AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – As wait times have gotten lengthy, more than 100,000 callers each year to Texas’ abuse hotline are hanging up before reaching an operator. The Austin American-Statesman reports the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is on track this year to exceed 180,000 abandoned calls to the agency’s abuse hotline, the…… MORE
Dallas County Issues Strong Warning About Mosquito Prevention
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – As the calendar approaches April, Dallas County is issuing a strong warning to the community about taking mosquito prevention more seriously. Health officials have said that is when mosquitoes become more abundant in North Texas. County Commissioner John Wiley Price said people have been hearing the warnings for years and have…… MORE
Senator Cornyn Joins Sutherland Springs Victims to Celebrate Passage of Fix NICS Act
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Families of the victims of the Sutherland Springs Church shooting joined Senator John Cornyn Friday afternoon to celebrate recently passed legislation that seeks to improve background checks for people trying to buy guns. The “Fix NICS” Act was signed into law by President Trump last week. Cornyn said the bill…… MORE
Gas Prices on the Rise in Texas and Across the Country
COPPELL, Texas (AP) – Texas and nationwide retail gasoline prices are up this week. AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price at the pump statewide rose 7 cents to reach an average $2.42 per gallon. Gasoline prices across the U.S. jumped 8 cents this week to average $2.65 per gallon. The association survey found…… MORE
Pull a Pistol on this 7-Eleven Clerk, Go to a Hospital Then Jail.
Lubbock (WBAP/KLIF) – A Lubbock man who pulled a pistol on a 7-Eleven clerk was injured when the clerk threw him through the store’s front window. According to Lubbock Police Treshun Bates became irate when the clerk twice refused to sell him cigarettes because Bates couldn’t, or wouldn’t, show him identification proving he was at…… MORE
Latest gas evacuees go home
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The northwest Dallas residents who were evacuated from their homes Wednesday night because of a strong natural gas odor in their neighborhood have been allowed to return. The affected neighborhood is a few blocks from the house on Espanola Drive that exploded February 23, killing a 12 year old girl. In the…… MORE
Three Fire Departments Respond to Boat Warehouse Fire on Lake Lewisville
THE COLONY (WBAP/KLIF News) — Fire departments from The Colony, Frisco, and Little Elm responded to a large fire at a boat storage warehouse on the east side of Lake Lewisville. According to The Colony Police, the fire erupted at 3:40 Friday morning. “There’s a whole line of RV’s and boats that have been on…… MORE
Austin police chief calls bomber ‘domestic terrorist’
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin’s police chief said Thursday that a “domestic terrorist” set off a series of explosions that killed two people and severely wounded four others in Texas’ capital, offering a stronger characterization of the suspected bomber after drawing criticism for being unwilling to do so previously. Brian Manley in recent weeks had…… MORE
1 Suspect Connected to Deadly Plano Shooting and Arlington Double Homicide
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) Update: Arlington Police now say the suspect arrested by Plano police is their main suspect in the double homicide case. Arlington Lieutenant Christopher Cooks: “Anytime there’s a homicide, obviously our crime scene unit comes out. We were able to determined just based upon the evidence at the scene; also looking at the victims…… MORE
Family of 12-Year-Old Girl Killed in Home Explosion in Northwest Dallas Sues Atmos Energy
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The family of the 12-year-old girl killed in a house explosion in Northwest Dallas last month is suing Atmos Energy. Linda Michelle Rogers was killed on February 23 in blast that the family argues was completely preventable. According to the lawsuit, several attempts to revive Linda failed and her parents held her…… MORE
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