WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says the United States is withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, which he is calling “defective at its core.” Trump on Tuesday signed a presidential memorandum withdrawing from the 2015 agreement and he is planning to reinstall sanctions on the Iranian regime. He says in an address to the…… MORE
Collin County Commissioners Vote to Call Bond Election
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – The Collin County Commissioners Court voted Monday to call a $750 million dollar bond election in November. The bond would fund expansion of roads and highways and parks and open space. The three propositions on the ballot include, $600 million for limited-access roadway, or LAR, projects; $140 million for arterial roads, including the…… MORE
City of Fort Worth Human Relations Units Investigating Allegations of Racial Discrimination at Varsity Tavern
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Fort Worth confirmed that its Human Relations Unit is investigating a popular night spot amid allegations of racial discrimination. Varsity Tavern is under fire after a complaint by a former Fort Worth resident who alleges that the establishment is using a dress code to deny entry to minorities. Last…… MORE
A Plano man’s murder investigation is going cold
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — It has been six months since Christopher Collinvitti was killed in his Plano home garage and investigators are still looking for clues. Collinvitti was shot multiple times. WFAA reports Plano Police Detective Aaron Benzick says the case is highly unusual and investigators can’t find a clear motive for Collinvitti’s murder. Benzick…… MORE
Southwest Plane Make Emergency Landing at DFW Airport
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Southwest Airlines is in the news yet again; this time for a possible wing flap issue that resulted in an emergency landing at DFW International Airport. According to Southwest officials Flight 1118, en route from Nashville to Dallas Love Field when the pilot decided to divert to DFW. A spokesperson with Southwest…… MORE
Pilot Unharmed After His Small Plane Crash Lands in a North Dallas Parking Lot
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A small plane flying from Mississippi to Weatherford last night made an emergency landing in an abandoned restaurant parking lot in North Dallas. Aaccording to the F-A-A, the plane landed in a lot near Frankford and the tollway just before 11:30 last night because the pilot reported it was running out of…… MORE
Self-Driving Vehicles Are Coming To Frisco
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – Self-driving vehicles will soon be taking passengers around Frisco. California-based self-driving car company Drive.ai has announced a pilot program to bring an on-demand self driving car service to the city. Starting in July, some 10,000 workers in the Hall Office Park will be able to use the service within a geofenced area…… MORE
Texas Governor OKs Harris County Flood Control Bond Election
HOUSTON (AP) – Governor Greg Abbott has granted Harris County’s request to hold an August special election on whether to issue $2.5 billion in bonds to finance critical flood control projects. The county was the hardest hit by flooding by Hurricane Harvey. Abbott approved the request in a letter sent on Monday to Harris County…… MORE
AG Paxton Urges HHS to Remove Obstacle Limiting Access to Health Services for Low-Income Women in Texas
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) In a letter Monday to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged prompt removal of an obstacle to federal funding for the states Healthy Texas Women program. Paxton said that the addition of some $30 million a…… MORE
Rockwall Police Believe Fire was Set to Cover Up Murder-Suicide
ROCKWALL (WBAP/KLIF News) – Rockwall police are calling the deaths of a husband and wife following an early-morning house fire suspicious. The incident happened around 5:00 a.m. Monday at a house on White Water Lane near John King Road. Firefighters arrived on scene and managed to extinguish the blaze and after entering the home, found…… MORE
There is no custom code to display.
