AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Legislature is considering raising the state’s legal smoking age from 18 to 21 years old. It’s the fifth time that Senator Carlos Uresti has filed this type of bill but it’s the first time the San Antonio Democrat has had bi-partisan support. Uresti said if his bill passes, it…… MORE
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Facebook CEO to Testify in Multi-Billion Dollar Lawsuit in Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Oak Cliff helping residents plant fruits and vegetables in the neighborhood’s community garden. The billionaire businessman will spend the rest of the week testifying in a $2 billion copyright infringement lawsuit in Dallas. It was filed by Richardson-based video game company…… MORE
Garland House Fire Kills Elderly Man, Critically Injures Wife
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – A man was killed and his elderly wife is in critical condition after a fire destroyed their home in Garland Sunday night. It started around 10:45 p.m. at the home on Green Cove Drive near North Country Club Road. The Garland Fire Department’s Merrill Ballancier said a neighbor heard glass breaking and…… MORE
Reports of Storm Damage, Power Outages Across North Texas
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – About 4,000 residents were without power Monday morning and dozens of homes were damaged after severe weather tore through parts of North Texas Sunday night. A tornado touched down near the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport. One man didn’t want to be caught out in the open and waited out the storm under the…… MORE
Fort Worth Police Search for Missing Woman
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fort Worth police are asking the public to help search for a woman who disappeared a month ago. Rachel Marie Seeton was last seen leaving the Drummer Inn Motel on Camp Bowie West Boulevard near Alta Mere Drive on December 13th. Seeton is white, 4-foot-11, 150 pounds with blonde hair and…… MORE
Dallas Police Release Surveillance Video of Suspect in LGBT Church Vandalism Case
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police said the suspect in the vandalism of the Cathedral of Hope Church was caught on camera. It happened around 11 p.m. on January 4th. The video shows a black man, about 40 years old with a goatee, spray painting the graffiti on the church’s Interface Peace chapel. The graffiti included…… MORE
Dallas Mental Health Organization Offers Free Counseling to Cope with July 7th Ambush
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas mental health organization is offering free counseling for anyone who witnessed the July 7th ambush that left five police officers dead. Mental Health America of Greater Dallas is encouraging North Texans to take advantage of their United Dallas 7/7 Program. The organization’s Matt Roberts said the services are not just…… MORE
Animals Rescued from Fort Worth Shelter Found Abandoned and Killed in Arkansas
HORATIO (WBAP/KLIF News) – More than 100 dogs that had been rescued from an animal shelter in Fort Worth last year were found abandoned and living in squalid conditions in a southwest Arkansas home. Investigators said eight dogs were found shot to death outside the home in Horatio, about 160 miles west of Little Rock, last month.…… MORE
North Texas Transgender Woman Says “Bathroom Bill” is Dangerous to Transgender Youth
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The 85th Texas legislative session is underway in Austin and the so-called “bathroom bill” is a hot-button issue yet again. The Privacy Act Bill, authored by Senator Lois Kolkhorst of Brenham, would require transgender individuals to use the bathroom associated with the gender they were born with while in school and publicly-owned places. Amber Puga…… MORE
North Texas Killer Who Laughed Off Death Penalty to be Executed Wednesday
HUNTSVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Fort Worth man who once told jurors that the death penalty was “no big deal” is scheduled to be executed Wednesday. It will be the nation’s first execution of 2017. Christopher Wilkins was convicted of murdering Willie Freeman and Mike Silva in Fort Worth in 2005, after Freeman sold him…… MORE
