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Dallas Mayor, Councilmembers Endorse Rep. Eric Johnson in Runoff Election

Dallas Mayor, Councilmembers Endorse Rep. Eric Johnson in Runoff Election

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and seven Dallas City Council members are endorsing State Representative Eric Johnson for Mayor. Rawlings will leave office under term limits this summer. The current Mayor said Tuesday that Johnson’s opponent, Dallas City Councilman Scott Griggs, has a track record of being divisive. “It’s just practical history of…MORE

Comedian Tim Conway of `The Carol Burnett Show’ Dies at 85

Comedian Tim Conway of `The Carol Burnett Show’ Dies at 85

NEW YORK (AP) – Tim Conway, the stellar second banana to Carol Burnett who won four Emmy Awards on her TV variety show, has died, according to his publicist. He was 85. Conway died Tuesday morning after a long illness in Los Angeles, according to Howard Bragman, who heads LaBrea Media. “The Carol Burnett Show”…MORE

Snapchat Video Captures Deadly Police Shooting in Baytown, TX

Snapchat Video Captures Deadly Police Shooting in Baytown, TX

BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) – A Texas police officer fatally shot a woman moments after she seems to say “I’m pregnant” in an altercation captured on video. The shooting happened late Monday in Baytown, about 40 miles east of Houston. Baytown Police Lt. Steve Dorris says the officer was patrolling an apartment complex and attempted to…MORE

Forney Police catch suspected car thieves in Dallas

Forney Police catch suspected car thieves in Dallas

Forney (WBAP/KLIF) – Forney Police caught a trio of suspected car thieves Monday afternoon after chasing them into far southeast Dallas. They had tried to stop a red Toyota Tacoma pickup truck that had been reported stolen in Terrell, but the suspects lead them on a high speed chase along I-20, then south down 635,…MORE

Dallas Man Explores the Deepest Ocean on Earth

Dallas Man Explores the Deepest Ocean on Earth

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A Dallas man has set a new record for deep ocean diving in a submarine. Victor Vescovo took a submersible sub 35,853 feet, more than seven miles, to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean’s Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans. Vescovo has spent years diving to the deepest…MORE