PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The city of Plano is recovering from severe flooding damage form heavy rainfall over the weekend. The city lost over $220,000 worth of property and equipment at Oak Point Park, where the Balloon Festival was canceled. Plano Risk Manager Jim Revis said to the festival site included a utility car, surveillance cameras and a…… MORE
Senator Ted Cruz Confronted by Brett Kavanaugh Protesters at a Washington, D.C Restaurant
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A group of protesters at a Washington, D.C. restaurant confronted Senator Ted Cruz over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. A YouTube video captured Cruz & his wife unseating themselves and leaving a restaurant, amid protesters in the couple’s personal space chanting “we believe survivors” over and over. One of…… MORE
Perot Museum Becomes More Accessible with Big Donation
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Celebrating National First Responders Day, Perot Museum of Nature and Science leaders announced Tuesday that Margot and Ross Perot have donated $5 million to expand access to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) experiences for North Texans, including first responders, active duty and veteran members of the military, and undeserved families and schoolchildren. The grant also provides financial…… MORE
Cosby Gets to 3 to 10 Years for 2004 Sex Assault
NORRISTOWN, Pa (AP) – Bill Cosby has been sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for drugging and molesting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home. Judge Steven O’Neill sentenced Cosby on Tuesday, five months after his conviction in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. Prosecutors were seeking a sentence of…… MORE
Arlington Private School Official Suspended Over Profane Tweet to Stormy Daniel’s Attorney
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – An Arlington private school has suspended an administrator who posted a profane online message criticizing the attorney who represents porn actress Stormy Daniels. The Oakridge School said in a statement Monday that it indefinitely suspended Butch Groves for conduct deemed “unacceptable.” Groves in a tweet Sunday made derogatory comments about lawyer…… MORE
It’s National Voter Registration Day
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Today is National Voter Registration Day, national holiday first observed in 2012, and held on the fourth Tuesday of September. In order to vote in the November 6th Midterm elections,the last day to register to vote is October 9th. Our #NationalVoterRegistrationDay Goal is 300,000, but we think with YOUR help, we'll…… MORE
Walmart Loss Prevention Officer Thwarts Possible Kidnapping Attempt
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Police say a Walmart loss prevention officer stopped a possible kidnapping Monday evening. The employee confronted a couple who were seen allegedly a 4-year old out of a cart. Witnesses say the pair then left the store, located in the Renaissance Square off of East Berry and drove away…… MORE
Cosby Sentencing Hearing Continues
NORRISTOWN, PA (KLIF/WBAP) — The sentencing hearing for Bill Cosby continues this morning in a Pennsylvania courtroom. He was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman earlier this year. The 81 year old faces anything from probation to ten years in prison for that conviction. Correspondent Bob Costantini is in the courtroom this week. He…… MORE
Study will target Dallas school students suffering from asthma
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A group of scientists will try to figure out why Dallas area school kids have higher rates of asthma than kids in the rest of the state and nation. The Dallas Morning News reports more kids are hospitalized for asthma-related symptoms in Dallas County than in other counties in the region,…… MORE
North Texas Woman Partially Paralyzed in Freak Accident During Hawaiian Honeymoon
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A GoFundMe campaign has been created for a North Texas woman who was partially paralyzed in a freak accident during her Hawaiian honeymoon earlier this month. Friends who went to the destination wedding told WFAA-TV that Nikki Lewis was on a boogie-board when a large wave slammed her head-first into the sand,…… MORE
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