ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Parents in Allen ISD are sounding off over the district’s proposals to address overcrowding in some schools and dwindling enrollment in others. District leaders are considering either repurposing or closing some campuses. The situation sparked a protest outside the district’s school board meeting Monday night and some parents pleaded with…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Arlington Police Department is mourning the death of a Police recruit Officer. According to APD, Recruit Marquis Kennedy was a member of Academy Class 62, which began instruction on July 25. He was pronounced dead by medical staff on Sunday, September 25. The cause of his death is under investigation. APD…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Paxton, on Monday, signed a multistate comment letter to the Federal Communications Commission urging it to adopt stricter controls to prevent unsolicited robocalls. In May 2022, the FCC placed new obligations upon gateway providers, which Paxton said are the points of entry for foreign illegal robocalls entering the U.S. telephone network. Paxton is calling for some of those same protections to be applied to…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Secretary of State John Scott has released another in a series of videos educating voters about election administration in Texas ahead of the November 8 General Election. In the most recently published video, Secretary Scott provides an overview of voting systems in Texas, and the processes for certifying and deploying voting…… MORE
Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – Residents of a Plano neighborhood are shocked by a recent bust of a sex-trafficking operation, being run out of short-term rental home inPplano, Dallas Police, assisted by the Plano Police Department executed a search warrant the home in the 2900 block of Las Palmas Lane. Police arrested 41-year old Brandy Cliff for…… MORE