El Paso, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – American Airlines has apologized after a woman and child with a rare skin disorder were booted from a flight from El Paso to Dallas Thursday. Jordan Flake and her son suffer from the genetic skin disease – Ichthyosis [ik-thee-oh-sis] – which causes dead skin cells to accumulate on the skin’s…… MORE
3-Alarm Blaze Sends NE Dallas Apartment Dwellers Out Into the Cold
UPDATED: 7:46AM Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Firefighters are still putting out hot spots after an early morning blaze in Northeast Dallas. The cold sent weary residents out into the frigid cold around 5:30 this morning. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. Still smoke coming from the apartment complex in East Dallas that burned this…… MORE
Former McKinney Day Care Worker Indicted on Multiple Child Abuse Charges
Collin County (WBAP/KLIF) – A former Collin County day care worker has been indicted on eight counts of child abuse. 44-Jessica Joy Wiese has been jailed since December after a mother became suspicious of bruises on her 2-month old son’s leg and chest. The child had been in the care of workers at Joyous Montessori…… MORE
Armed Robbers Targeting DISD Students at Bus Stops
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas ISD is warning parents and students near Oak Cliff about a series of robberies where kids have been held at gunpoint. Parents received a letter from the superintendent’s office saying there have been several reports of kids waiting alone or standing at a bus stop, where someone approaches them and steals…… MORE
Frisco school visitors will be scrutinized.
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Visitors to Frisco ISD elementary schools will be vetted by a new security system similar to home doorbell identification devices. A statement issued by the Frisco ISD Sunday explains that a security camera will be used to view visitors and their identification documents (driver’s license or passport) before being allowed into…… MORE
Flight Data Recorder Has Been Found From Crash Into Trinity Bay A Week Ago
ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) – Authorities say they’ve recovered the flight data recorder from the cargo plane that crashed into a bay east of Houston a week ago. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a tweet Sunday that the flight data recorder had been recovered and was being transported to its labs in Washington, D.C.,…… MORE
Freezing Temperatures Predicted Tonight: Overnight Warming Station Open For The Homeless
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Temperatures in North Texas are predicted to drop below freezing tonight, prompting hundreds of volunteers in Plano to work hard making sure the homeless have a warm place to stay. Corps officer Captain Richard New with the Salvation Army in Plano, described the overnight warming station as a joint initiative between…… MORE
Texas art exhibit features Dairy Queen items
Galveston (WBAP/KLIF) – A fast-food favorite in Texas is getting some artsy attention. A wood carved array of Dairy Queen items was on display this weekend at the Galveston Arts Center in an exhibit called “Thank You, Please Drive Through.” Galveston native Camp Bosworth, who now lives in Marfa, created the exhibit that includes his…… MORE
Southwest Airlines Files a Lawsuit Against Its Mechanics’ Union
Southwest is suing its mechanics’ union over what it claims is an illegal work slowdown that is grounding planes and disrupting flights. It’s Southwest’s second lawsuit in three years against the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association and the result of raw feelings on both sides after more than six years of fruitless contract negotiations. The airline…… MORE
Former Baylor Football Player Acquitted of Sexual Assault Wants to Play in the NFL
WACO, Texas (AP) – Former Baylor football player Shawn Oakman says he wants to try to enter the NFL after being acquitted of sexual assault. A defensive end, Oakman was Baylor’s career leader in sacks and was pursuing a professional career when he was arrested in April 2016, two weeks before the NFL draft, and…… MORE
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