ADDISON – WBAP/KLIF – Investigation is underway to find the man who called Addison Police around midnight Friday, claiming he was holding a woman hostage and had placed two bombs in a room of Addison’s Crowne Plaza Hotel. The threat caused guests and hotel employees to be evacuated from around midnight through 2:30 am Saturday,…… MORE
Dallas Area Schools Teaching Students The Signs of Depression
DALLAS (AP) – Dozens of Dallas-area schools are among a growing number around the world that are teaching children how to spot the signs of depression in themselves and others. Government statistics show suicide is the second-leading cause of death among Americans ages 10 to 18. Experts hope such lessons will mean depressed teens get…… MORE
Rotting Zebra Mussels Causes Stinky Tap Water in Austin
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Here’s a new thing keeping Austin weird: Stinky tap water caused by rotting zebra mussels. Residents in some parts of Texas’ capital city this week reported foul-smelling water. City officials identified the source as a massive infestation of the fingernail-sized mollusks inside a water treatment plant pipe that had been turned…… MORE
Trump & O’Rourke Not Seeing Eye To Eye On A Border Wall
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Beto O’Rourke will lead a march through his hometown of El Paso, Texas, to protest a border wall at the same time President Donald Trump will be holding a rally there to promote it. O’Rourke is teaming with dozens of civic and human rights organizations for a Monday evening event he…… MORE
Snyder, Texas police officer shoots, kills suspicious person
Snyder (WBAP/KLIF) A police officer in the town of Snyder, Texas some 70 miles northwest of Abilene shot and killed a man during a confrontation. Snyder’s police chief says officer Whitney Merket was responding to a report of a suspicious person when she got into an altercation with the suspect. It grew heated, and Merket…… MORE
The Border Patrol saves five immigrants from drowning in the Rio Grande
Eagle Pass (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued five immigrants from Honduras who nearly drowned while trying to illegally enter the U.S. by wading across the river that separates Mexico from Texas. It happened Friday morning in the Rio Grande, between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico. Some of the rescued Hondurans were…… MORE
Plano Man Faces Online Solicitation of a Minor Charges
PLANO – WBAP/KLIF – Plano Police say a 22 year old resident of Plano will face charges related to their investigation allegedly uncovering child abuse. Plano’s 22 year old Dontarius Scott was arrested in January on charges of criminal trespass. Police say they found evidence leading to arrest warrants related to online solicitation of a…… MORE
Convicted Felon’s Accident Leads to Arrest, Major Charges.
DENTON – WBAP/KLIF – Denton Police say a Friday morning crash that resulted in the hospitalization of three people caused arrest of the driver that is believed to have started a chain reaction crash. Police say the driver of a GM C Yukon towed from the scene was found in possession of a handgun, and…… MORE
Hundreds of North Texans Expected to Climb Dallas’ Ross Tower in an Effort to Fight Lung Disease
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Around 300 to 400 North Texans are expected to climb the Ross Tower, one of Dallas’ tallest skyscrapers Saturday 2/9. The climb, hosted by the American Lung Association, is designed to raise awareness and money to fight lung disease. Holly Motteram Executive Director for the American Lung Association in Texas said it’s open for…… MORE
Vietnam Veteran Haunted by Discrimination, Asking for Acknowledgement from VFW
WHITEWRIGHT (WBAP/KLIF) – A black Vietnam veteran from North Texas remains haunted by discrimination he says he experienced at VFW posts in Colorado and Texas in the late 1960’s. Joe Orr has fond memories of his time in the service but told WBAP that after he returned home from war he was denied service at the posts simply because he…… MORE
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