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Crews Remove Robert E. Lee Statue From Lee Park in Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Crews at Lee Park in Dallas have removed the Robert E. Lee statue from its pedestal onto a flatbed to haul it away. A crane, with Dallas police escort, arrived at the park a...
Sep 14, 2017
Texas to Likely Seek $50-billion in Federal Housing Funding
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Governor Greg Abbott says Texas expects to seek more than $50 billion in federal housing funding after Hurricane Harvey. Abbott said at a news conference Thursday that those...
Sep 14, 2017
DISD to Consider Changing Names of Schools Named after Confederate Leaders
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Independent School District School Board is discussing changing the names of schools named after confederate leaders. A group of parents and concerned citizens as...
Sep 14, 2017
Today is North Texas Giving Day
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — North Texans will rally today to help fund local non-profits. Thursday, September 14 is North Texas Giving day — a tradition that began in 2009 and has grown each...
Sep 14, 2017
Teenager, Parents Hospitalized After Overnight Fire in Fort Worth
Courtesy: WFAA-TV FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — A family of three from South Fort Worth is in the hospital after house caught late Wednesday night. The Fort Worth Fire Department says they got t...
Sep 14, 2017
The Dallas City Council is improving security at Police Department headquarters
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council agreed Wednesday to spend nearly $2 million improving security at the Police Department’s headquarters. It did so more than two years after the...
Sep 14, 2017
Warrant Issued in Gas Station Murder Case
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A capital murder warrant has been issued for 17-year-old Jayden Blanton, accused of fatally shooting a man outside of a gas station near Executive Airport on August 20....
Sep 13, 2017
Federal Bureau of Prisons Under Fire for Reportedly Not Evacuating Beaumont Prisoners During Harvey
BEAUMONT (WBAP/KLIF News) – Concern is growing from some state and local leaders about prisoners who reportedly were never evacuated from federal prisons in Beaumont during and after Tropical St...
Sep 13, 2017
Dallas Police Investigating the Murder of 71-Year-Old Woman
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Police are investigating the murder of an elderly woman, who was found dead inside her home Wednesday morning. The department’s Homicide Unit responded to ...
Sep 13, 2017
Senator Cornyn Calls Harvey Relief Package a Down Payment
(WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn says the money approved by Congress to help in the hurricane relief effort in Southeast Texas is only the beginning. Cornyn called the federal aid a down paymen...
Sep 13, 2017
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