DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – In recognition of National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 17–21, 2023, TxDOT is calling on motorists to make driving safely a priority when passing through the state’s thousands of active work zones. According to TXDOT, in 2022, more than 25,000 traffic crashes occurred in work zones in Texas, resulting in 205 deaths…… MORE
DeSoto ISD Banning Backpacks for Grades 6-12
DESOTO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Desoto ISD is banning backpacks for students in grades 6-12 for the remainder of the school year. Starting Monday, April 24th, students will only be allowed to bring a small clutch-size bag for personal care items on campus. “We’re really trying to help students make good decisions around not bringing…… MORE
Texas Senate Passes Bill Returning Harris County Elections back to Elected Officials
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Senate on Tuesday passed bill that would return Harris county elections back to elected officials. In a press release, the Republican lawmaker blasted the Harris County elections administrator over claims reported by KHOU-TV last year that he failed to deliver enough paper ballots to over 120 voting centers during the…… MORE
Storms likely to die out NW of DFW tonight…but Tomorrow is another day.
WBAP WX CENTER FCST: 4-19-23 TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY, WINDY AND HUMID.. ISOLATED SHOWERS POSSIBLE, MAINLY EAST. HIGH NEAR 82 WINDS SOUTH 20-30 MPH AND GUSTY TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY, WINDY AND MILD LOWS 68-70 TOMORROW..CLOUDY, WINDY AND HUMID WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.. HIGH NEAR 81 / LOW NEAR 61 …… MORE
Governor Abbott Visits Irving, Tuesday
(WBAP/KLIF) — Governor Greg Abbott was in Irving, Tuesday, for the ground breaking of a new regional campus for Wells Fargo Bank. Th new state-of-the-art, twin tower campus will sit on a 22-acre site in the Las Colinas area and will consolidate offices across the metroplex. Abbott said Texas has the largest financial services workforce…… MORE
Frustration Grows after Southwest Airlines Ground Stop
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The airline industry and passengers are reacting to Tuesday’s ground stop for Dallas based Southwest Airlines that lasted longer than an hour. Southwest Airlines said it requested the ground stop from the FAA because of a technology issue. “Southwest has resumed operations after temporarily pausing flight activity this morning to work through…… MORE
UPDATE: Services Resume at Southwest Airlines After Technical Glitch Grounds Flights
UPDATE: (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Southwest Airlines has revealed more about the technical glitch that led to the brief grounding of its flights Tuesday morning. The Dallas-based carrier blamed the issue on a third-party “firewall that went down” which caused a drop in connection to some “operational data.” Southwest is allowing customers who had reservations…… MORE
Mesquite ISD Substitute Teacher Fired for Allegedly Encouraging Students to Fight
UPDATE: 5p.m. 4-17-23 MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mesquite Police Department said on Monday that the substitute teacher seen on video encouraging middle school students to fight was arrested. 24-year-old Natally Garcia is facing four counts of Injury to a Child, after Police say she subjected them to danger. Mesquite, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mesquite Police…… MORE
Tarrant County Elections Administrator Steps Down
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County Elections Administrator Heider Garcia has stepped down. Garcia sent a letter Sunday to County Judge Tim O’Hare and County Administrator G. K. Maenius explaining his departure.In the letter he says he and O’Hare have different ideas for running transparent elections. Garcia has been the election’s administrator since 2018, his…… MORE
LISTEN: Plano Police asking for Public’s Help Solving Cold Case
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano Police Department is requesting help from the public to identify a victim in a cold case murder investigation from 1996. According to Plano PD, in January 1997, an unidentified Hispanic male was found deceased in a field at the southwest corner of SH 121 and Independence Parkway with a gunshot…… MORE
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