Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – There was no St. Patrick’s Day parade or other official celebration of the holiday this year, but crowds of revelers gathered over the weekend along Dallas’ Greenville Avenue anyway. A few were masked. Most were not. Social distancing was ignored. Texas’ statewide mask mandate was lifted last Wednesday, and businesses were free…… MORE
Higher Gasoline Prices Expected
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Oil and gasoline prices rebounded after last year’s collapse in fuel demand, and appears to be rising further. Last April, oil prices fell by more than $50 a barrel in a single day to less than zero. But, in recent weeks, oil prices have surged to over $65 a barrel, a level…… MORE
White House Calls on FEMA to Help Process Solo, Undocumented Children at the Mexico Border
By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF, Dallas, Texas. ASSOCIATED PRESS; CBS NEWS – WBAP/KLIF – The White House is calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help to care for and process record numbers of undocumented children arriving at the border seeking asylum. FEMA will help for the next three months in this mandate;…… MORE
Two Dallas Police Officers Have Been Arrested On Unrelated Charges
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two Dallas police officers were arrested Friday and Saturday in unrelated incidents. Senior Cpl. Thomas Hartmann, who joined the department in January 2010, was charged with assault and tampering with a witness in connection with an unspecified incident that occurred March 6 in Aubrey. Hartmann turned himself in to the Denton County…… MORE
North Texas Man Imprisoned 30+ Years Free; Dallas DA Okays Vacating Sentence
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Now 56 years old, and jailed at age 22, Benjamin Spencer is free, as of Friday, after more than 30 years in prison. The case in which he was sentenced to 35 years for robbery, in connection with a carjacking and the murder of a clothing executive Jeffrey Young, is being…… MORE