MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The McKinney Fire Department evacuated several businesses, including a Pets Mart, at a strip mall along 75 and Highway 380 Tuesday morning. Officials said a crew had accidentally cut a six-inch gas line and there was a strong smell of gas in the area. When firefighters arrived, they immediately assisted people and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A bidding war is developing over the Robert E. Lee statue removed per city council vote from a Dallas park in 2017. The same council voted earlier this year to sell the 1936 Alexander Phimister Proctor, ”Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Soldier” sculpture at auction for no less than $450,000. The…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – DART is planning to pick up where Fort Worth’s new TEXRail line leaves off, essentially connecting downtown fort worth and Plano by train. The Trinity Metro’s TEXRail line opened in February and runs all The way to DFW airport. But, DART has announced it’s looking to add a ‘Cotton Trail Line,”…… MORE
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Authorities in Fiji say a young Texas couple vacationing in the South Pacific country died from an unidentified illness. The couple arrived in Fiji on May 22 and were taken to a hospital after they became ill, according to Fiji’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services. It said their conditions…… MORE
North Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – A number of North Texas cities are notifying residents that red light cameras are no longer operating, following Governor Abbott’s signing of a law banning them. Sergeant Evan Mattei with the Frisco Police Department, says their red light cameras have been “deactivated, effective immediately; and, any violation in the cue to…… MORE