DALLAS (KLIF/WBAP) — Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board are now helping local and state officials look for a cause of a natural gas explosion in northwest dallas. That blast happened Friday, and took the life of a 12 year old girl. Dave & Amy spoke with Attorney Brigham McCown, a former general counsel…… MORE
Dallas Police Officer Arrested and Charged With DWI
Irving (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas police officer is free on bond after Irving police arrested her and charged her with driving while intoxicated. Irving police say they pulled Officer Elvia Mercado over around 8pm Saturday for driving erratically near Northgate and Tom Braniff. Mercado has been with DPD since 2002 and works out of the…… MORE
McKinney Teacher On Leave After Recording Classroom Fight
McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A McKinney High School teacher has been suspended after a viral video shows him recording a student fight in his classroom. The video posted to social media last Wednesday shows the unidentified teacher holding up his phone to record a fight between two students, instead of breakin it up. McKinney ISD…… MORE
Candlelight Vigil Held for 12-Year Old Killed in Home Explosion
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A candlelight vigil was held for the 12-year old girl who was killed in a natural gas explosion Friday The vigil was held outside the Kay Bailley Hutchison Convention Center where Linda Michelita Rogers was to join her elite cheer team at a national tournament. Linda’s mother said, “Pray for me that…… MORE
Transgender Texas wrestler wins second high school title
CYPRESS, Texas (AP) — For the second year in a row, a transgender wrestler has won the Texas girls’ Class 6A 110-pound division. Mack Beggs, an 18-year-old senior from Euless Trinity High School near Dallas, entered the tournament in Cypress outside of Houston with an undefeated record. He beat Chelsea Sanchez — who he beat…… MORE
Federal experts have been called in to investigate last week’s fatal Dallas house explosion.
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal safety agency is now investigating last week’s fatal house explosion in Dallas. The National Transportation and Safety Board is sending a team of specialists to help work out why the northwest Dallas house blew up Friday morning. There had been several attempts to track down the source of reported natural…… MORE
Gunman kills woman for looking out her window
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police are looking for the gunman who shot and killed an 18 year old woman Saturday afternoon in southeast Qak Cliff. Nequacia Jacobs was shot to death when she and her 16 year old sister looked out the window of their second story apartment to see what was causing a disturbance…… MORE
Town of Prosper Trying to Capitalize on Sports Tourism
PROSPER(WBAP/KLIF)- The rapidly growing town of Prosper is almost doubling the size of its largest park. Frontier Park North almost doubles the close to 80 acres the adjoining Frontier Park already has and includes new synthetic soccer, baseball and lacrosse fields and extends the granite loop trail to over a mile. The competition for park…… MORE
Texas Democrats claim Republicans are trying to suppress voting
Austin, Texas (AP) – Texas Democrats are accusing top Republicans of attempting to suppress voting in an unusual way as the state heads toward what will be the first primary in the U.S. this year. Democrats say Republicans are targeting public schools and educational groups that say they’re simply encouraging teachers to vote. Republican Texas…… MORE
Financial agent who ran Ponzi scheme going to prison
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A Haltom City man will spend the next 25 years in prison for running Ponzi schemes in Tarrant County. Ronald Dunn admitted bilking more than $650,000 dollars from at least 13 victims while he was an agent with Prudential Financial. Prudential Financial was not part of his scheme, and was not…… MORE
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