59-year old man who admitted to intentionally setting fire to his townhouse on Holly Hills drive early Sunday. According to the arrest affidavit Bruce Hamilton called 9-1-1 to self-report that he had started the blaze around 4am, and that he wanted to meet officers at a…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: SCOTUS Impact on Campaigns with Cal Jillson
SMU Political Scientist Cal Jillson joined Amy & Scott to talk about how the SCOTUS vacancy is going to impact both presidential campaigns, and whether or not it’s a good idea for the candidates to be releasing “short lists” on who they’d appoint.… MORE
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