Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) A one year old male giraffe named after Dallas Cowboy Tightend Jason Witten passed away suddenly Monday morning at the Dallas Zoo. Zoo officials say Witten was receiving a routine physical exam under anesthesia when he stopped breaking. Efforts to revive him were not successful. A statement on the zoo’s facebook page read …… MORE
National Weather Service Confirms Tornado Touched Down in Arlington, 95 mph winds
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Crews are clearing debris from an Arlington neighborhood where strong winds ripped through the DFW Metroplex Sunday afternoon. The National Weather Service confirms an EF-1 Tornado touched down in Arlington with 95 mph winds. Ashley Zemanek lives on Andrews Street, just north of I-30, she said her home is completely un-livable and is now…… MORE
City of Dallas Swears In Mayor Eric Johnson
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Dallas has a new mayor. Eric Johnson was sworn as mayor along with several city council members at the Winspear Opera House Monday morning. Johnson won a runoff election against Dallas city councilman Scott Griggs earlier this month. The former state representative defeated Griggs by getting 55 percent…… MORE
Shots Fired at Earle Cabell Federal Courthouse in Downtown Dallas; Suspect Dead
UPDATED 11:49AM DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The FBI has identified the shooting suspect as 22-year-old Brian Isaack Clyde. Police said Clyde allegedly exchanged gunfire with federal officers and was shot. He later died of his injuries. UPDATED 10:33AM Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police say there was an exchange of gunfire between a suspect and federal officers at…… MORE
Irving: Crews Work to Upright a Crane That Nearly Toppled Onto a House
An Oncor crew is on the scene outside a home on Waterford Street in Irving, where one of their contractor’s cranes almost toppled over onto a house in the gated community overnight. Tony Harvey with Irving Fire says that “Oncor was working on a transformer located behind the houses on Waterford when the pavement gave…… MORE
Record-Breaking Number Of African Migrants Coming To America
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – People fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers. They have been arriving from places like the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. Cameroonians have also been traveling up through Mexico and into the…… MORE
Father’s Day Storm Cause Scattered Damage and Power Outages; Possible Tornado Sighting
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A second weekend of powerful storms pushed through on Father’s Day … this time Tarrant County was most affected. Up to 95-thousand power outages were reported at the height of the storm, and over r half of them were in Tarrant County. In Arlington, homes along an entire city street were…… MORE
Texas Sheriff’s Sergeant Dies After Found With Head Injuries
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff’s sergeant who died shortly after being found in his car with head injuries apparently suffered a medical emergency and wasn’t shot, as deputies initially suspected, authorities said Saturday. The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office determined that Sgt. Keith Shepherd suffered a pulmonary embolism. After falling, he was…… MORE
Spending Bill For Firearm Storage Approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has approved a spending bill that includes a $1 million public safety campaign for firearm storage. The Republican signed a $250 billion two-year budget Saturday without any line-item vetoes. It includes money for the Texas Department of Public Safety to promote a safe gun storage campaign. The…… MORE
Storms Leave Water, More Downed Trees in Their Wake
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — A neighborhood in Dallas that was hit hard one week ago by Mother Nature was hit with a second round of storms on Sunday. A tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service at around 3:30pm, after radar indicated rotation in a storm cell moving northeast across the northern portion of…… MORE
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