DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – A state judge orders the Dallas apartment complex where a dramatic fire last week caused many to jump for their lives…including from third story windows…to shore up safety features within a week. State judge Tonya Parker orders the Meadows Apartment Complex in Dallas to install smoke detectors, fix taped-over sprinklers, and…… MORE
Police training at Fort Worth Convention Center
The Fort Worth Police are conducting training exercises today (Sunday) around the Fort Worth Convention Center. As part of that training they will be firing blanks, and they want everyone to know if they hear gunfire around the Convention Center it’s not an emergency. It’s the police working out how they will deal with an…… MORE
Timeline: 41st United States President George H.W. Bush Will Come Home to Texas
UPDATED December 2, 4:28 PM (AP) – Following his death Friday, former President George H.W. Bush will lie in state in the Capital Rotunda Monday through Tuesday, receive a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral Wednesday, and be buried in the family plot at his Presidential Library at Texas A and M University Thursday. The…… MORE
Elevated Fire Dangers in North Texas
FORT WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued an alert to North Texas of elevated fire dangers. The service says the greatest dangers for sparking brush fires is generally along and west of the line drawn by Interstate 35. Meterologist Bianca Villanueva says record rainfall during the months of…… MORE
A Mother Sentenced To Decades in Prison Over the Death of Her Two Year Old Son
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A 24-year-old Central Texas woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for her role in the 2014 death of her 2-year-old son. State District Judge David Wahlberg sentenced Meagan Work on Friday and told his Austin courtroom that he can’t be certain how her son died, but that her…… MORE
A Judge Decides Lawsuits Filed By Bikers in Waco Shooting Can Move Forward
WACO, Texas (AP) – A federal judge in Texas has ruled that civil rights lawsuits filed by more than 100 bikers arrested in the aftermath of a shooting that left nine dead can proceed. U.S. District Judge Alan Albright on Friday lifted a stay and allowed the lawsuits stemming from the 2015 shooting at a…… MORE
Former President George H.W. Bush Dies at Age 94
DALLAS (AP) – Former President George H.W. Bush has died at the age of 94. Family spokesman Jim McGrath says Bush died shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. The nation’s 41st president served from 1989 to 1993, and eight years later watched his son George…… MORE
Texas Sues San Antonio Police Under Sanctuary Cities Law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the San Antonio police chief for what he says are violations of the state’s immigration law targeting “sanctuary cities.” Paxton accuses Chief William McManus in a lawsuit Friday of violating the law when he refused to turn over migrants in a human smuggling case…… MORE
Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger Indicted on Murder Charge in Botham Jean Apartment Shooting
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger has been indicted on a murder charge in the September shooting death of Botham Jean. Guyger told investigators she mistook Jean’s apartment for her own at the Southside Flats and shot him thinking he was an intruder. She was indicted on a manslaughter charge. by the…… MORE
United Way of Denton County Pilot Program Provides Free Transportation for Veterans in Crisis
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Veterans in Denton County now have access to free transportation so they can get to services that are desperately needed in times of crisis. The Veteran Community Navigator Program will help serve the more than 41,000 veterans who live in the area. United Way of Denton County CEO Gary Henderson said…… MORE
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