Rockwall (WBAP/KLIF) – Rockwall Police arrested a woman Saturday who drove her tractor in the town’s Fourth of July parade even though parade organizers told her they would not allow her to do so. They said Laurie Bostic was not able to control that tractor, so she could not participate. She drove that tractor into…… MORE
Richard Branson Plans To Beat Jeff Bezos Into Space
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) – Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson intends to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days. Branson’s company announced Thursday evening that its next test flight will be July 11, and its founder will be among the six people on board. The rocket ship will blast off from New Mexico.…… MORE
Soldier Indicted For Death Of Protestor
Austin (AP) – Authorities say an Army soldier who shot and killed an armed protester after driving into a crowd demonstrating against police violence in the Texas capitol last summer has been indicted on a murder charge. An attorney for Sgt. Daniel Perry on Thursday expressed disappointment in the indictment but expressed confidence that Perry…… MORE
Dallas Police Chief Confident in Adjustments Made at 911 Call Center
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Independence Day weekend will be a test for the 911 call center in Dallas, following recent staffing adjustments. There have been recent delays in Police response times amid a staff shortage at the call center, but with adjustments made over the last several weeks, Police Chief Eddie Garcia is confident the issues…… MORE
Dallas Mayor Disappointed but not Surprised by Uber’s Reduction of Potential Employees
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said this week that he’s disappointed but not surprised by Uber’s announcement to significantly reduce the number of employees at its office in Deep Ellum. Uber blamed impacts of the COVID pandemic on its decision to cut back plans for 3,000 employees in Dallas to about 500. The…… MORE
Boy Scouts Reach Largest Settlement in US History with Sex Abuse Victims
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Boy Scouts of America have reached an agreement with attorneys representing more than 80,000 victims of child sex abuse. The settlement with the Irving based organization is the largest of its kind in United States history at $850 million. Claims of child abuse began to arise in the 1960s. The Boy Scouts…… MORE
Humane Society North Texas Temporarily Closing Locations Due to Distemper Cases
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Humane Society of North Texas is temporarily closing all of its shelters after some dogs that had been housed at the shelters tested positive for distemper. The illness is highly contagious and potentially fatal and impacts the upper respiratory, gastrointestinal and central nervous systems in dogs. In a statement on…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: The Death Count Rises in Surfside Florida, More Than 140 Still Missing
01:39 President Biden visited the site of what’s left of ‘Champlain Towers’ in south Florida on Thursday. The president was in town to meet with families and rescue workers, following the condominium collapse that happened about a week ago. Dave & Amy talk to Fox News Radio’s Eben Brown who is in Miami Florida,…… MORE
She Waited 60 Years: North Texas Woman Set to Blast Into Space
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Roanoke, Texas, resident Wally Funk is ready to claim a first in world history that she hoped to have achieved nearly sixty years ago. She’s about to become the first octogenarian and the oldest person in history to rocket into space. Sixty years ago she was one of the first women…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Nat’l & Local Hot Topics with Dave & Amy!
Dave & Amy discuss the recent news stories of the day in Friday’s KLIF Notes segment Active Amber Alert Search & Rescue Efforts Resume in South Florida after a 15 Hour suspension Boy Scouts of America Doubles Offer of Compensation to Sexually Abused Scouts Recall Election for Governor Gavin Newsom… MORE
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