Yearly Archives: 2018

It’s National Voter Registration Day

It’s National Voter Registration Day

Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Today is National Voter Registration Day, national holiday first observed in 2012, and held on the fourth Tuesday of September. In order to vote in the November 6th Midterm elections,the last day to register to vote is October 9th. Our #NationalVoterRegistrationDay Goal is 300,000, but we think with YOUR help, we'll…MORE

Walmart Loss Prevention Officer Thwarts Possible Kidnapping Attempt

Walmart Loss Prevention Officer Thwarts Possible Kidnapping Attempt

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Police say a Walmart loss prevention officer stopped a possible kidnapping Monday evening. The employee confronted a couple who were seen allegedly a 4-year old out of a cart. Witnesses say the pair then left the store, located in the Renaissance Square off of East Berry and drove away…MORE

Study will target Dallas school students suffering from asthma

Study will target Dallas school students suffering from asthma

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A group of scientists will try to figure out why Dallas area school kids have higher rates of asthma than kids in the rest of the state and nation. The Dallas Morning News reports more kids are hospitalized for asthma-related symptoms in Dallas County than in other counties in the region,…MORE

North Texas Woman Partially Paralyzed in Freak Accident During Hawaiian Honeymoon

North Texas Woman Partially Paralyzed in Freak Accident During Hawaiian Honeymoon

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A GoFundMe campaign has been created for a North Texas woman who was partially paralyzed in a freak accident during her Hawaiian honeymoon earlier this month. Friends who went to the destination wedding told WFAA-TV that Nikki Lewis was on a boogie-board when a large wave slammed her head-first into the sand,…MORE

Toothless Texas Prison Inmates Routinely Denied Dentures

Toothless Texas Prison Inmates Routinely Denied Dentures

HOUSTON (AP) – Inmates without teeth in Texas are routinely denied dentures because state prison policy says chewing isn’t a medical necessity and that they can eat blended food. The Houston Chronicle reports that medical providers approved 71 dentures to a state prison population of more than 149,000 in 2016. It’s a sharp decline from…MORE