Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Five Dallas-based members of the Texas Legislature are urging Mayor Mike Rawlings to appoint a task force to decide what’s to be done with the city’s Confederate monuments. In a letter they sent to the Mayor they say the monuments are “offensive, hurtful and repugnant.” Mayor Rawlings has already said he believes…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2017
Teenager Missing After Disappearing Into Trinity River
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — Divers have been searching for a 15-year-old boy who disappeared into the Trinity River near the East 4th St. Bridge in Fort Worth late Thursday afternoon. Two dive teams worked until 9:00 pm Thursday night and will resume the search Friday morning. Searchers said the water was murky and that…… MORE
Dallas doctor arrested as Deep Ellum serial flasher
DALLAS (AP) – Police have arrested a Dallas doctor and believe he’s the serial flasher that many residents have been reporting about on social media. According to the arrest warrant, Reginald Newsome was arrested Wednesday after a woman says he exposed himself to her in the parking lot of Target off Haskell Avenue. Warrant paper…… MORE
Calls to remove Confederate markers return to Texas Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A top Texas Republican wants the accuracy of memorials around the state Capitol reviewed amid calls to remove Confederate monuments. A spokesman for Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said Thursday that the powerful GOP leader will work with a Dallas lawmaker who this week singled out one Confederate plaque as “indefensible…… MORE
Chris Krok: Carrying at a Protest
Can you concealed carry at a rally? What happens if things get violent? Attorney Edwin Walker answers your questions….… MORE