DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Lupe Valdez was in Dallas this morning, speaking at an American Federation of Labor breakfast. Valdez said her campaign has been all about listening to the people, saying her appeal to the “everyday Texan” will increase democratic turnout at the polls because she is listening to the issues…… MORE
Hundreds of North Texas Audition for “American Idol” in Plano
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – Are you the next American Idol? Hundreds of people lined up outside McCall Plaza in downtown Plano in the hopes of getting on ABC’s hit reality show. Residents started showing up around 5 a.m. on Labor Day. The auditions started at 9 a.m. Kyle McCoy was part of the first crowd…… MORE
Activists Raise Thousands to Display Trump’s Anti-Ted Cruz Tweets on Texas Billboards
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A handful of activists have raised enough money to display a mobile billboard when President Trump comes to Texas next month to support Ted Cruz. A GoFundMe page created by Houston-based activist Antonio Arellano on Saturday, and supported by Stoneman Douglas school shooting survivor-turned activist David Hogg raised nearly 10-thousand dollars in…… MORE
On the Campaign Trail: A Political Triple Header in McKinney Today
McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A trio of big name Texas Republicans will be on the campaign trail in McKinney on this Labor Day. Governor Greg Abbott, Senator Ted Cruz, and Attorney General Ken Paxton will be at the Cotton Mill at 10am., in an appearance that’s billed as a ‘family friendly’ event, with live music…… MORE
Trump plans to help one-time rival Cruz in Texas campaign
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll ride to the rescue of one-time bitter rival Sen. Ted Cruz this fall, the strongest indication yet that the Texas conservative firebrand is getting nervous about his challenger, a liberal darling with a growing national profile. Trump tweeted Friday that he will headline “a major rally”…… MORE
Police Reports Detail O’Rourke’s ’98 Drunken-Driving Arrest
HOUSTON (AP) – Police documents reveal previously unreported details about a decades-old drunken-driving arrest of Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke. O’Rourke has long acknowledged the 1998 drunken-driving arrest, saying he made a serious mistake. The Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News recently obtained copies of state and local police reports pertaining to the…… MORE
A Deadly Dispute Over Neighborhood Trash
ABILENE, Texas (AP) – A West Texas man has been fatally shot and a father and son were arrested on murder charges over what a police chief calls a neighborhood dispute about trash. Abilene police Chief Stan Standridge says police responded to calls about shots fired around 10:15 a.m. Saturday and located the victim, 37-year-old…… MORE
A Dallas woman arrested for drugs is now charged with murder
Greenville (WBAP/KLIF) – A 19 year old Dallas woman who was arrested in Bexar County on drug charges out of Hunt County is now in jail in Greenville charged with a Dallas murder. After McKaylee Carpenter was transferred to the Hunt County Jail a check of her fingerprints discovered they had been found in the…… MORE
One Man Dead in Arlington Officer Involved Shooting
UPDATED: September 2, 2018 ARLINGTON – (WBAP/KLIF) -A man allegedly shot and killed by Arlington Police during a traffic stop on Saturday, has been identified. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner has identified the remains of 24-year old Terry Oshae. Police say Oshae tried to roll the windows up and drive away, during a traffic stop,…… MORE
Allegedly Murderous Nurse Faces Capital Murder Charges
TYLER – (Associated Press) – Capital murder charges are now added to three aggravated assault charges against a former East Texas nurse, accused of causing the deaths of hospital patients. Authorities in Smith County say 24 tear old William George Davis intentionally injected air into catheters inserted into arteries of at least seven patients at…… MORE
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