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Dozens of Guns Stolen from Arlington Gun Store

Dozens of Guns Stolen from Arlington Gun Store

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Arlington Police are looking for the suspects in a gun store burglary. More than 40 guns were stolen early Thursday morning. Police Lt. Christopher Cook says investigators are hoping one of the suspects makes a mistake. “When they do these offenses, they’ll brag about them or they’ll start selling these guns…MORE

Race Fans Won’t Have to Worry About Construction

Race Fans Won’t Have to Worry About Construction

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Racing fans won’t have to deal with any construction going to the race this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Construction has been called off for the entire weekend on Interstate 35W as far south as Loop 820. “So that we can allow for traffic to move into the speedway and…MORE

City Considers Privatizing Fair Park

City Considers Privatizing Fair Park

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) –  The City of Dallas is thinking about privatizing Fair Park. Walt Humann has been chosen by Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to operate the Park if the proposal is approved. Humann says the first step is getting Dallas voters to approve a $25 million package to improve Fair Park buildings. “If we work…MORE

Dallas Residents Frustrated by Lack of Solutions for Homeless Problem

Dallas Residents Frustrated by Lack of Solutions for Homeless Problem

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The tent city under Interstates 45 and 30 has grown from 60 homeless people to between 200 and 300. Downtown Dallas resident, Tanya Ragan, says the Dallas City Council has no plan for removing and relocating the residents of tent city. “We need to evaluate these individual needs, find the best…MORE

Suspicious Package Found on College Campus

Suspicious Package Found on College Campus

COMMERCE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The bomb squad from the Garland Police Department is headed to Texas A&M University at Commerce to investigate a suspicious package. Police Lieutenant Pedro Barineau explains his department assists other departments when suspicious packages are found. “We go out there to determine if the package is in fact a bomb. We’ll…MORE

Human Remains Found Near Houston Might Belong to Missing UNT Student

Human Remains Found Near Houston Might Belong to Missing UNT Student

BRAZORIA COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – Denton police are in Brazoria County, south of Houston, where human remains have been found. A person of interest in the case of missing UNT honor student Kelli Cox led them to the site where human skeletal remains were dug up… “At this point, we need to do some DNA…MORE

Spring Break Sting Targets Alcohol Retailers

Spring Break Sting Targets Alcohol Retailers

TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is happy with the outcome of a recent Spring Break sting operation. TABC agents sent minors into retailers and restaurants to try to buy alcohol, the agency’s Chris Porter says almost all of the minors were turned away. “More than 92% of the more than 1,400…MORE

Fire Fighters Battling Large Apartment Fire

Fire Fighters Battling Large Apartment Fire

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Fire Rescue is on scene of a 4-alarm fire at the Southwind Apartments near Harry Hines Boulevard and Lombardy Lane. The fire has destroyed at least four of the six units in the apartment building. Dallas Fire Rescue’s Jason Evans says the fire is hard to put out because it…MORE

One Person, One Vote Upheld by High Court

One Person, One Vote Upheld by High Court

TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The U.S. Supreme Court approves of how Texas draws its legislative districts. The decision is typical, according to UNT Political Science Professor, Dr. Kimi King of how the court has viewed the one person, one vote rule going back to the 1960’s. “The reason why that rule has been so scared…MORE

Video Game History Museum Open in North Texas

Video Game History Museum Open in North Texas

FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) – If you love video games, Frisco is now the home to the National Video Game Museum. The concept for the museum started when Joe Santulli and the other two co-founders would take their video game collections to gaming conventions. “Everyone we talked to was like ‘Why do I have to wait…MORE